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Rebuilding After the Storm: Lessening Impacts and Speeding Recovery REBUILDING AFTER THE STORM: LESSENING IMPACTS AND SPEEDING RECOVERY (114–2) HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JANUARY 27, 2015 Printed for the use of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure ( Available online at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ committee.action?chamber=house&committee=transportation U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 92–845 PDF WASHINGTON : 2015 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee, ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Vice Chair Columbia JOHN L. MICA, Florida JERROLD NADLER, New York FRANK A. LOBIONDO, New Jersey CORRINE BROWN, Florida SAM GRAVES, Missouri EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, Texas CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DUNCAN HUNTER, California RICK LARSEN, Washington ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas DANIEL LIPINSKI, Illinois BOB GIBBS, Ohio STEVE COHEN, Tennessee RICHARD L. HANNA, New York ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey DANIEL WEBSTER, Florida DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland JEFF DENHAM, California JOHN GARAMENDI, California REID J. RIBBLE, Wisconsin ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky JANICE HAHN, California TOM RICE, South Carolina RICHARD M. NOLAN, Minnesota MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina ANN KIRKPATRICK, Arizona SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania DINA TITUS, Nevada RODNEY DAVIS, Illinois SEAN PATRICK MALONEY, New York MARK SANFORD, South Carolina ELIZABETH H. ESTY, Connecticut ROB WOODALL, Georgia LOIS FRANKEL, Florida TODD ROKITA, Indiana CHERI BUSTOS, Illinois JOHN KATKO, New York JARED HUFFMAN, California BRIAN BABIN, Texas JULIA BROWNLEY, California CRESENT HARDY, Nevada RYAN A. COSTELLO, Pennsylvania GARRET GRAVES, Louisiana MIMI WALTERS, California BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia CARLOS CURBELO, Florida DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina LEE M. ZELDIN, New York SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT LOU BARLETTA, Pennsylvania, Chairman ERIC A. ‘‘RICK’’ CRAWFORD, Arkansas ANDRE´ CARSON, Indiana THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina Columbia SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey RYAN A. COSTELLO, Pennsylvania DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland BARBARA COMSTOCK, Virginia DINA TITUS, Nevada CARLOS CURBELO, Florida PETER A. DEFAZIO, Oregon (Ex Officio) DAVID ROUZER, North Carolina VACANCY BILL SHUSTER, Pennsylvania (Ex Officio) (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN CONTENTS Page Summary of Subject Matter .................................................................................... iv WITNESSES PANEL 1 Hon. W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agen- cy: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 4 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 53 Responses to questions for the record from Hon. Lou Barletta, a Rep- resentative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania .......................... 59 PANEL 2 Francis X. McCarthy, Analyst in Emergency Management Policy, Government Finance Division, Congressional Research Service: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 24 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 71 Hon. Robert David Paulison, Former Administrator, Federal Emergency Man- agement Agency: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 24 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 80 Bryan Koon, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management, on behalf of the National Emergency Management Association: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 24 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 90 Brian Fennessy, Assistant Fire Chief for Emergency Operations, San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, on behalf of the International Association of Fire Chiefs: Testimony .......................................................................................................... 24 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 97 PREPARED STATEMENTS SUBMITTED BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Hon. Andre´ Carson, of Indiana ............................................................................... 50 SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD Hon. Lou Barletta, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsyl- vania, submission of the following documents: Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute, written testimony ..................... 42 National Concrete Masonry Association, written testimony ......................... 45 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN iv VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 1 here 92845.001 v VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 2 here 92845.002 vi VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 3 here 92845.003 vii VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 4 here 92845.004 viii VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 5 here 92845.005 ix VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 6 here 92845.006 x VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 7 here 92845.007 xi VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 8 here 92845.008 xii VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 9 here 92845.009 xiii VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 10 here 92845.010 xiv VerDate Aug 31 2005 14:16 Jun 25, 2015 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6602 Sfmt 6602 P:\HEARINGS\114\ED\1-27-1~1\92845.TXT JEAN Insert offset folio 11 here 92845.011 REBUILDING AFTER THE STORM: LESSENING IMPACTS AND SPEEDING RECOVERY TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2015 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:32 a.m., in Room 2167, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Lou Barletta (Chair- man of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. BARLETTA. The subcommittee will come to order. I would like to thank Chairman Shuster for the opportunity to serve again as chairman of this subcommittee. Ranking Member Carson, welcome back. Mr. CARSON. Thank you, Chairman. Mr. BARLETTA. I look forward to building on our bipartisan record of accomplishments from last Congress. Mr. CARSON. Absolutely. Mr. BARLETTA. Let me welcome the new and returning members of the subcommittee to our first hearing. Last Congress, we saved $2.2 billion on GSA projects and passed the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act. These were major accom- plishments, and I thank everyone who was involved in them. This Congress, my two top priorities are going to be public build- ings reform and disaster legislation. I think that we can exceed the GSA savings from last Congress, and we have some important reforms to tackle in the emergency management world. I hope that we can have disaster legislation and a GSA reform bill ready for the committee to consider in the first half of this year. Now, the purpose of today’s hearing is to launch a public policy debate about the growing human and financial costs of disasters and to review if we, as a Nation, are responding in the most appro- priate and cost-effective way. The private sector and Government are spending an ever-increas- ing amount of money on disasters. FEMA alone has obligated more than $178 billion since
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