# 119-hr-9557: Ounce of Prevention Act

119-hr-9557, Ounce of Prevention Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-05).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9557
- As of: 2026-09-05
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9557
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ounce of Prevention Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Housing and Community Development
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-05

## Summary

**Allows Community Development Block Grant funds to be used for natural disaster mitigation activities.** The Ounce of Prevention Act would add disaster mitigation as an explicit eligible purpose under the Housing and Community Development Act and require risk-based planning and HUD rulemaking within one year. - Families and communities: Local areas could fund projects that lower the long-term risk of loss of life, injury, and property damage from weather-related disasters. Eligible mitigation can include new construction and rehabilitation when a grantee meets the bill's risk and planning conditions. - Local governments and grantees: Grants could be used for mitigation if a consolidated plan states the grantee is in a high-risk area and the Secretary certifies risk using FEMA's National Risk Index or a state natural hazard index. - Program rules and treatment: Housing units assisted under mitigation may be treated as a single structure for national objective rules and exempt from aggregate public benefit limits. - Implementation: HUD would have to provide technical assistance and issue rules within one year to recognize mitigation as an urgent community development need and to update national-object criteria.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4] (R-SC), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX), 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More local disaster mitigation grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would let Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money pay for natural disaster mitigation work. Local grantees could use CDBG for new construction and rehab aimed at reducing disaster risk, but only if the grantee’s consolidated plan says the area is high-risk and HUD certif…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-6644: 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act
- 119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act
- 119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-9557 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9557)

## 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-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-4382: America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4382)
- [119-hr-4206: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4206)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9557 (as of 2026-09-05).