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[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
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[H.R. 4557 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 870
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4557

                     [Report No. 115-1107, Part I]

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide 
 disaster assistance to States and units of general government under a 
 community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 5, 2017

 Mrs. Wagner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

                           December 22, 2018

      Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on 
 Transportation and Infrastructure for a period ending not later than 
December 28, 2018, for consideration of such provisions of the bill and 
amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to 
                         clause 1(r) of rule X
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                           December 28, 2018

  Additional sponsors: Mr. Ross, Ms. Tenney, and Mr. Al Green of Texas

                           December 28, 2018

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
                             to be printed
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           December 5, 2017]

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                                 A BILL

 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide 
 disaster assistance to States and units of general government under a 
 community development block grant disaster recovery program, 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 ``Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section:

``SEC. 123. CDBG-DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Authority; Use.--The Secretary may provide assistance under 
this section to States, units of general local government, and Indian 
tribes for necessary expenses for activities authorized under this 
title related to disaster relief, resiliency, long-term recovery, 
restoration of infrastructure and housing, mitigation, and economic 
revitalization in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from 
a major disaster declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
    ``(b) Timing.--
            ``(1) Deadlines for allocation of amounts.--Except as 
        provided in paragraph (2), after the enactment of an Act making 
        funds available for assistance under this section, the 
        Secretary shall allocate for grantees, based on the best 
        available data--
                    ``(A) not less than one-third of funds provided for 
                assistance under this section, within 60 days of the 
                date of the enactment of such Act; and
                    ``(B) all remaining unallocated funds to be 
                provided to grantees, within 180 days of such date of 
                enactment.
            ``(2) Inapplicability of deadlines based on insufficient 
        information.--The deadlines under paragraph (1) for allocation 
        of funds shall not apply in the case of funds made available 
        for assistance under this section if Federal Emergency 
        Management Agency has not made sufficient information available 
        to the Secretary regarding relevant unmet recovery to make 
        allocations in accordance with such deadlines.
            ``(3) Disbursement of amounts.--Subject to subsection 
        (c)(1), the Secretary shall provide for the disbursement of the 
        amounts allocated for a grantee over time in accordance with 
        obligations of the grantee, but shall require the grantee to be 
        in substantial compliance with the requirements of this section 
        before each such disbursement.
            ``(4) Coordination of disaster benefits and data with other 
        federal agencies.--
                    ``(A) Coordination of data.--The Secretary shall 
                coordinate with other agencies to obtain data on 
                recovery needs. The Administrator of the Federal 
                Emergency Management Agency and the Administrator of 
                the Small Business Administration shall share data with 
                the Secretary to coordinate disaster benefits.
                    ``(B) Coordination with fema.--The Secretary and 
                the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
                Agency shall share with each other, and make publicly 
                available, all data collected or analyzed during the 
                course of a disaster recovery for which assistance is 
                provided under this section, including--
                            ``(i) all data on damage caused by the 
                        disaster;
                            ``(ii) information on how any Federal 
                        assistance provided in connection with the 
                        disaster is expended;
                            ``(iii) information regarding the effect of 
                        the disaster on education, transportation 
                        capabilities and dependence, housing needs and 
                        displacement.
                    ``(C) Prohibition and requirements regarding small 
                business administration loans.--
                            ``(i) Prohibition.--Funds made available 
                        for use under this section may not be used to 
                        repay Small Business Administration loans.
                            ``(ii) Family eligibility.--Any family 
                        having an income exceeding 120 percent of the 
                        area median income shall not be eligible for 
                        assistance provided from funds made available 
                        for use under this section unless (i) the 
                        family has applied for a Small Business 
                        Administration loan for such purpose and has 
                        agreed that if such a loan is made that it will 
                        use the proceeds of such loan in lieu of 
                        assistance from funds made available for use 
                        under this section, or (ii) such loans are not 
                        available at the time of application for 
                        assistance from funds made available for use 
