H.R. 501 119th Congress House

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

Official title: To amend certain laws relating to disaster recovery and relief with respect to the implementation of building codes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 16, 2025 Introduced by: Chuck Edwards Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

Emergency Management Government lending and loan guaranteesNatural disasters

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Oct 3, 2025

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.

Oct 3, 2025

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-319.

Feb 26, 2025

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Feb 26, 2025

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Feb 26, 2025

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged

Jan 17, 2025

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

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced in House

Jan 16, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

This bill authorizes local governments to implement the previous edition of building codes with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) programs. It also establishes a pilot program for residential resilience retrofits under the BRIC program.

Under current law, local governments may use funding provided under the BRIC and Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF programs to establish and carry out the latest published editions of relevant building codes and standards. The bill allows local governments to use BRIC grant funding to carry out the latest two published editions (i.e., either the current edition of a building code or the previous edition) and requires BRIC to consider adoption of either of the latest two editions when determining whether to provide assistance. The bill also allows local governments to use loan funding from the Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF program for implementing the latest two published editions of building codes, including amendments government entities make to such codes.

Additionally, the bill establishes under the BRIC program a pilot program for states and local governments to provide grants to individuals for residential resilience retrofits (i.e., projects that increase a home’s resilience to natural hazards). To provide this assistance, FEMA may use up to 10% of the assistance made available to BRIC applicants annually. The pilot program terminates at the end of FY2028.

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Committees of jurisdiction 2

Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 59

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NAVIGATORS GLOBAL LLC (FORMERLY DC NAVIGATORS, LLC)
for BUILDSTRONG AMERICA, INC. · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
for AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP
for LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
REINSURANCE ASSN OF AMERICA
for REINSURANCE ASSN OF AMERICA · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
59 filings
SENATE
59 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
34 filings
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
33 filings
Treasury, Dept of
27 filings
Executive Office of the President (EOP)
25 filings
Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
23 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
20 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Fitzpatrick, Brian K.

Pennsylvania · Jun 4, 2025

Titus, Dina

Nevada · Jan 16, 2025

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