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“Federal rules allowing covered local FEMA rebuilding projects to use Construction Manager at Risk should have to be issued within 180 days.”
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“FEMA and DHS should still be able to have other officials review, approve, or track disaster-related spending, as long as they do not make the Homeland Security Secretary personally approve each FEMA disaster expense over $100,000.”
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“Local governments should be allowed to use Construction Manager at Risk contracts for FEMA-funded repairs and rebuilding of damaged public facilities.”
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“Recovery projects paid for with the one FEMA payment should still follow environmental, historic preservation, civil rights, and resiliency protections, while the state or tribe managing the money checks that work and sends FEMA yearly spending reports.”
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“The 120-day FEMA repayment deadline should apply only when federal officials determine that at least 90% of the estimated emergency-work costs are eligible for reimbursement.”
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“FEMA should repay only the smaller of what the borrower actually paid in interest or what the interest would be using the latest federal prime rate.”
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“FEMA public assistance projects up to $3 million should be able to use the simpler process with fewer administrative steps, instead of limiting that process to projects up to $1 million.”
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“Federal disaster officials should have to send certain FEMA repayments for emergency work within 120 days after a state, tribe, local government, or eligible nonprofit asks for reimbursement.”
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“Congress should not authorize new federal spending for the FEMA leftover-funds changes; FEMA and grant recipients should use already authorized or appropriated disaster funds.”
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“Federal rebuilding aid should help communities restore roads, schools, utilities, and other public places quickly while protecting public money.”
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“Local governments using CMAR for covered FEMA rebuilding projects should be able to choose providers based on skill, capability, and experience, not only the lowest price.”
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“The Department of Homeland Security should no longer have to follow an older Post-Katrina rule for disaster-related federal purchasing.”
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“Local governments and electric cooperatives should be able to seek FEMA repayment for eligible disaster loan interest from the nine years before the repayment system starts.”
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“FEMA should be able to release leftover disaster grant management money back to the same state, tribe, territory, local government, or other recipient after a covered grant closes, based on what was allowed for management costs minus what was actually spent.”
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“Local governments using CMAR for covered FEMA rebuilding projects should be able to use that approach for needed expert services, technical help, construction work, other services, and goods.”
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“FEMA should quickly publish a special process for states to seek disaster loan interest repayment on projects already waiting for FEMA funding, with states applying within 60 days and FEMA finishing repayments within one year.”
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“States and tribal governments should be able to ask FEMA for one payment for certain smaller declared disasters, then divide that money among eligible recovery needs and eligible local organizations affected by that disaster.”
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“The FEMA leftover-funds reuse option should apply only to disasters or emergencies declared and funded after the new policy starts, and recipients should have up to five years to spend money made available again.”
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