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Promoting Resilient Buildings Act
Sponsored By: Senator Cornyn, John [R-TX]
In Committee
Summary
Promoting resilient buildings by clarifying which building-code editions FEMA counts, banning certain loan uses for code activities, and creating a pilot to fund home resilience retrofits.
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- Homeowners and low-income families: FEMA grants would flow to individuals for residential resilience retrofits that cut risk from local natural hazards. Individuals must show financial need and the pilot can use up to 10% of annual predisaster mitigation funds; the pilot ends after FY2030.
- State, local, and tribal governments: The bill defines the applicable building codes as the two most recently published editions when FEMA considers code adoption for predisaster mitigation awards. This gives states clearer guidance on which code editions qualify.
- Loan programs and local code support: The Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund may no longer be used by states or tribes to provide loans for building code and standards activities, narrowing eligible uses of that loan fund.
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New code rules for mitigation grants
This bill would change how key terms are defined for the federal predisaster hazard mitigation program. It would define “latest published editions” to mean the two most recently published editions of relevant consensus-based building codes, specifications, and standards. It would also reorganize the section's text under a “Definitions” heading and say these changes apply only to the predisaster hazard mitigation program under section 203 of the Stafford Act.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Cornyn, John [R-TX]
TX • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
PA • D
Sponsored 2/4/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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