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
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.