[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2907 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2907

  To amend section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to provide assistance 
  for predisaster hazard mitigation measures, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2025

 Mr. Stanton (for himself and Mr. Bresnahan) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to provide assistance 
  for predisaster hazard mitigation measures, 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 ``Save Building Resilient 
Infrastructure and Communities Act'' or the ``Save BRIC Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Predisaster mitigation enables actions to be taken 
        proactively to reduce loss of life and property by lessening 
        the impact of future disasters.
            (2) Effective mitigation minimizes the potential loss of 
        life and property from a disaster based on identifying and 
        understanding the risks in a given area or community.
            (3) The United States experienced 27 weather and climate 
        disasters with damages exceeding $1,000,000,000 in 2024.
            (4) Mitigation can encompass a wide variety of activities, 
        including preparation and planning, elevating or moving 
        structures prone to flooding, reducing loss of life during 
        extreme heat, and hardening structures to mitigate the effects 
        of hurricanes or earthquakes.
            (5) Scientific research has proven that every $1 invested 
        in predisaster mitigation saves up to $13 in disaster recovery 
        costs.
            (6) In 2019, President Trump created the predisaster 
        mitigation program known as Building Resilient Communities and 
        Infrastructure (BRIC) because it is prudent from a business and 
        insurance perspective.
            (7) In 2025, the BRIC program was wrongfully cancelled and 
        over $4,000,000,000 of predisaster mitigation grants were 
        clawed back from communities vulnerable to disaster damage.

SEC. 3. MANDATORY MITIGATION.

    Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b) by striking ``may'' and inserting 
        ``shall''; and
            (2) in subsection (c) by striking ``may'' and inserting 
        ``shall''.
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