Resilient AMERICA Act
Latest action · Apr 6, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 22, 2021
- Passed HouseApr 5, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 113 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed383–41 | Apr 5, 2022 |
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 22, 2021 to Nov 4, 2021; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Original | Oct 22, 2021 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Oct 22, 2021 |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Original | Oct 22, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Nov 4, 2021 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Oct 22, 2021Markup Oct 27, 2021Reported Mar 24, 2022 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Oct 25, 2021Discharged Oct 27, 2021 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 6, 2022 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 5, 2022Mr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 5, 2022Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4170-4175)
- Apr 5, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5689.
- Apr 5, 2022At 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, 2022Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4182-4183)
- Apr 5, 2022Passed/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, 2022Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 24, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-277.
- Mar 24, 2022Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 204.
- Oct 27, 2021Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
- Oct 27, 2021Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 27, 2021Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 63 - 2.
- Oct 25, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
- Oct 22, 2021Introduced in House
- Oct 22, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E365 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Apr 6, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4170–H4175Text printed H4170–H4172Recorded votes H4182enactLists H4183Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 5689, Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans (AMERICA) Act | Dina Titus D-NV, Doug LaMalfa R-CA, Garret Graves R-LA, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Sam Graves R-MO | Apr 5, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 186, October 22, 2021, page H5833.
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 117-45 | FEMA PRIORITIES FOR 2022 AND THE 2022 2026 STRATEGIC PLAN58 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Serial No. 117-41 | FEMA PRIORITIES FOR 2022: STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES101 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Serial No. 117-30 | ARE FEMA'S ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ADEQUATELY DESIGNED TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER WILDFIRE?95 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Oct 26, 2021 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To improve the provision of Federal resources to help build capacity and fund risk-reducing, cost-effective mitigation projects for eligible State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans Act
- Resilient AMERICA Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Resilient AMERICA Act
- Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Resilient AMERICA Act
- Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans Act
- Resilient AMERICA Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- 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
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 6, 2022Referred in Senate
- Apr 5, 2022Engrossed in House
- Mar 24, 2022Reported in House
- Oct 22, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
