{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-3655","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":3655,"title":"Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-05-24","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"S001193","fullName":"Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-14]","party":"D","state":"CA","district":14}],"cosponsorsCount":3,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2023-05-25","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management."},"policyArea":"Emergency Management","subjects":["Air quality","Building construction","Climate change and greenhouse gases","Community life and organization","Disaster relief and insurance","Emergency planning and evacuation","Environmental assessment, monitoring, research","Executive agency funding and structure","Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)","Government lending and loan guarantees","Government studies and investigations","Intergovernmental relations","Natural disasters","Refugees, asylum, displaced persons"],"actions":[{"date":"2023-05-25","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-05-24","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-05-24","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-05-24","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":" <p><strong>Preventing Our Next Natural Disaster Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the pre-disaster mitigation grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).</p> <p>Specifically, the bill</p> <ul> <li>increases FEMA's set-aside for pre-disaster mitigation assistance from 6% to 15% of certain grant amounts;</li> <li>provides for a 2% set-aside for community planning and capacity building assistance; and </li> <li>authorizes FEMA to develop guidance regarding how to incorporate climate change into the National Risk Index, cost-benefit analyses, and improved codes, specifications, and standards to address natural hazards.</li> </ul> <p>FEMA must</p> <ul> <li>prioritize applicants for assistance with the highest hazard risk in coordination with FEMA's National Risk Index, environmental justice communities, and low-income communities (current law covers the latter though this bill modifies the number of individuals in such communities);</li> <li>provide community outreach; and </li> <li>establish a central federal database to consolidate funding data collected by all local, state, and federal agencies involved in post-disaster response and pre-disaster mitigation spending and categorize the data by type of project, funding source, and hazard types using a user-friendly database and interactive map.</li> </ul>","updateDate":"2024-07-24T15:21:53Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":493,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:51:33.752Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Preventing%20Our%20Next%20Natural%20Disaster%20Act"}]}}