The Disaster Recovery Efficiency Act

HR 732, the Disaster Recovery Efficiency Act, requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to implement specific recommendations from a 2022 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled *Disaster Recovery: Actions Needed to Improve the Federal Approach* (GAO-23-104956). The bill mandates that these agencies take necessary actions to address the priority recommendations outlined in the GAO report, which identified improvements needed for federal disaster recovery processes. This law directly affects FEMA and HUD by directing them to align their procedures with the GAO’s findings. The key mechanism is a binding requirement to adopt the report’s specific recommendations, aiming to streamline and improve how federal agencies handle disaster recovery efforts.