# 119-hr-8291: Reforming Disaster Recovery Act

119-hr-8291, Reforming Disaster Recovery Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-25).

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- As of: 2026-09-25
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8291
- Congress: 119
- Title: Reforming Disaster Recovery Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-25

## Summary

**Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund** would be created in the Treasury and a HUD-run Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery Program would speed long-term housing, infrastructure, mitigation, and resilience in catastrophic major disasters. - Low- and moderate-income families and households would be prioritized. Grantees must dedicate at least 70% of grant funds to activities that benefit LMI persons. - State and local grantees would get formula-driven CDBG disaster recovery grants and must submit a comprehensive plan within 90 days. Grantees generally must obligate and use funds within six years or have unused amounts recaptured. - The bill would allow preliminary grants up to $5 million to speed early recovery and authorizes mitigation allocations up to 30% of unmet needs to cut repetitive losses. It also creates a HUD Office of Disaster Management and Resiliency, requires deadlines for rulemaking, mandates public dashboards and reporting, and permits data sharing with FEMA and the Small Business Administration under privacy safeguards.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New long-term disaster recovery fund: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would create a Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund in the Treasury. The Fund would hold amounts Congress appropriates, transfers, and recaptured Community Development Fund balances. Two percent of each amount put into the Fund would be set aside for pre-disaster planning, technica…
- New HUD disaster office and deadlines: benefit, medium. If enacted, HUD would create an Office of Disaster Management and Resiliency to coordinate recovery and resilience work across HUD, FEMA, and SBA. The bill would also require HUD to publish proposed rules within six months after enactment and final rules within one year. These deadlines aim to give…
- More recovery grants for hardest-hit areas: mixed, high. If enacted, HUD would make Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery awards from the Fund to States, local governments, and tribes for the most impacted and distressed areas. Grants must target housing, infrastructure, economic recovery, and mitigation, and may not pay costs already reimb…
- Use federal reviews to speed projects: mixed, medium. If enacted, a grantee that supplements certain Federal disaster aid could adopt a Federal agency environmental review instead of doing a new review. That adoption would satisfy the grantee's environmental review duties and can let HUD or a State release funds immediately when the action is already…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-8291 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8291)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6644)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-3069: Medicare for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3069)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8291 (as of 2026-09-25).