[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3510 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3510

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
  guidance with respect to natural disaster resilience, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 13 (legislative day, January 10), 2022

   Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
  guidance with respect to natural disaster resilience, 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 ``Disaster Resiliency Planning Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the 
                House of Representatives.
            (2) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 306 of title 5, United States Code.
            (3) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.

SEC. 3. GUIDANCE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish guidance requiring 
the head of each agency to incorporate natural disaster resilience into 
asset management and investment decisions made by the agency.
    (b) Contents.--The guidance required under subsection (a) shall 
direct each head of an agency to incorporate assessments of natural 
disaster risk information conducted by the agency, such as from 
vulnerability and other risk assessments, into asset management 
investment decisions made by the agency.
    (c) Modification.--The Director may periodically update the 
guidance required under subsection (a) as the Director may determine 
necessary for the purpose of further enhancing natural disaster 
resilience.
    (d) Consultation.--In developing the guidance required under 
subsection (a), the Director may consult with appropriate entities, 
including--
            (1) the Comptroller General of the United States;
            (2) Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
        Agency; and
            (3) any other relevant entities, as determined by the 
        Director.
    (e) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees a report that describes 
        the guidance required under subsection (a).
            (2) Briefing.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director shall brief the appropriate 
        congressional committees on the implementation of the guidance 
        required under subsection (a) across agencies.
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