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HR 3926 110th Congress House

Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007

Official title: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 31, 2008 Introduced by: Matsui, Doris O. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Building lawsDisaster reliefEconomics and Public FinanceGovernment Operations and Politics
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Oct 23, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Oct 22, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Oct 22, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2195-2196)
Oct 22, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 23, 2007

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code.

Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval at least once every six years.

Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code; (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code; and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard.

Authorizes the use by states and local governments of technical and financial assistance to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures to establish and operate a building department and carry out enforcement activities to implement an approved state building code.

Directs the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a state or local government, to take into account the extent to which that government is carrying out activities to implement an approved state building code.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3926: Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-3926/
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