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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 10211 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 

grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes to support local resiliency 

offices, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 21, 2024 

Mr. CROW (for himself and Mrs. KIM of California) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States, territories, and Indian 

tribes to support local resiliency offices, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Championing Local 

5 Efforts to Advance Resilience Act of 2024’’ or the 

6 ‘‘CLEAR Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RESILIENCY OFFICE GRANTS. 

2 (a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 

3 Urban Development, in consultation with the Adminis4 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the 

5 Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior, 

6 may make grants under this section to States, territories, 

7 and Indian tribes that are eligible for such grants pursu8 ant to subsection (b) for use in accordance with subsection 

9 (c). 

10 (b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 

11 this section, a State, territory, or Indian tribe shall estab12 lish and maintain, or show a plan and ability to establish 

13 and maintain, an office specifically responsible for issues 

14 relating to resilience and that has among its duties the 

15 following: 

16 (1) To develop and update, not less frequently 

17 than every 5 years, a resiliency framework, in con18 sultation with vulnerable and impacted communities, 

19 that identifies current and projected risks and 

20 vulnerabilities due to extreme weather and other 

21 challenges, and provides recommendations to address 

22 such risks and vulnerabilities, in each of the areas 

23 of— 

24 (A) environmental and natural hazards; 

25 (B) the economy and workforce; 

26 (C) infrastructure; 


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1 (D) health and social services; and 

2 (E) housing. 

3 (2) To implement programming to address risks 

4 and vulnerabilities identified in the resiliency frame5 work, including— 

6 (A) providing technical assistance to local 

7 governments for the implementation of resil8 ience planning; 

9 (B) assisting State, territory, or tribal 

10 agencies in the implementation of resilience 

11 policies and procedures; 

12 (C) integrating resilience criteria into ex13 isting competitive grant funding administered 

14 by such office or State agencies; and 

15 (D) supporting long-term community pre16 disaster mitigation and recovery efforts and fa17 cilitating access to resources before and after a 

18 disaster. 

19 (3) To improve coordination among State, terri20 tory, or tribal agencies and regional and local juris21 dictions to support community and economic recov22 ery efforts and address risk and vulnerability reduc23 tion. 


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1 (c) USE.—Amounts from a grant under this section 

2 may be used by the grantee, or any unit of local govern3 ment that is a subgrantee of such grantee, only for— 

4 (1) costs of establishing or maintaining, or 

5 both, a resiliency office and implementing resiliency 

6 programming, developing resilience planning and 

7 analytic tools, enhancing community planning and 

8 capacity, enhancing coordination among State, terri9 tory, or tribal agencies and regional and local juris10 dictions and stakeholders, and providing technical 

11 assistance, in accordance with the requirements of 

12 subsection (b); and 

13 (2) payment of any non-Federal share required 

14 in connection with a Federal program undertaken to 

15 carry out any of the purposes of subsection (b)(2). 

16 (d) APPLICATIONS.—To apply for a grant under this 

17 section, a State, territory, or Indian tribe shall submit an 

18 application at such time, in such form, and containing 

19 such information as the Secretary may prescribe for estab20 lishing a formula-based grant program. 

21 (e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec22 tion to States or territories, the Secretary shall give pri23 ority to applications that— 

24 (1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance 

25 under this section, as determined by the Secretary; 


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1 (2) identify vulnerabilities and risks in dis2 advantaged communities and prioritize projects to 

3 benefit such communities and promote equity in re4 silience; 

5 (3) demonstrate a broad approach to resilience, 

6 as such term is defined in subsection (j)(3); and 

7 (4) provide for subgrants to entities that adhere 

8 to prevailing wage provisions as published by the 

9 Department of Labor. 

10 (f) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall award formula 

11 grants in an amount sufficient to provide funding to a 

12 grantee to cover a minimum of 24 months of grant activi13 ties. 

14 (g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall, 

15 in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal 

16 Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Com17 merce, the Secretary of the Interior, and such other heads 

18 of Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appro19 priate, provide technical assistance to grantees regarding 

20 developing resiliency frameworks and implementing resil21 iency strategies. 

22 (h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of any amounts made 

23 available for grants under this section, the Secretary may 

24 use 1.0 percent for— 


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1 (1) the costs of administering the program 

2 under this section for such grants; and 

3 (2) for providing technical assistance— 

4 (A) to applicants for such grants; and 

5 (B) under subsection (g). 

6 (i) REPORTS TO HUD.—Not later than 90 days after 

7 the end of each fiscal year for which a grantee receives 

8 a grant under this section, the grantee shall submit a re9 port to the Secretary regarding the use of such grant 

10 amounts, which shall include— 

11 (1) a description of the activities undertaken by 

12 the grantee using such grant amounts; 

13 (2) identification of the costs of each of the 

14 services provided using such grant amounts; and 

15 (3) assessments of the effectiveness of the grant 

16 program under this section and the programs car17 ried out by the resiliency office of the grantee and 

18 recommendations for improving such programs. 

19 (j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

20 (1) DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY.—The term 

21 ‘‘disadvantaged community’’ shall have such mean22 ing as shall be established by regulation by the Sec23 retary, in consultation with the heads of other ap24 propriate Federal agencies, using such indicators 

25 and metrics as the Secretary considers appropriate. 


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1 (2) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘grantee’’ means a 

2 State, territory, or Indian tribe to which a grant 

3 under this section is made. 

4 (3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 

5 has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 

6 Native American Housing and Self-Determination 

7 Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 

8 (4) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘resilience’’ 

9 means, with respect to a community, the ability to 

10 rebound, positively adapt to, or thrive amidst chang11 ing conditions or challenges, including human-caused 

12 and natural disasters, and to maintain quality of 

13 life, healthy growth, durable systems, economic vital14 ity, and conservation of resources for present and 

15 future generations. 

16 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

18 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 

19 of the United States and the District of Columbia. 

20 (7) TERRITORY.—The term ‘‘territory’’ means 

21 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 

22 Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and 

23 American Samoa. 

24 (k) FUNDING.— 


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1 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

2 There is authorized to be appropriated for grants 

3 under this section $200,000,000 for each of fiscal 

4 years 2024 through 2029. 

5 (2) SET-ASIDE FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—Of any 

6 amounts appropriated for a fiscal year for grants 

7 under this section, the Secretary shall reserve 10 

8 percent for grants to Indian tribes. The Secretary 

9 shall allocate such amounts reserved, among Indian 

10 tribes having applications for grants under this sec11 tion for such fiscal year approved by the Secretary, 

12 on the basis of a competition conducted pursuant to 

13 specific criteria for the selection of Indian tribes to 

14 receive such amounts. The criteria shall be contained 

15 in a regulation promulgated by the Secretary, in 

16 consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, after 

17 notice and opportunity for public comment. 

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