Congress 117 - HR 5689 - Resilient AMERICA Act

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Administrative law and regulatory procedures Atmospheric science and weather Building construction Buy American requirements Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief and insurance Electric power generation and transmission Emergency Management Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fires Floods and storm protection Government studies and investigations Infrastructure development Interest, dividends, interest rates Metals Poverty and welfare assistance Residential rehabilitation and home repair Rural conditions and development Water resources funding

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Summary

Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans Act or the Resilient AMERICA Act

This bill addresses disaster resilience issues and expands coverage for hazard mitigation.

The bill

increases from 6% to 15% the estimated aggregate amount of grants that may be set aside for national public infrastructure pre-disaster hazard mitigation assistance;
makes private nonprofit facilities eligible for technical and financial assistance for implementing cost-effective pre-disaster hazard mitigation measures;
provides funding for water resources development projects; and
expands the use of hazard mitigation assistance to cover certain activities pertaining to wildfires, tsunamis, and ice storms.

Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must set aside 10% of funds made available for any given year to further the implementation and enforcement of the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based building codes.

FEMA must require as a condition of providing nonemergency financial assistance for construction projects costing at least $1 million that the steel and iron used in the projects be produced in the United States, with certain exceptions.

FEMA must carry out a residential resilience pilot program to provide grants for residential resilience retrofits (e.g., elevation of homes, floodproofing measures, wildfire retrofit and mitigation measures, and wind retrofits).

The Government Accountability Office must study the challenges to states and territories in obtaining funds under public assistance alternative procedures.

Actions

Apr 6, 2022

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Apr 5, 2022

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Apr 5, 2022

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 383 - 41 (Roll no. 113). (text: CR H4170-4172)
Apr 5, 2022

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 383 - 41 (Roll no. 113).(text: CR H4170-4172)
Apr 5, 2022

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4182-4183)
Apr 5, 2022

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Apr 5, 2022

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5689.
Apr 5, 2022

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4170-4175)
Apr 5, 2022

Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 24, 2022

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 204.
Mar 24, 2022

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-277.
Oct 27, 2021

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 63 - 2.
Oct 27, 2021

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 27, 2021

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
Oct 25, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Oct 22, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 22, 2021

Introduced in House

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