Tim Huelskamp wants more FEMA spending disclosure

Members of the House of Representatives approved an amendment to the Hurricane Sandy aid measure today to require more public disclosure on federal disaster grants.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency routinely awards grants, many of them without public notice. FEMA is not required to disclose a grant of less than $1 million, according to Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-KS, who sponsored the amendment.