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117-s-3510117th CongressWALLET

Disaster Resiliency Planning Act

Sponsored By: Senator Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

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Summary

Brings natural disaster resilience into federal real property decisions. The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance that requires each agency head to use agency-conducted natural disaster risk information, such as vulnerability and other risk assessments, when making real property asset management and investment decisions.

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  • Federal agencies and asset managers must incorporate vulnerability and other risk assessments into decisions about federal real property. This changes how agencies plan, maintain, and invest in buildings and land.
  • The OMB Director must publish the required guidance within 180 days and may update it over time.
  • The OMB Director must submit a report describing the guidance to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform within 1 year, and must brief those committees on implementation within 2 years.

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Disaster planning for federal property decisions

The law requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance within 180 days. Agency heads must factor natural disaster resilience into how they manage and invest in federal property. Agencies must use their own risk and vulnerability assessments in those decisions. OMB may consult the Comptroller General, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other experts, and may update the guidance. Within 1 year, OMB must report on the guidance to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Within 2 years, OMB must brief those committees on how agencies are putting the guidance in place.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]

MI • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/13/2022

Roll Call Votes

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