                        under this section; except that the Secretary 
                        may establish income ceilings higher or lower 
                        than 120 percent of the median for the area on 
                        the basis of the Secretary's findings that such 
                        variations are necessary because of unusually 
                        high or low family incomes.
                    ``(D) Notice to sba applicants.--The Secretary 
                shall consult and coordinate with the Administrator of 
                the Small Business Administration as necessary to 
                ensure that applicants for Small Business 
                Administration disaster loans are provided clear 
                written notice regarding their potential eligibility 
                for assistance with funds made available under this 
                section and the affect of such Small Business 
                Administration loans on such eligibility.
                    ``(E) Treatment of duplicative benefits.--In any 
                case in which a grantee provides assistance that 
                duplicates benefits available to a person for the same 
                purpose from another source, the grantee shall collect 
                any duplicative assistance that it provides and return 
                the amount of duplicative assistance to the grantees 
                funds available for use under this section, or to the 
                Secretary, or be subject to remedies for noncompliance 
                under section 111, unless the Secretary issues a public 
                determination that it is not in the best interest of 
                the Federal Government to pursue such remedies.
                    ``(F) Protection of personally identifiable 
                information.--In carrying out this paragraph, the 
                Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary 
                to ensure that personally identifiable information 
                regarding recipients of assistance provided from funds 
                made available under this section is not made publicly 
                available by the Department of Housing and Urban 
                Development or any agency with which information is 
                shared pursuant to this paragraph.
    ``(c) Plan for Use of Assistance.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--Not later than 120 days after the 
        allocation pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(B) of the funds made 
        available by an appropriations Act for assistance under this 
        section and before the Secretary obligates any of such funds 
        for a grantee, the grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary 
        for approval detailing the proposed use of all funds, which 
        shall include, at a minimum--
                    ``(A) criteria for eligibility and a description of 
                how the use of such funds will address disaster relief, 
                resiliency, long-term recovery and restoration of 
                infrastructure and housing, and mitigation and economic 
                revitalization in the most impacted and distressed 
                areas;
                    ``(B) identification of officials and offices 
                responsible for administering such funds and 
                identifying and recovering duplicate benefits;
                    ``(C) an agreement to share data with Federal 
                agencies and other providers of disaster relief, which 
                shall include information the grantee has regarding the 
                matters described in subparagraph (B); and
                    ``(D) a plan for ensuring compliance with the Fair 
                Housing Act, which may include providing for 
                partnerships with local fair housing organizations and 
                funding set-aside for local fair housing organizations 
                to handle complaints relating to assistance with 
                amounts made available for use under this section.
            ``(2) Approval.--The Secretary shall, by regulation, 
        specify criteria for approval of plans under paragraph (1), 
        including approval of substantial amendments to such plans.
            ``(3) Disapproval.--The Secretary shall disapprove a plan 
        or substantial amendment to a plan if--
                    ``(A) the Secretary determines that a plan or 
                substantial amendment does not meet the approval 
                criteria;
                    ``(B) the Secretary determines, based on damage and 
                unmet needs assessments of the Secretary and the 
                Federal Emergency Management Administration or such 
                other information as may be available, that the plan or 
                amendment does not provide for equitable allocation of 
                resources--
                            ``(i) between infrastructure and housing 
                        projects; or
                            ``(ii) between homeowners, renters, and 
                        persons experiencing homelessness;
                    ``(C) the Secretary determines that the plan does 
                not provide a credible plan for ensuring compliance 
                with the Fair Housing Act; or
                    ``(D) the Secretary determines that the plan does 
                not prioritize the one-for-one replacement of public 
                housing and other federally subsidized housing that 
                provides affordable housing for the lowest income 
                households.
            ``(4) Resubmission.--The Secretary shall permit a grantee 
        to revise and resubmit disapproved plans.
            ``(5) Timing.--The Secretary shall approve or disapprove a 
        plan not later than 120 days after submission of the plan to 
        the Secretary.
    ``(d) Financial Controls.--
            ``(1) Compliance system.--The Secretary shall develop and 
        maintain a system to ensure that each grantee has in place--
                    ``(A) proficient financial controls and procurement 
                processes;
                    ``(B) adequate procedures to ensure that all 
                eligible families and individuals are approved for 
                assistance with amounts made available under this 
                section and that recipients are provided the full 
