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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 501
5	5	To amend certain laws relating to disaster recovery and relief with respect
6	6	to the implementation of building codes, and for other purposes.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY16, 2025
9	9	Mr. E
10	10	DWARDS(for himself and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill;
11	11	which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To amend certain laws relating to disaster recovery and
14	14	relief with respect to the implementation of building
15	15	codes, and for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Promoting Resilient 4
20	20	Buildings Act of 2025’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 6
22	22	Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 7
23	23	and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is 8
24	24	amended by adding at the end the following: 9
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28	28	‘‘(m) LATESTPUBLISHEDEDITIONS.—For purposes 1
29	29	of subsections (e)(1)(B)(iv) and (g)(10), the term ‘latest 2
30	30	published editions’ means, with respect to relevant con-3
31	31	sensus-based codes, specifications, and standards, the 2 4
32	32	most recently published editions.’’. 5
33	33	SEC. 3. HAZARD MITIGATION REVOLVING LOAN FUND PRO-6
34	34	GRAM. 7
35	35	Section 205(f)(5) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 8
36	36	Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 9
37	37	5135(f)(5)) is amended— 10
38	38	(1) in the paragraph heading by striking ‘‘E
39	39	S-11
40	40	TABLISHING’’ and insert ‘‘IMPLEMENTING’’; 12
41	41	(2) by striking ‘‘establish’’ and insert ‘‘imple-13
42	42	ment’’; 14
43	43	(3) by inserting ‘‘2’’ after ‘‘latest’’; and 15
44	44	(4) by inserting ‘‘, including any amendments 16
45	45	made by State, local, Tribal, or territorial govern-17
46	46	ments to such codes, specifications, and standards,’’ 18
47	47	after ‘‘standards’’. 19
48	48	SEC. 4. RESIDENTIAL RETROFIT AND RESILIENCE PILOT 20
49	49	PROGRAM. 21
50	50	(a) E
51	51	STABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the 22
52	52	Federal Emergency Management Agency shall carry out 23
53	53	a residential resilience pilot program through the program 24
54	54	established under section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford 25
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58	58	Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 1
59	59	5133) to make available assistance to States and local gov-2
60	60	ernments for the purpose of providing grants to individ-3
61	61	uals for residential resilience retrofits. 4
62	62	(b) A
63	63	MOUNT OFFUNDS.—The Administrator may 5
64	64	use not more than 10 percent of the assistance made avail-6
65	65	able to applicants on an annual basis under section 203 7
66	66	of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 8
67	67	Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) to provide assistance 9
68	68	under this section. 10
69	69	(c) T
70	70	IMELINE.—The Administrator shall establish 11
71	71	the pilot program under this section not later than 1 year 12
72	72	after the date of enactment of this Act and the program 13
73	73	shall terminate on September 30, 2028. 14
74	74	(d) P
75	75	RIORITY.—In carrying out the pilot program 15
76	76	under this section, the Administrator shall ensure that a 16
77	77	State or local government receiving assistance under the 17
78	78	program provides grants to individuals that demonstrate 18
79	79	financial need. 19
80	80	(e) R
81	81	EPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 20
82	82	of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 21
83	83	to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 22
84	84	of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 23
85	85	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-24
86	86	ate a report that includes— 25
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90	90	(1) a summary of the grant awards and 1
91	91	projects carried out under this section; 2
92	92	(2) a detailed compilation of results achieved by 3
93	93	the grant awards and projects carried out under this 4
94	94	section, including the number of homes receiving ret-5
95	95	rofits, the types and average costs of retrofits, demo-6
96	96	graphic information for participants in the program, 7
97	97	and estimate avoidance in disaster impacts and Fed-8
98	98	eral disaster payments as a result of the grant in-9
99	99	vestments; and 10
100	100	(3) any identified implementation challenges 11
101	101	and recommendations for improvements to the pilot 12
102	102	program. 13
103	103	(f) A
104	104	PPLICABILITY.—This section shall only apply to 14
105	105	amounts appropriated on or after the date of enactment 15
106	106	of this Act. 16
107	107	(g) R
108	108	ESIDENTIAL RESILIENTRETROFITSDE-17
109	109	FINED.— 18
110	110	(1) I
111	111	N GENERAL.—In this section, the term 19
112	112	‘‘residential resilient retrofits’’ means a project 20
113	113	that— 21
114	114	(A) is designed to increase the resilience of 22
115	115	an existing home or residence using mitigation 23
116	116	measures which the administrator determines 24
117	117	reduce damage and impacts from natural dis-25
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121	121	aster hazards and risks that are most likely to 1
122	122	occur in the area where the home is located; 2
123	123	and 3
124	124	(B) to the extent applicable, are consistent 4
125	125	with the 2 most recently published editions of 5
126	126	relevant consensus-based codes, specifications, 6
127	127	and standards, including any amendments made 7
128	128	by State, local, tribal, or territorial governments 8
129	129	to such codes, specifications, and standards 9
130	130	that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant de-10
131	131	signs and establish criteria for the design, con-11
132	132	struction, and maintenance of residential struc-12
133	133	tures and facilities that may be eligible for as-13
134	134	sistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 14
135	135	Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 15
136	136	U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) for the purpose of pro-16
137	137	tecting the health, safety, and general welfare 17
138	138	of the buildings’ users against disasters. 18
139	139	(2) I
140	140	NCLUSION.—In this section, the term ‘‘res-19
141	141	idential resilient retrofits’’ includes— 20
142	142	(A) elevations of homes and elevations of 21
143	143	utilities within and around structures to miti-22
144	144	gate damages; 23
145	145	(B) floodproofing measures; 24
146	146	(C) the construction of tornado safe rooms; 25
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150	150	(D) seismic retrofits; 1
151	151	(E) wildfire retrofit and mitigation meas-2
152	152	ures; 3
153	153	(F) wind retrofits, including roof replace-4
154	154	ments, hurricane straps, and tie-downs; and 5
155	155	(G) any other measures that meet the re-6
156	156	quirements of paragraph (1), as determined by 7
157	157	the Administrator. 8
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