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S. 2301 116th Congress Senate

Reforming Disaster Recovery Act

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide disaster assistance to States, insular areas, units of general local government, … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide disaster assistance to States, insular areas, units of general local government, and Indian tribes under a community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2019 Introduced by: Brian Schatz Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
Housing and Community Development Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCommunity life and organizationCongressional oversightDepartment of Housing and Urban Development
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Disaster relief and insuranceExecutive agency funding and structureFloods and storm protectionGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHousing and community development fundingHousing finance and home ownershipLow- and moderate-income housingResidential rehabilitation and home repairState and local government operations
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 25, 2019
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 Latest action July 25, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Reforming Disaster Recovery Act

This bill addresses housing assistance in disaster recovery areas.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must establish the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilient Communities. The office's duties shall include (1) developing policy to build community resiliency and restore housing, (2) leading certain HUD disaster recovery activities, and (3) providing periodic disaster mitigation and recovery training to HUD staff.

In addition, HUD must award grants under the Community Development Block Grant program for government entities to provide disaster relief, increase long-term resilience to natural hazards, and provide housing assistance to distressed areas after a declared major disaster.

HUD and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must collect certain information during the course of a disaster recovery and make such information public. Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must analyze and report on the allocation of disaster-related housing benefits administered by FEMA, HUD, and the Department of Agriculture.

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Young, Todd
Indiana · Jul 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2301: Reforming Disaster Recovery Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2301/
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"S. 2301: Reforming Disaster Recovery Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2301/.
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S. 2301, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2301/.
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