                amount of assistance for which they are eligible;
                    ``(C) adequate procedures to prevent any 
                duplication of benefits, as defined by section 312 of 
                the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely 
                expenditure of funds, and to detect and prevent waste, 
                fraud, and abuse of funds; and
                    ``(D) adequate procedure to ensure the grantee will 
                maintain comprehensive and publicly accessible websites 
                that make available information regarding all disaster 
                recovery activities assisted with such funds, which 
                information shall include--
                            ``(i) full and unredacted copies of all 
                        requests for qualification for assistance or 
                        for procurement with such funds, however 
                        styled;
                            ``(ii) all responses to such requests;
                            ``(iii) the identity of any individual or 
                        entity that reviews, evaluates, scores, or 
                        otherwise influences or determines the 
                        disposition of such requests;
                            ``(iv) all reports, however styled, 
                        containing the reviewing individual or entity's 
                        scores, findings; and conclusions regarding 
                        such requests; and
                            ``(v) any resulting contract, agreement, or 
                        other disposition of such requests;
                except that such procedures shall ensure that 
                personally identifiable information regarding 
                recipients of assistance provided from funds made 
                available under this section shall not be made 
                publically available.
            ``(2) Certification.--As a condition of making any grant, 
        the Secretary shall certify in advance that the grantee has in 
        place the processes and procedures required under subparagraphs 
        (A) and (B) of paragraph (1).
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--
            ``(1) Administrative costs.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State, unit of general local 
                government, or Indian tribe receiving a grant under 
                this section may use not more than 10 percent of the 
                amount of grant funds received, or not more than such 
                other percentage as may be established pursuant to 
                subparagraph (B), for administrative costs and shall 
                document the use of funds for such purpose in 
                accordance with such requirements as the Secretary 
                shall establish.
                    ``(B) Discretion to establish sliding scale.--The 
                Secretary may establish a series of percentage 
                limitations on the amount of grant funds received that 
                may be used by a grantee for administrative costs, but 
                only if--
                            ``(i) such percentage limitations are based 
                        on the amount of grant funds received by a 
                        grantee;
                            ``(ii) such series provides that the 
                        percentage that may be so used is lower for 
                        grantees receiving a greater amount of grant 
                        funds and such percentage that may be so used 
                        is higher for grantees receiving a lesser 
                        amount of grant funds; and
                            ``(iii) in no case may a grantee so use 
                        more than 10 percent of grant funds received.
            ``(2) Limitation on use.--Amounts from a grant under this 
        section may not be used for activities reimbursable by, or for 
        which funds are made available by--
                    ``(A) the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
                including under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
                and Emergency Assistance Act or the National Flood 
                Insurance Program; or
                    ``(B) the Army Corps of Engineers.
            ``(3) HUD administrative costs.--
                    ``(A) Limitation.--Of any funds made available for 
                use under this section by any single appropriations 
                Act, the Secretary may use 0.5 percent of any such 
                amount exceeding $1,000,000,000 for necessary costs, 
                including information technology costs, of 
                administering and overseeing the obligation and 
                expenditure of amounts made available for use under 
                this section.
                    ``(B) Transfer of funds.--Any amounts made 
                available for use in accordance with subparagraph (A) 
                shall--
                            ``(i) be transferred to the account for 
                        `Program Office Salaries and Expenses--
                        Community Planning and Development' for the 
                        Department;
                            ``(ii) shall remain available until 
                        expended; and
                            ``(iii) may be used for such administrative 
                        costs for administering any funds appropriated 
                        to the Department for any disaster and related 
                        purposes in any prior or future Act making 
                        funds available for use under this section, 
                        notwithstanding the disaster for which such 
                        funds were appropriated.
            ``(4) Inspector general.--Of any funds made available for 
        use in accordance with paragraph (3)(A), 10 percent shall be 
        transferred to the Office of the Inspector General for 
        necessary costs of audits, reviews, oversight, evaluation, and 
        investigations relating to amounts made available for use under 
        this section.
            ``(5) Capacity building.--Of any funds made available for 
        use under this section, not more than 0.1 percent or 
        $15,000,000, whichever is less, shall be made available for 
        capacity building and technical assistance, including 
