S 388 · in committee · significant
Promoting Resilient Buildings Act
- climate
What this bill does
- The bill expands FEMA's flexibility for funding building code improvements before disasters occur.
- State and local governments, Indian tribes, and homeowners needing resilience upgrades are affected.
- FEMA may use up to 10% of annual predisaster mitigation funds for residential retrofit grants through 2030.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How might directing up to 10% of FEMA's predisaster mitigation funds toward residential retrofits affect funding availability for other mitigation projects?
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What evidence suggests that residential building code improvements reduce disaster damage costs enough to justify this allocation of federal funds?
- 03
Which homeowners would qualify for retrofit grants, and how would this program address disparities in resilience across different communities?
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Sponsor · R-TX
John Cornyn
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Introduced 2025-02-04
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-04 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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