Homeland Security Department Docket FEMA-2020-0038 Proposed Rule

2020-27094: Cost of Assistance Estimates in the Disaster Declaration Process for the Public Assistance Program

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Summary

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is proposing a rule to substantively revise the "Estimated cost of the assistance" disaster declaration factor that FEMA uses to review a Governor's request for a major disaster under the Public Assistance Program. FEMA proposes revisions to this factor to more accurately assess the disaster response capabilities of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories (States), and to respond to the direction of Congress in the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018, which requires FEMA to review its disaster declaration factors and update them via rulemaking, as appropriate.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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