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Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act

Introduced: May 24, 2023 See on congress.gov
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May 25, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
May 24, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 24, 2023
Introduced in House
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Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act

This bill modifies the pre-disaster mitigation grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Specifically, the bill

  • increases FEMA's set-aside for pre-disaster mitigation assistance from 6% to 15% of certain grant amounts;
  • provides for a 2% set-aside for community planning and capacity building assistance; and
  • authorizes FEMA to develop guidance regarding how to incorporate climate change into the National Risk Index, cost-benefit analyses, and improved codes, specifications, and standards to address natural hazards.

FEMA must

  • prioritize applicants for assistance with the highest hazard risk in coordination with FEMA's National Risk Index, environmental justice communities, and low-income communities (current law covers the latter though this bill modifies the number of individuals in such communities);
  • provide community outreach; and
  • establish a central federal database to consolidate funding data collected by all local, state, and federal agencies involved in post-disaster response and pre-disaster mitigation spending and categorize the data by type of project, funding source, and hazard types using a user-friendly database and interactive map.
What's happening now May 25, 2023

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 7, 2023
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · May 24, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3655: Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3655/
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"H.R. 3655: Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3655/.
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H.R. 3655, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-3655/.
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