        assistance regarding contracting and procurement processes, to 
        support grantees and subgrantees receiving funds under this 
        section.
            ``(6) Compliance with storm water protections.--The 
        Secretary shall provide that no funds made available under this 
        section may be used for construction, repair, or rehabilitation 
        of any infrastructure unless the infrastructure assisted 
        complies with any minimum standards for protection from floods 
        and stormwaters, including the Federal Flood Risk Management 
        Standards of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
            ``(7) Flood risk mitigation.--
                    ``(A) Requirements.--Subject to subparagraph (B), 
                the Secretary shall require that any structure that is 
                located in an area having special flood hazards and 
                that is newly constructed, for which substantial damage 
                is repaired, or that is substantially improved, using 
                amounts made available under this section, shall be 
                elevated with the lowest floor, including the basement, 
                at least two feet above the base flood level.
                    ``(B) Multifamily housing.--In the case of 
                structures consisting of multifamily housing, the 
                Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of 
                the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall provide 
                for alternative forms of mitigation (in addition to 
                elevation) and shall exempt from the requirement under 
                subparagraph (A) any such structure that meets the 
                standards for such an alternative form of mitigation.
                    ``(C) Definitions.--For purposes of subparagraph 
                (A), the terms `area having special flood hazards', 
                `newly constructed', `substantial damage', `substantial 
                improvement', and `base flood level' have the same 
                meanings as under the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 
                1973 and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 
                U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).
    ``(f) Administration.--In administering any amounts made available 
for assistance under this section, the Secretary--
            ``(1) may not allow a grantee to use any such amounts for 
        any purpose other than the purpose approved by the Secretary in 
        the plan submitted under subsection (c)(1) to the Secretary for 
        use of such amounts;
            ``(2) may not permit a grantee to amend a plan to 
        retroactively approve a beneficiary's use of funds for an 
        eligible activity other than an activity for which the funds 
        were originally approved in the plan; and
            ``(3) shall prohibit a grantee from delegating, by contract 
        or otherwise, the responsibility for inherent government 
        functions.
    ``(g) Training for Grant Management for Subgrantees.--The Secretary 
shall require each grantee to provide ongoing training to all staff and 
subgrantees.
    ``(h) Procurement Processes and Procedures for States.--
            ``(1) State processes and procedures.--In procuring 
        property or services to be paid for in whole or in part with 
        amounts from a grant under this section, a State shall--
                    ``(A) follow its own procurement processes and 
                procedures, but only if the Secretary makes a 
                determination that such processes and procedures comply 
                with the requirements under paragraph (2); or
                    ``(B) comply with such processes and procedures as 
                the Secretary shall, by regulation, establish for 
                purposes of this section.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The requirements under this paragraph 
        with respect to the procurement processes and procedures of a 
        State are that such processes and procedures shall--
                    ``(A) provide for full and open competition and 
                require cost or price analysis;
                    ``(B) include requirements for procurement policies 
                and procedures for subgrantees, based on full and open 
                competition;
                    ``(C) specify methods of procurement and their 
                applicability, but not allow for cost-plus-a-
                percentage-of cost or percentage-of-construction-cost 
                methods of procurement;
                    ``(D) include standards of conduct governing 
                employees engaged in the award or administration of 
                contracts;
                    ``(E) ensure that all purchase orders and contracts 
                include any clauses required by Federal Statute, 
                Executive Order, or implementing regulation.
            ``(3) Noncompliance.--In the case of a State for which the 
        Secretary finds pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) that its 
        procurement processes and procedures do not comply with 
        paragraph (2), the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) provide the State with specific written 
                notice of the elements of noncompliance and the changes 
                necessary to such processes and procedures to provide 
                for compliance;
                    ``(B) provide the State a reasonable period of time 
                to come into compliance; and
                    ``(C) during such period allow the State to proceed 
                with procuring property and services paid for in whole 
                or in part with amounts from a grant under this section 
                in compliance with the procurement processes and 
                procedures of the State, but only if the Secretary 
                determines the State is making a good faith effort to 
                effectuate compliance with the requirements of 
                paragraph (2).
    ``(i) Treatment of CDBG Allocations.--Amounts made available for 
use under this section shall not be considered relevant to the non-
disaster formula allocations made pursuant to section 106 of this title 
(42 U.S.C. 5306).
    ``(j) Waivers.--
