Require FEMA to submit annual reports through December 31, 2035 on the status, projected completion dates, and obstacles for covered Puerto Rico disaster recovery projects.

Pablo José Hernández · Puerto Rico · Democratic

oversight impact 0.55 specificity 0.92 extraction confidence 86%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Require FEMA to submit annual reports on covered Puerto Rico disaster recovery projects, including completions, projected completion dates, and obstacles.. Promised outcome: Congress and the Resident Commissioner would receive recurring oversight information on Puerto Rico disaster recovery project progress through December 31, 2035.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Introduced in the 119th Congress as H.R. 10441, the Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Completion Act of 2026, for Hernández's term as Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.

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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until December 31, 2035, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in consultation with the Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction, and Resiliency of Puerto Rico, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico a report that includes— (1) the number of covered projects completed since the date of enactment of this Act and, if applicable, the number of covered projects completed since the date on which the previous report was submitted; (2) for covered projects not yet completed, the projected completion date and a description of any obstacles to completion; and (3) any other information the Administrator determines relevant.

The bill would require FEMA, in consultation with Puerto Rico's recovery office, to submit annual reports on covered disaster recovery project completion and obstacles through December 31, 2035.

H. R. 10441 (Introduced-in-House)
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Evidence

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shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico a report that includes—

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): H.R. 10441 contains the promised FEMA reporting mechanism, including annual reports on covered Puerto Rico recovery projects through December 31, 2035, but the text is only the introduced bill version.

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H. R. 10441 (Introduced-in-House)
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introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists the bill's latest official action as introduction and referral, not enactment or passage, so the commitment remains unresolved while showing concrete legislative effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10441 (IH) - Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery Completion Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10441ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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The reporting requirement would remain in place through December 31, 2035

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House Homeland Security Committee Democrats' release confirms the intended reporting requirement and frames it as introduced legislation, supporting effort but not delivery.

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Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-10-07 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment requires FEMA annual reporting on covered Puerto Rico disaster recovery projects through December 31, 2035. Verified evidence shows the reporting requirement exists in introduced H.R. 10441, but the bill was only introduced and referred to committee, not enacted. Because the promised outcome requires an enacted reporting mandate and there is no expired external deadline, this is unresolved. The introduced bill supports same-term material effort by Hernandez in the federal Resident Commissioner context, but not delivery.

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