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[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1917 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.1917

                    One Hundred Seventeenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America

                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

           Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
          the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-two

                                 An Act

 
    To modify eligibility requirements for certain hazard mitigation 
              assistance programs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Hazard Eligibility and Local 
Projects Act''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF ACQUISITION AND DEMOLITION 
ASSISTANCE PROJECTS.
    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
        (1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the 
    Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
        (2) Covered project.--The term ``covered project'' means a 
    project that--
            (A) is an acquisition and demolition project for which an 
        entity began implementation, including planning or 
        construction, before or after requesting assistance for the 
        project under a hazard mitigation assistance program; and
            (B) qualifies for a categorical exclusion under the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
        seq.).
        (3) Hazard mitigation assistance program.--The term ``hazard 
    mitigation assistance program'' means--
            (A) any grant program authorized under section 203 of the 
        Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 5133);
            (B) the hazard mitigation grant program authorized under 
        section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c); and
            (C) the flood mitigation assistance program authorized 
        under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
        (42 U.S.C. 4104c).
    (b) Eligibility for Assistance for Covered Projects.--
        (1) In general.--An entity seeking assistance under a hazard 
    mitigation assistance program may be eligible to receive that 
    assistance for a covered project if--
            (A) the entity--
                (i) complies with all other eligibility requirements of 
            the hazard mitigation assistance program for acquisition or 
            demolition projects, including extinguishing all 
            incompatible encumbrances; and
                (ii) complies with all Federal requirements for the 
            covered project; and
            (B) the Administrator determines that the covered project--
                (i) qualifies for a categorical exclusion under the 
            National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
            et seq.);
                (ii) is compliant with applicable floodplain management 
            and protection of wetland regulations and criteria; and
                (iii) does not require consultation under any other 
            environmental or historic preservation law or regulation or 
            involve any extraordinary circumstances.
        (2) Costs incurred.--An entity seeking assistance under a 
    hazard mitigation assistance program shall be responsible for any 
    project costs incurred by the entity for a covered project if the 
    covered project is not awarded, or is determined to be ineligible 
    for, assistance.
    (c) Applicability.--This Act shall apply to covered projects 
started on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Administrator shall 
submit to Congress a report on use of the authority under this Act, 
including--
        (1) how many applicants used the authority;
        (2) how many applicants using the authority successfully 
    obtained a grant;
        (3) how many applicants were not able to successfully obtain a 
    grant;
        (4) the reasons applicants were not able to obtain a grant; and
        (5) the extent to which applicants using the authority were 
    able to comply with all necessary Federal environmental, historic 
    preservation, and other related laws and regulations.
    (e) Termination.--The authority provided under this Act shall cease 
to be effective on the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
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