Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Program Act
Official title: To provide grants to certain areas to prepare for a tsunami.
More subjectsShow fewer subjects
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Program Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), to provide grants to certain areas to prepare for a tsunami. Requires the Director to: (1) give priority to areas in which the likelihood of a tsunami striking in the next 50 years is 10% or greater; and (2) award grants to state, territory, local, or tribal emergency management departments on a competitive basis considering financial need, benefit to the community, and a demonstrated ability to cooperate with other emergency services providers.
Authorizes the use of grant funds to: (1) establish or improve warning systems; (2) purchase public safety agency rescue equipment; (3) reinforce buildings and facilities in maintaining continuity of critical services; (4) provide post-tsunami shelters and supplies; and (5) develop outreach programs to educate residents and tourists about different types of tsunamis and how to react to each type.
Sets forth matching fund requirements, based on population. Requires the Director to: (1) determine if grant recipients meet National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) certification standards; and (2) evaluate the effectiveness and tsunami readiness of programs established pursuant to his Act.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5265: Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Program Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5265/
"H.R. 5265: Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Program Act." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5265/.
H.R. 5265, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5265/.
[H.R. 5265: Community Hazard Assessment and Mitigation Program Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5265/)