HR5940-118

In Committee

To establish a community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide, from the fund, assistance through a community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for other purposes.

118th Congress Introduced Oct 12, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish a community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide, from the fund, assistance through a community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Finance, Housing.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HF76AD2C836144D188B9BFDC46D6843A5: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act.
  • Section H70C82FC140184EFBB5CB8D0071B6913B: 2. Findings Congress finds that— following a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency...
  • Section H890F6378AE7745D4A2EE2378161022C5: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term Department means the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The term Fund means the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund...
  • Section H9E2EE6FA40E54E48959A6038711824E6: 4. Duties of the Department of Housing and Urban Development The offices and officers of the Department shall be responsible for— leading and coordinating the...
  • Section HA7769ED6E2D74D78BE0EC43427C6A476: 5. Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund There is established in the Treasury of the United States an account to be known as the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund....

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To establish a community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide, from the fund, assistance through a community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Finance, Housing

Primary Purpose

This bill, To establish a community disaster assistance fund for housing and community development and to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide, from the fund, assistance through a community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Finance Housing

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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federal agencies and legislative administrators: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Oct 25, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition …

Oct 12, 2023

Mr. Green of Texas introduced the following bill

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Finance Housing
Actor Mappings
"administrator_of_sba"
→ Administrator of the Small Business Administration
"administrator_of_fema"
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
"secretary_of_housing_and_urban_development"
→ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

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