Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
Latest action · Dec 2, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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.
- IntroducedDec 2, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
This bill modifies the pre-disaster mitigation grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Specifically, the bill
- increases FEMA's set-aside for pre-disaster mitigation assistance from 6% to 15% of certain grant amounts;
- provides for a 2% set-aside for community planning and capacity building assistance; and
- authorizes FEMA to develop guidance regarding how to incorporate climate change into the National Risk Index, cost-benefit analyses, and improved codes, specifications, and standards to address natural hazards.
FEMA must
- prioritize applicants for assistance with the highest hazard risk in coordination with FEMA's National Risk Index, environmental justice communities, and low-income communities (current law covers the latter though this bill modifies the number of individuals in such communities);
- provide community outreach; and
- establish a central federal database to consolidate funding data collected by all local, state, and federal agencies involved in post-disaster response and pre-disaster mitigation spending and categorize the data by type of project, funding source, and hazard types using a user-friendly database and interactive map.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 2, 2021 to Dec 13, 2021; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Original | Dec 2, 2021 |
| R-PR | Jenniffer González-Colón | Original | Dec 2, 2021 |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Dec 7, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Dec 13, 2021 |
Committees 1
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 Dec 2, 2021 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Dec 2, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 2, 2021Introduced in House
- Dec 2, 2021Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Dec 2, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 208, December 2, 2021, page H6910.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3655 | Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 25, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To enhance predisaster mitigation to prevent future natural disasters, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Air quality
- Building construction
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Community life and organization
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- Natural disasters
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 2, 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.
