Housing and Community Development
Reforming Disaster Recovery Act
- Introduced
- Committee
- House
- Senate
- President
- Law
- Introduced
- April 15, 2026
- Sponsor
- · D–TX
- Recorded roll calls
- None recorded
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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The bill would establish a Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund in the Treasury and authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide formula-based community development block grant disaster recovery assistance for catastrophic major disasters. It would create an Office of Disaster Management and Resiliency within HUD and require coordination with FEMA, the Small Business Administration, and other agencies. Grants would generally prioritize extremely low-, low-, and moderate-income persons, with at least 70 percent used for low- and moderate-income beneficiaries unless the Secretary makes specified findings and issues a waiver. The bill would require public plans and reporting, data-sharing agreements with privacy safeguards, allocations generally within 90 or, if data is insufficient, 120 days after a disaster declaration, and use or recapture of grant amounts within six years subject to extensions.
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