3.0.0
403
2025-10-09T08:05:31Z
2025-10-09T08:05:31Z
House
H
HR
2025-01-14
119
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/403
[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. SWALWELL:H.R. 403.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, of the United States Constitution,specifically Clause 18 (relating to the power to make alllaws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers vestedin congress).[Page H149]
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
House
Standing
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Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2025-01-15T15:35:54Z
  - Referred To
2025-01-14T15:01:45Z
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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
- 2025-01-14
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
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Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
- 2025-01-14
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
9
Library of Congress
- 2025-01-14
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
1000
9
Library of Congress
- S001193
Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]
Eric
Swalwell
D
CA
14
N
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC]
Eleanor
Norton
D
DC
Holmes
0
2025-01-15
False
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Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
Sydney
Kamlager-Dove
D
CA
37
2025-02-04
False
- H001068
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Jared
Huffman
D
CA
2
2025-03-31
False
- M001225
Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]
Kevin
Mullin
D
CA
15
2025-06-26
False
- C001055
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Ed
Case
D
HI
1
2025-09-10
False
- B001324
Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]
Wesley
Bell
D
MO
1
2025-10-08
False
Emergency Management
Emergency Management
2025-02-26T21:10:49Z
00
2025-01-14
Introduced in House
2025-03-19T20:24:20Z
Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
This bill modifies the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Specifically, the bill
- increases the amount that may be set aside from FEMA's Disaster Relief Fund for BRIC from 6% to 15% of certain disaster grant amounts;
- authorizes FEMA to set aside 2% from the BRIC 15% set-aside for assistance with community planning and capacity building;
- provides a 90% federal cost share for BRIC grants to environmental justice communities, and increases the maximum number of people in small impoverished communities, which are also eligible for the 90% BRIC federal cost share; and
- authorizes FEMA to develop guidance regarding how to incorporate climate change into the National Risk Index, benefit-cost analyses, and improved codes, specifications, and standards to address natural hazards.
FEMA must
- prioritize BRIC assistance for high hazard risk communities, environmental justice communities, communities with low tax revenue base per capita, and communities with a low rate of code adoption and enforcement and infrastructure maintenance expenditures;
- provide community outreach on project planning and grant administration; and
- establish a central federal database to consolidate funding data collected by all local, state, and federal agencies involved in post-disaster response and pre-disaster mitigation spending and categorize the data by type of project, funding source, and hazard types using a user-friendly database and interactive map.

Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
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Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
2025-02-08T07:23:21Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act
2025-02-08T07:23:20Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

To enhance predisaster mitigation to prevent future natural disasters, and for other purposes.
2025-02-08T07:18:36Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2025-01-14T05:00:00Z
  - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr403ih/xml/BILLS-119hr403ih.xml
2025-01-15
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
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