3.0.0 3926 2023-01-11T20:23:26Z 2023-01-11T20:23:26Z House H HR 2007-10-22 110 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2007-10-23T14:31:54Z Referred to 2007-10-22T16:31:15Z 2007-10-23 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2007-10-22 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2007-10-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2195-2196) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-10-22 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 N D000600 Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25] Mario Diaz-Balart R FL 25 2007-10-22 True D000299 Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART R FL 21 2007-10-22 True N000179 Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-38] GRACE NAPOLITANO D CA F. 38 2007-10-22 True C001045 Rep. Crenshaw, Ander [R-FL-4] ANDER CRENSHAW R FL 4 2007-10-22 True B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 2007-10-22 True B001242 Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] Timothy Bishop D NY H. 1 2007-10-22 True T000460 Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-1] MIKE THOMPSON D CA 1 2007-10-22 True B001247 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] Ginny Brown-Waite R FL 5 2007-10-22 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2007-12-04 False H000627 Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] MAURICE HINCHEY D NY D. 22 2007-12-04 False M001166 Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-11] Jerry McNerney D CA 11 2007-12-04 False M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2007-12-04 False C001066 Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-11] Kathy Castor D FL 11 2007-12-04 False S001173 Rep. Space, Zachary T. [D-OH-18] Zachary Space D OH T. 18 2007-12-10 False S001156 Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-39] Linda Sánchez D CA T. 39 2008-01-16 False A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 2008-04-22 False A000363 Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24] Michael Arcuri D NY A. 24 2008-04-29 False C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2008-07-31 False Emergency Management Building laws Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Housing and Community Development State laws Emergency Management 00 2007-10-22 Introduced in House 2007-12-18T19:04:37Z Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code.

Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval at least once every six years.

Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code; (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code; and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard.

Authorizes the use by states and local governments of technical and financial assistance to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures to establish and operate a building department and carry out enforcement activities to implement an approved state building code.

Directs the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a state or local government, to take into account the extent to which that government is carrying out activities to implement an approved state building code.

]]> Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Display Title Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr3926ih/xml/BILLS-110hr3926ih.xml 2007-10-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.