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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on April 28, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Disaster Declaration Improvement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in making recommendations to the President regarding a major disaster declaration, to give greater weight and consideration to severe local impact or recent multiple disasters.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 1665 as passed House amended on May 3, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House May 3, 2017
Disaster Declaration Improvement Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
425 Yea 0 Nay 5 not voting
Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
430 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 1665 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 1665 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
22 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.