CLEAR Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Crow
Introduced
Summary
Creates federal grants to set up and run state, territorial, and tribal resiliency offices. This program would fund planning, coordination, and resilience programming that centers vulnerable and disadvantaged communities and links federal agencies to local action.
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- States and territories would be able to receive formula grants to establish or maintain a dedicated resiliency office, develop a resiliency framework updated every five years, and fund activities that cover at least 24 months.
- Indian tribes would get a mandatory 10% set-aside of program funding and would receive tribe-specific awards through a competitive allocation process.
- Local governments and disadvantaged communities would gain technical assistance, subgrants, and planning tools, with priority given to applications that identify community vulnerabilities and that use prevailing wage standards for subgrants.
*Would authorize $100 million each year for fiscal years 2025 through 2030, with 10% reserved for Indian tribes.*
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 6 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Grants for state and tribal resiliency
This bill would create a HUD grant program to help States, territories, and Indian tribes start or operate resiliency offices. It would authorize $100,000,000 for each year from fiscal 2025 through 2030. HUD would reserve 10 percent of each years funds for Indian tribes and could use up to 1.0 percent of funds for administration and technical help. Grants would have to be large enough to cover at least 24 months of activities.
State and tribal resiliency offices
If enacted, a State, territory, or Indian tribe would need to create or show a plan to create a dedicated resiliency office to get these grants. That office would have to make and update a resiliency framework at least once every five years in consultation with vulnerable and impacted communities. The office would run programs to address risks across hazards, the economy, infrastructure, health and social services, and housing, and improve coordination across jurisdictions.
Prevailing wages for grant projects
If enacted, HUD would give priority to grant applications that identify needs in disadvantaged communities and that plan subgrants to entities following Department of Labor prevailing wage rules. Priority would also go to applications showing the greatest need and a broad resilience approach. The prevailing wage requirement would apply to entities receiving subgrants under prioritized awards.
Allowed uses for resiliency grants
This bill would limit grant money to starting or running resiliency offices and to resilience programming. Grants could pay for planning tools, community planning and capacity, coordination across governments, and technical assistance. Grant funds could also pay required non-federal cost shares for related federal programs. HUD would provide technical assistance to grantees in coordination with FEMA, Commerce, Interior, and other agencies.
Annual reports from grant recipients
This bill would require each grantee to send HUD a report within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year they receive a grant. Reports would have to list activities done with the grant, costs for each service paid with grant money, and assessments of how effective the grant and the resiliency office were, plus recommendations to improve. The reports would let HUD monitor and assess program performance.
HUD rules for disadvantaged communities
If enacted, HUD would write regulations to define key program terms. HUD would define "disadvantaged community" in consultation with other federal agencies using appropriate indicators and metrics. The bill defines "resilience" and uses the NAHASDA definition for "Indian tribe." These rules would guide who is eligible and who gets priority for grants.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Crow
CO • D
Cosponsors
Kim
CA • R
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Vasquez
NM • D
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Miller (WV)
WV • R
Sponsored 12/17/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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