SRIA added Section 429 to the Stafford Act which directed the President to establish an expedited and unified environmental and historic preservation (EHP) process by July 29, 2014 for disaster recovery actions.

The Unified Federal Environmental and Historic Preservation Review (UFR) process is a framework for coordinating Federal agency EHP reviews for disaster recovery projects associated with Presidentially-declared disasters under the Stafford Act.

The UFR was designed to enhance the ability of the Federal EHP review process to inform and expedite disaster recovery decisions for grant applicants and other potential beneficiaries of disaster assistance by improving coordination and consistency across Federal agencies, and assisting agencies in better leveraging their resources and tools.