HR 7242 — Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022

7242 IntroducedReported in House (IH)](RH)] <DOC> 117thUnion CONGRESSCalendar 2dNo. Session H.

440 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H.

7242 To[Report requireNo. the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, and for other purposes.

117-609] To require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, and for other purposes.

which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________December A8, BILL2022 ToAdditional requiresponsors: the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, and for other purposes.

Miss Gonzalez-Colon and Ms.

Williams of Georgia December 8, 2022 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 28, 2022] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, and for other purposes.

NATURAL DISASTERHAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT.

NATURAL DISASTERHAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT.

``(b) Products.--The President shall continue to maintain a natural disaster hazard assessment program that develops and maintains products that-- ``(1) are available to the public;

and ``(2) showdefine the risk of natural hazardshazard risk across the United States,States. such as-- ``(A) the National Risk Index or a successor product;

or ``(B) a natural disaster hazard risk assessment and mapping tool that is complementary to the National Risk Index.

``(d) Community Disaster Resilience Zones Designation.-- ``(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President makes the update and enhancement required under subsection (e)(4), and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the President shall identify and designate community disaster resilience zones, which shall be-- ``(A) the 50 census tracts assigned the highest individual hazard risk ratingsratings; under paragraph (2);

and ``(B) subject to paragraph (3), in each State, not less than 1 percent of census tracts that are assigned a high individual risk ratingratings. under paragraph (2).

``(2) Risk ratings.--In carrying out paragraph (1), the President shall use census tract risk ratings that,derived withfrom respect to a product maintained under subsection (b)--(b) that-- ``(A) arereflect-- derived``(i) fromhigh levels of individual hazard risk ratings based on an assessment of the product;intersection of-- ``(I) loss to population equivalence;

``(B) reflect whether a census tract has been assigned, under the product-- ``(i) high levels of individual hazard risk ratings based on an assessment of the intersection of-- ``(I) loss to population equivalence;

and ``(ii) high social vulnerability ratings and low community resilience ratings;

and ``(C)``(iii) reflectany theother principalelements naturaldetermined hazardby risks identified for the censusPresident; tract under the product.

and ``(B) reflect the principal natural hazard risks identified for the respective census tracts.

``(e)``(4) ReviewDuration.--The anddesignation Update.--Notof latera thancommunity 180disaster daysresilience afterzone theunder dateparagraph of(1) enactmentshall ofbe theeffective Communityfor Disastera Resilienceperiod Zones Act of 2022, and not less frequently than every 5 yearsyears. thereafter, the President shall-- ``(1) review the underlying methodology of any product that is a natural disaster hazard risk assessment;

``(2)``(e) considerReview includingand additionalUpdate.--Not datalater inthan 180 days after the date of enactment of the Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022, and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the President shall-- ``(1) with respect to any product that is a natural disaster hazard risk assessment,assessment-- such as-- ``(A) review the mostunderlying recentmethodology censusof tractthe data;product;

and ``(B) receive public input on the methodology and data used for the product;

``(2) consider including additional data in any product that is a natural hazard risk assessment, such as-- ``(A) the most recent census tract data;

``(D) naturaldata disasterthat hazardassesses riskpast assessmentand insightsfuture loss exposure, including analysis on climatethe changeeffects andof pasta andchanging futureclimate naturalon hazardfuture risk;loss exposure;

and ``(E) otherdata informationfrom relevantthe toResilience prioritizingAnalysis areasand thatPlanning have--Tool ``(i)of highthe riskFederal levelsEmergency of--Management ``(I)Agency; natural hazard loss exposure, including population equivalence, buildings, infrastructure, and agriculture;

and ``(F) other information relevant to prioritizing areas that have-- ``(i) high risk levels of-- ``(I) natural hazard loss exposure, including population equivalence, buildings, infrastructure, and agriculture;

``(f) Natural Disaster Hazard Risk Assessment Insights.--In determining theadditional informationdata to beinclude included in theproducts naturalthat disasterare natural hazard risk assessmentassessments insightsunder described in subsection (e)(2)(D),(e)(2), the President shall consult with, at a minimum-- ``(1) the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;

``(2) Purpose.--The purpose of assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be to carry out activities in preparation for a resilience or mitigation project,project or seek an evaluation and certification under subsection (i)(2) for a resilience or mitigation project,project before the date on which permanent work of the resilience or mitigation project begins.

``(4) Funding.--In providing assistance under paragraph (1), the President may use amounts set aside under section 203(i).

``(2) Evaluation and certification.-- ``(A) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date on which an eligible entity submits an application under paragraph (1), the President shall evaluate the application to determine whether the resilience or mitigation project that the entity plans to perform within, or that primarily benefits, a community disaster resilience zone-- ``(i) meets or exceeds consensus-basedone of the latest two published editions of relevant consensus- based codes, specifications, and standards;standards, including amendments made by State, local, Indian tribal, or territorial governments during the adoption process that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant designs and establish criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of residential structures and facilities that may be eligible for assistance under this section;

``(3)``(C) ProjectsEffect causingof displacement.--Withcertification.--The respectcertification toof a proposed resilience or mitigation project certified under paragraphsubparagraph (2)(B)(B) thatshall involvesnot thebe displacementconstrued ofto aexempt resident from any habitable housing unit, the entity performing the resilience or mitigation project shall,from to the extentrequirements practicable as determined by the President, provide the resident the option to have a suitable and comparable housing unit in the same local community under terms that are similar to the terms of theany habitableother housinglaw. unit from which the resident is displaced.

``(4)``(3) FloodProjects protectioncausing projects.--Withdisplacement.--With respect to a resilience or mitigation project certified under paragraph (2)(B) that isinvolves the displacement of a floodresident protectionfrom projectany underoccupied housing unit, the jurisdictionentity ofperforming the Unitedresilience Statesor Armymitigation Corpsproject ofshall-- Engineers,``(A) provide, at the floodoption protectionof projectthe shallresident, meeta orsuitable exceedand floodhabitable protectionhousing standardsunit ofthat is, with respect to the Armyhousing Corpsunit from which the resident is displaced-- ``(i) of Engineers.''.a comparable size;

<all>``(ii) located in the same local community or a community with reduced hazard risk;

and ``(iii) offered under similar costs, conditions, and terms;

``(B) ensure that property acquisitions resulting from the displacement and made in connection with the resilience or mitigation project-- ``(i) are deed restricted in perpetuity to preclude future property uses not relating to mitigation or resilience;

and ``(ii) are the result of a voluntary decision by the resident;

and ``(C) plan for robust public participation in the resilience or mitigation project.''.

(b) National Risk Index Funding.--Nothing in section 206 of the Robert T.

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as added by subsection (a), shall be construed to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from using amounts available to maintain and update the National Risk Index until the earlier of-- (1) the date on which such amounts are transferred to another source;

and (2) 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.