Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025This bill amends the authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) programs regarding building codes, including authorizing funding to implement the two most recent editions of building codes, and establishes a pilot program for residential resilience retrofits under the BRIC program.Under current law, funding provided under the BRIC and Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF programs may be used to establish and carry out the latest published editions of building codes and standards. The bill authorizes the BRIC program to fund carrying out the latest two published editions (i.e., either the current edition of a code or the previous edition) and requires BRIC to consider adoption of the latest two editions when determining whether to provide assistance. The bill also authorizes the Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF program to fund implementation of the latest two published editions of building codes and allows for jurisdictions to amend 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 percent of the assistance made available to BRIC applicants annually. The pilot program terminates at the end of FY2028.
Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster ActThis bill modifies the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).Specifically, the billincreases the amount that may be set aside from FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund for BRIC from 6% to 15% of certain disaster grant amounts;authorizes FEMA to set aside 2% from the BRIC 15% set-aside for assistance with community planning and capacity building;provides a 90% federal cost share for BRIC grants to environmental justice communities, and increases the maximum number of people in small impoverished communities, which are also eligible for the 90% BRIC federal cost share; andauthorizes FEMA to develop guidance regarding how to incorporate climate change into the National Risk Index, benefit-cost analyses, and improved codes, specifications, and standards to address natural hazards.FEMA mustprioritize BRIC assistance for high hazard risk communities, environmental justice communities, communities with low tax revenue base per capita, and communities with a low rate of code adoption and enforcement and infrastructure maintenance expenditures;provide community outreach on project planning and grant administration; andestablish 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.
Modernizing Wildfire Safety and Prevention Act of 2025
Restoring Access to Mountain Homes Act
Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
Disaster Assistance Fairness Act
FEMA Independence Act of 2025
REPLACE Act Replacing Essential Passports and Licenses After Certain Emergencies Act