# 119-hr-501: Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

119-hr-501, Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-501
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-501
- Congress: 119
- Title: Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Emergency Management
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Residential resilience retrofit grants** would be added to the Stafford Act so homeowners can get federal support for hazard mitigation and the law would require clearer, up-to-date building-code references for disaster programs. The measure also restructures the Hazard Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund and sets reporting and eligibility rules for a new pilot program.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Disaster retrofit grants for homeowners in need: benefit, medium. If enacted, FEMA would pilot grants to help homeowners pay for disaster-ready upgrades. States and local governments would give the grants, and homeowners would need to show financial need. Covered work would include elevation, floodproofing, tornado safe rooms, seismic, wildfire, and wind upgrades…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3104: Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-501 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/501)

## Related
- [119-hr-4669: FEMA Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4669)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
- [119-hr-3104: Ukrainian Adjustment Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3104)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-501 (as of 2026-04-21).