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119th CONGRESS
2d Session |
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to access unmet community development-related needs in areas impacted by disasters on an ongoing basis, and for other purposes.
Mr. Bell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to access unmet community development-related needs in areas impacted by disasters on an ongoing basis, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “CDBG–DR Automated Assessment Act”.
SEC. 2. Unmet needs assessment required.
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall not later than 60 days after the President declares a major disaster under the “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act” and quarterly thereafter—
(1) use Federal disaster and housing data available to the Secretary to—
(A) evaluate damage to housing and infrastructure in the area impacted by the disaster; and
(B) identify shortages in affordable housing and broader economic recovery needs; and
(2) submit to the Congress a report about the analysis conducted under paragraph (1) that identifies any unmet needs in the area impacted by the disaster that could be addressed using amounts appropriated for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and other related Federal disaster programs.