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S 2301 116th Congress Senate Housing and Community Development Administrative law and regulatory procedures Community life and organization Congressional oversight Department of Housing and Urban Development Disaster relief and insurance Executive agency funding and structure Floods and storm protection Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Housing and community development funding Housing finance and home ownership Low- and moderate-income housing Residential rehabilitation and home repair State and local government operations

Reforming Disaster Recovery Act

Introduced: July 25, 2019 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 25, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now July 25, 2019

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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