HR 501
Advanced toward a vote
Establishes a FEMA pilot program, running through September 30, 2030, that funds grants to individuals for home retrofits against natural disasters, and updates how building code editions and a FEMA hazard mitigation loan fund are handled.
Official title: Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025
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House
Introduced
16-JAN-2025
Referred
16-JAN-2025
Approved by committee
26-FEB-2025
Reported
03-OCT-2025
On the calendar
03-OCT-2025
- Sets up a FEMA pilot program, due within one year of enactment, that gives states and local governments assistance to provide grants to individuals for residential resilience retrofits.
- Covers retrofits such as raising homes and utilities, floodproofing, tornado safe rooms, seismic and wildfire measures, and wind upgrades like roof replacements and tie-downs.
- Limits the pilot to 10 percent of annual predisaster hazard mitigation funds and directs grant recipients to serve individuals who demonstrate financial need.
- Defines "latest published editions" as the two most recent editions of consensus building codes and standards, and removes one paragraph from the hazard mitigation revolving loan fund program while requiring a FEMA report to Congress within six years.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (16-JAN-2025); the text has changed since (Reported in House, 03-OCT-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (House)
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Emergency Management
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1 Republican
1 Democrat