119-hr2907

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2907 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2907

 To amend 

section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to provide assistance 
 for predisaster hazard mitigation measures, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 14, 2025

 Mr. Stanton (for himself and Mr. Bresnahan) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
 Infrastructure

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 A BILL

 To amend 

section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to provide assistance 
 for predisaster hazard mitigation measures, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Save Building Resilient 
Infrastructure and Communities Act'' or the ``Save BRIC Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

 Congress finds the following:

    (1) Predisaster mitigation enables actions to be taken 
 proactively to reduce loss of life and property by lessening 
 the impact of future disasters.

    (2) Effective mitigation minimizes the potential loss of 
 life and property from a disaster based on identifying and 
 understanding the risks in a given area or community.

    (3) The United States experienced 27 weather and climate 
 disasters with damages exceeding $1,000,000,000 in 2024.

    (4) Mitigation can encompass a wide variety of activities, 
 including preparation and planning, elevating or moving 
 structures prone to flooding, reducing loss of life during 
 extreme heat, and hardening structures to mitigate the effects 
 of hurricanes or earthquakes.

    (5) Scientific research has proven that every $1 invested 
 in predisaster mitigation saves up to $13 in disaster recovery 
 costs.

    (6) In 2019, President Trump created the predisaster 
 mitigation program known as Building Resilient Communities and 
 Infrastructure

    (BRIC) because it is prudent from a business and 
 insurance perspective.

    (7) In 2025, the BRIC program was wrongfully cancelled and 
 over $4,000,000,000 of predisaster mitigation grants were 
 clawed back from communities vulnerable to disaster damage.

SEC. 3. MANDATORY MITIGATION.

 

Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (b) by striking ``may'' and inserting 
 ``shall''; and

    (2) in subsection
            (c) by striking ``may'' and inserting 
 ``shall''.
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