S 4764
116th Congress
Senate
Housing and Community Development
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental health
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Land transfers
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation
SAFER Act
Introduced: September 30, 2020
Introduced by:
Tillis, Thomas
Republican
· North Carolina
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 30, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 30, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1