Legis Daily

Climate Resilient Communities Act

USA117th CongressHR-1936| House 
| Updated: 3/17/2021
Joe Neguse

Joe Neguse

Democratic Representative

Colorado

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Climate Resilient Communities Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate and issue a report on the structural and economic impacts of climate resiliency at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Specifically, GAO, within one year of this bill's enactment and every five years thereafter, must evaluate and report to Congress on the economic benefits, including avoided impacts on property and life, of the use of model, consensus-based building codes, standards, and provisions that support resilience to climate risks and impacts. The report shall include an assessment of the status of adoption of building codes, standards, and provisions within the states, territories, and tribes at the state or jurisdictional level; analysis of the extent to which pre-disaster mitigation measures provide benefits to the nation and individual states, territories and tribes; an assessment of the building codes and standards referenced or otherwise currently incorporated into federal policies and programs, and the extent to which such codes and standards contribute to increasing climate resiliency; and recommendations for FEMA on how to better incorporate climate resiliency into efforts to rebuild after natural disasters.
View Full Text

Suggested Questions

Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better

Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-5709
Climate Resilient Communities Act
Mar 16, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-5709
    Climate Resilient Communities Act


  • March 16, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 16, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.


  • March 17, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Emergency Management

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Air qualityAtmospheric science and weatherBuilding constructionClimate change and greenhouse gasesEconomic performance and conditionsEmergency planning and evacuationFiresFloods and storm protectionGovernment studies and investigationsInfrastructure developmentNatural disastersRoads and highways

Climate Resilient Communities Act

USA117th CongressHR-1936| House 
| Updated: 3/17/2021
Climate Resilient Communities Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate and issue a report on the structural and economic impacts of climate resiliency at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Specifically, GAO, within one year of this bill's enactment and every five years thereafter, must evaluate and report to Congress on the economic benefits, including avoided impacts on property and life, of the use of model, consensus-based building codes, standards, and provisions that support resilience to climate risks and impacts. The report shall include an assessment of the status of adoption of building codes, standards, and provisions within the states, territories, and tribes at the state or jurisdictional level; analysis of the extent to which pre-disaster mitigation measures provide benefits to the nation and individual states, territories and tribes; an assessment of the building codes and standards referenced or otherwise currently incorporated into federal policies and programs, and the extent to which such codes and standards contribute to increasing climate resiliency; and recommendations for FEMA on how to better incorporate climate resiliency into efforts to rebuild after natural disasters.
View Full Text

Suggested Questions

Get AI-generated questions to help you understand this bill better

Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-5709
Climate Resilient Communities Act
Mar 16, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 16, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-5709
    Climate Resilient Communities Act


  • March 16, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 16, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.


  • March 17, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Joe Neguse

Joe Neguse

Democratic Representative

Colorado

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee

Emergency Management

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3684: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Air qualityAtmospheric science and weatherBuilding constructionClimate change and greenhouse gasesEconomic performance and conditionsEmergency planning and evacuationFiresFloods and storm protectionGovernment studies and investigationsInfrastructure developmentNatural disastersRoads and highways