Promoting Resilient Buildings Act
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
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- Became Law
Overview
The Promoting Resilient Buildings Act modifies the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance building code resilience and support residential retrofits. Specifically, it clarifies the use of building code editions, prohibits using STRLF loan funds for building code activities, and establishes a pilot program to provide grants to state and local governments for residential resilience retrofits. These retrofits must reduce risk from natural hazards and be targeted towards individuals with financial need.
Key provisions
- Clarifies the latest published editions of building codes to be used for predisaster mitigation assistance.
- Prohibits the use of STRLF loan funds for building code activities.
- Establishes a pilot program for FEMA to provide grants to state and local governments for residential resilience retrofits.
- Retrofit projects must reduce risk from local natural hazards and target individuals with financial need.
- The pilot program will utilize up to 10% of annual predisaster hazard mitigation assistance funds.
- The pilot program will terminate on September 30, 2030.
- Requires a report to Congress evaluating the pilot program's effectiveness and identifying areas for improvement.
- Specifies that the Act only applies to appropriations made on or after the date of enactment.
Who is affected
- State and local governments
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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