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HR 3452 115th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Disaster relief and insurance Public transit Transportation programs funding Urban and suburban affairs and development

Relief for Recovering Communities Act

Introduced: July 27, 2017 Introduced by: Weber, Randy K. Sr. Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Jul 28, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Jul 27, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 27, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Relief for Recovering Communities Act

This bill requires the Department of Transportation to treat an area as an "urbanized area" following a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act until the second decennial census conducted after such disaster if:

  • the population of the area fell below 50,000 as a result of such disaster;
  • the area was defined and designated as such by the Department of Commerce in the decennial census immediately preceding such disaster, beginning with the 2000 decennial census; and
  • the area was not so defined and designated in the decennial census immediately following such disaster.

An area treated as an urbanized area shall be assigned the population and square miles of the urban cluster with respect to the area designated by Commerce in the most recent decennial census. This designation as an urbanized area permits an application for federal transit funding based upon population levels in the area prior to the major disaster.

What's happening now July 28, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1664 Related bill Relief for Recovering Communities Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 1 Republican 3
Granger, Kay
· Oct 11, 2017
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Oct 10, 2017
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Oct 3, 2017
 R
Babin, Brian
Texas · Sep 18, 2017
Farenthold, Blake
· Aug 25, 2017
CULBERSON, JOHN
· Jul 28, 2017
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 28, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3452: Relief for Recovering Communities Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3452/
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"H.R. 3452: Relief for Recovering Communities Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3452/.
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