Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
The Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025 amends the Stafford Act to define “latest published editions” of consensus codes as the two most recent editions, tweaks language in the hazard mitigation revolving loan fund, and creates a FEMA-run residential resilience pilot. The pilot lets FEMA use up to 10% of annual predisaster hazard mitigation funds to provide grants, via States or local governments, to homeowners for eligible retrofits (elevations, floodproofing, safe rooms, seismic, wildfire, wind measures).
Liberals emphasize equity and resilience benefits; conservatives stress federal overreach concerns.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive amendment to the Stafford Act that creates a time-limited residential retrofit pilot program, clarifies a definition used in mitigation provisions, and alters the structure of the hazard mitigation revolving loan fund paragraphs.
The Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025 amends the Stafford Act to define “latest published editions” of consensus codes as the two most recent editions, tweaks language in the hazard mitigation revolving loan fund, and creates a FEMA-run residential resilience pilot.
The pilot lets FEMA use up to 10% of annual predisaster hazard mitigation funds to provide grants, via States or local governments, to homeowners for eligible retrofits (elevations, floodproofing, safe rooms, seismic, wildfire, wind measures).
The program must prioritize individuals demonstrating financial need, be established within one year, run through September 30, 2030, and requires a six-year report to Congress on outcomes and avoided disaster impacts.
Substantively modest, time‑limited pilot with technical fixes improves prospects, but enactment likely depends on Senate timing or inclusion in larger package.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive amendment to the Stafford Act that creates a time-limited residential retrofit pilot program, clarifies a definition used in mitigation provisions, and alters the structure of the hazard mitigation revolving loan fund paragraphs. It provides moderate statutory integration, basic funding direction, a responsible agency, and reporting requirements, but leaves many implementation and fiscal details to the administering agency.
Liberals emphasize equity and resilience benefits; conservatives stress federal overreach concerns.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Liberals emphasize equity and resilience benefits; conservatives stress federal overreach concerns.
Generally favorable; views the bill as a focused federal mitigation effort that helps low-income homeowners increase disaster resilience.
Appreciates targeting of funds to people with financial need and the emphasis on modern consensus-based codes.
Might wish for larger, permanent funding and stronger climate-aligned provisions, but sees pilot as a pragmatic step.
Cautiously supportive: sees practical value in pre-disaster mitigation and evidence-building via a time-limited pilot.
Values the program’s reporting requirements and means-testing priority, but wants clearer cost projections and assurance this won’t undercut other mitigation projects.
Skeptical to somewhat opposed: distrustful of federal involvement in home-level retrofits and potential pressure to adopt newer model codes.
Might accept targeted resilience steps but worries about federal spending, interstate uniformity imposition, and erosion of state/local control.
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Substantively modest, time‑limited pilot with technical fixes improves prospects, but enactment likely depends on Senate timing or inclusion in larger package.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize equity and resilience benefits; conservatives stress federal overreach concerns.
Substantively modest, time‑limited pilot with technical fixes improves prospects, but enactment likely depends on Senate timing or inclusio…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a substantive amendment to the Stafford Act that creates a time-limited residential retrofit pilot program, clarifies a definition used in mitigation provisions, a…
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