Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
Latest action · Oct 3, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
This bill authorizes local governments to implement the previous edition of building codes with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) programs. It also establishes a pilot program for residential resilience retrofits under the BRIC program.
Under current law, local governments may use funding provided under the BRIC and Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF programs to establish and carry out the latest published editions of relevant building codes and standards. The bill allows local governments to use BRIC grant funding to carry out the latest two published editions (i.e., either the current edition of a building code or the previous edition) and requires BRIC to consider adoption of either of the latest two editions when determining whether to provide assistance. The bill also allows local governments to use loan funding from the Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF program for implementing the latest two published editions of building codes, including amendments government entities make to such codes.
Additionally, the bill establishes under the BRIC program a pilot program for states and local governments to provide grants to individuals for residential resilience retrofits (i.e., projects that increase a home’s resilience to natural hazards). To provide this assistance, FEMA may use up to 10% of the assistance made available to BRIC applicants annually. The pilot program terminates at the end of FY2028.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2025 to Jun 4, 2025; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jan 16, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jun 4, 2025 |
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 Jan 16, 2025Discharged Feb 26, 2025Markup Feb 26, 2025Reported Oct 3, 2025 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Jan 17, 2025 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-319.
- Oct 3, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
- Feb 26, 2025Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
- Feb 26, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 26, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Apr 4, 2025H.R. 501, Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 26, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 9, January 16, 2025, page H222.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend certain laws relating to disaster recovery and relief with respect to the implementation of building codes, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2025Reported in House
- Jan 16, 2025Introduced 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.
