S. 4764 116th Congress Senate

SAFER Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program for public-private partnerships for disaster mitigation projects, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 30, 2020 Introduced by: Thom Tillis Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

Housing and Community Development Congressional oversightEmergency planning and evacuationEnvironmental healthFloods and storm protection

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Government studies and investigationsHousing and community development fundingLand transfersNatural disastersPublic-private cooperation

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Sep 30, 2020

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

Sep 30, 2020

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action September 30, 2020

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

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strategic Acquisition and Floodplain Efficiency Reform Act or the SAFER Act

This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of allowing private entities to carry out pre-disaster mitigation activities, such as property acquisition and relocation, under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.

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