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119-hr-10667119th CongressWALLET

Disaster Recovery and Resilience Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]

Introduced

Summary

Expedite disaster relief and reconstruction. This bill would relax certain labor and maritime rules and create new, fast-start oversight to speed rebuilding and advise lawmakers on fixes to recovery processes.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Prevailing wage rules for disaster work

If enacted, the bill would make Davis-Bacon prevailing-wage requirements inapplicable to projects under this title that repair damage from a declared major disaster. If enacted, contractors could face lower labor costs while construction workers on covered projects could lose prevailing-wage protections.

Temporary vessel waivers for relief

If enacted, the department head for the Coast Guard would be able to exempt a vessel from specified Jones Act rules when the Secretary determines the exemption is needed to deliver disaster relief to an affected area. If enacted, that exemption could apply for up to 180 days after a major disaster declaration.

Changes to disaster repairs and upgrades

If enacted, major-disaster mitigation projects would have to consider environmental reviews and follow water, clean-air, and endangered-species laws. If enacted, the President would have to install prescheduled technological upgrades during repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement carried out under Section 406, but only if those upgrades were scheduled, procured, and funded before the major disaster declaration. These changes would aim to keep environmental safeguards and deliver planned upgrades, but they could add planning or compliance costs for projects.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]

NC • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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