[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10211 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10211
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make
grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes to support local
resiliency offices, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 21, 2024
Mr. Crow (for himself and Mrs. Kim of California) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial
Services
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make
grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes to support local
resiliency offices, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Championing Local Efforts to Advance
Resilience Act of 2024'' or the ``CLEAR Act of 2024''.
SEC. 2. RESILIENCY OFFICE GRANTS.
(a) Authority.--The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in
consultation with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior,
may make grants under this section to States, territories, and Indian
tribes that are eligible for such grants pursuant to subsection (b) for
use in accordance with subsection (c).
(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible for a grant under this section, a
State, territory, or Indian tribe shall establish and maintain, or show
a plan and ability to establish and maintain, an office specifically
responsible for issues relating to resilience and that has among its
duties the following:
(1) To develop and update, not less frequently than every 5
years, a resiliency framework, in consultation with vulnerable
and impacted communities, that identifies current and projected
risks and vulnerabilities due to extreme weather and other
challenges, and provides recommendations to address such risks
and vulnerabilities, in each of the areas of--
(A) environmental and natural hazards;
(B) the economy and workforce;
(C) infrastructure;
(D) health and social services; and
(E) housing.
(2) To implement programming to address risks and
vulnerabilities identified in the resiliency framework,
including--
(A) providing technical assistance to local
governments for the implementation of resilience
planning;
(B) assisting State, territory, or tribal agencies
in the implementation of resilience policies and
procedures;
(C) integrating resilience criteria into existing
competitive grant funding administered by such office
or State agencies; and
(D) supporting long-term community pre-disaster
mitigation and recovery efforts and facilitating access
to resources before and after a disaster.
(3) To improve coordination among State, territory, or
tribal agencies and regional and local jurisdictions to support
community and economic recovery efforts and address risk and
vulnerability reduction.
(c) Use.--Amounts from a grant under this section may be used by
the grantee, or any unit of local government that is a subgrantee of
such grantee, only for--
(1) costs of establishing or maintaining, or both, a
resiliency office and implementing resiliency programming,
developing resilience planning and analytic tools, enhancing
community planning and capacity, enhancing coordination among
State, territory, or tribal agencies and regional and local
jurisdictions and stakeholders, and providing technical
assistance, in accordance with the requirements of subsection
(b); and
(2) payment of any non-Federal share required in connection
with a Federal program undertaken to carry out any of the
purposes of subsection (b)(2).
(d) Applications.--To apply for a grant under this section, a
State, territory, or Indian tribe shall submit an application at such
time, in such form, and containing such information as the Secretary
may prescribe for establishing a formula-based grant program.
(e) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section to States or
territories, the Secretary shall give priority to applications that--
(1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance under this
section, as determined by the Secretary;
(2) identify vulnerabilities and risks in disadvantaged
communities and prioritize projects to benefit such communities
and promote equity in resilience;
(3) demonstrate a broad approach to resilience, as such
term is defined in subsection (j)(3); and
(4) provide for subgrants to entities that adhere to
prevailing wage provisions as published by the Department of
Labor.
(f) Amount.--The Secretary shall award formula grants in an amount
sufficient to provide funding to a grantee to cover a minimum of 24
months of grant activities.
(g) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall, in consultation
with the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the
Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Interior, and such other
heads of Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appropriate,
provide technical assistance to grantees regarding developing
resiliency frameworks and implementing resiliency strategies.
(h) Administrative Costs.--Of any amounts made available for grants
under this section, the Secretary may use 1.0 percent for--
(1) the costs of administering the program under this
section for such grants; and
(2) for providing technical assistance--
(A) to applicants for such grants; and
(B) under subsection (g).
(i) Reports to HUD.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each
fiscal year for which a grantee receives a grant under this section,
the grantee shall submit a report to the Secretary regarding the use of
such grant amounts, which shall include--
(1) a description of the activities undertaken by the
grantee using such grant amounts;
(2) identification of the costs of each of the services
provided using such grant amounts; and
(3) assessments of the effectiveness of the grant program
under this section and the programs carried out by the
resiliency office of the grantee and recommendations for
improving such programs.
(j) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Disadvantaged community.--The term ``disadvantaged
community'' shall have such meaning as shall be established by
regulation by the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of
other appropriate Federal agencies, using such indicators and
metrics as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(2) Grantee.--The term ``grantee'' means a State,
territory, or Indian tribe to which a grant under this section
is made.
(3) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the
meaning given such term in section 4 of the Native American
Housing and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103).
(4) Resilience.--The term ``resilience'' means, with
respect to a community, the ability to rebound, positively
adapt to, or thrive amidst changing conditions or challenges,
including human-caused and natural disasters, and to maintain
quality of life, healthy growth, durable systems, economic
vitality, and conservation of resources for present and future
generations.
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development.
(6) State.--The term ``State'' means a State of the United
States and the District of Columbia.
(7) Territory.--The term ``territory'' means the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana
Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.
(k) Funding.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated for grants under this section $200,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029.
(2) Set-aside for indian tribes.--Of any amounts
appropriated for a fiscal year for grants under this section,
the Secretary shall reserve 10 percent for grants to Indian
tribes. The Secretary shall allocate such amounts reserved,
among Indian tribes having applications for grants under this
section for such fiscal year approved by the Secretary, on the
basis of a competition conducted pursuant to specific criteria
for the selection of Indian tribes to receive such amounts. The
criteria shall be contained in a regulation promulgated by the
Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior,
after notice and opportunity for public comment.
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