            ``(1) Authority.--Subject to the other provisions of this 
        section, in administering amounts made available for use under 
        this section, the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative 
        requirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation 
        that the Secretary administers in connection with the 
        obligation by the Secretary or the use by the recipient of such 
        funds (except for requirements related to fair housing, 
        nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environment and 
        except for the requirements of this section), if the Secretary 
        makes a public finding that good cause exists for the waiver or 
        alternative requirement and such waiver or alternative 
        requirement would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose 
        of this title.
            ``(2) Notice and publication.--Any waiver of or alternative 
        requirement pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not take effect 
        before the expiration of the 5-day period beginning upon the 
        publication of notice in the Federal Register of such waiver or 
        alternative requirement.
            ``(3) Low- and moderate-income use.--A waiver pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) may not reduce the percentage of funds that must 
        be used for activities that benefit persons of low and moderate 
        income to less than 70 percent, unless the Secretary 
        specifically finds that there is compelling need to further 
        reduce the percentage requirement.
            ``(4) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not waive any 
        provision of this section pursuant to the authority under 
        paragraph (1).
    ``(k) Environmental Review.--
            ``(1) Adoption.--Notwithstanding subsection (j)(1), 
        recipients of funds provided under this section that use such 
        funds to supplement Federal assistance provided under section 
        402, 403, 404, 406, 407, 408(c)(4), 428, or 502 of the Robert 
        T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may adopt, without review or public 
        comment, any environmental review, approval, or permit 
        performed by a Federal agency, and such adoption shall satisfy 
        the responsibilities of the recipient with respect to such 
        environmental review, approval, or permit under section 
        104(g)(1) of this title (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(1)).
            ``(2) Release of funds.--Notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) 
        of this title (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), the Secretary may, upon 
        receipt of a request for release of funds and certification, 
        immediately approve the release of funds for an activity or 
        project assisted with amounts made available for use under this 
        section if the recipient has adopted an environmental review, 
        approval or permit under paragraph (1) or the activity or 
        project is categorically excluded from review under the 
        National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
        seq.).
    ``(l) Collection of Information; Audits and Oversight.--
            ``(1) Collection of information.--For each major disaster 
        for which assistance is made available under this section, the 
        Secretary shall collect information regarding all recovery 
        efforts so assisted and shall make such information available 
        to the public and to the Inspector General for the Department 
        of Housing and Urban Development, and shall report to the 
        Congress regarding such efforts. Information collected and 
        reported shall be disaggregated by race, geography, and all 
        protected classes of individuals under the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, the Americans 
        with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Housing Act, the Civil 
        Rights Act of 1964, and other civil rights and 
        nondiscrimination protections. In carrying out this paragraph, 
        the Secretary shall take such actions as may be necessary to 
        ensure that personally identifiable information regarding 
        recipients of assistance provided from funds made available 
        under this section shall not made publicly available.
            ``(2) Audits and oversight.--In conducting audits, reviews, 
        oversight, evaluation, and investigations, in addition to 
        activities designed to prevent and detect waste, fraud, and 
        abuse, the Inspector General shall review programs of grantees 
        under this section for providing disaster relief and recovery 
        assistance to ensure such programs fulfill their purposes and 
        serve all eligible applicants for disaster relief or recovery 
        assistance.
    ``(m) Pre-certification for Units of General Local Government.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall carry out a program 
        under this subsection to provide for units of general local 
        government to pre-certify as eligible grantees for assistance 
        under this section.
            ``(2) Requirements.--To be eligible for pre-certification 
        under the program under this subsection a unit of general local 
        government shall--
                    ``(A) demonstrate to the satisfaction of the 
                Secretary compliance with the requirements of this 
                section; and
                    ``(B) have previously received assistance as a 
                grantee or subgrantee under this section, or with 
                amounts made available for the Community Development 
                Block Grant--Disaster Recovery account, in connection 
                with two or more major disasters declared pursuant to 
                the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
                Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
            ``(3) Duration.--Pre-certification under the program under 
        this subsection shall be effective for a term of 10 years.
    ``(n) Deposit of Unused Amounts in Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--If any amounts made available for 
        assistance under this section to grantees remain unexpended 
        upon the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the date that the grantee of such amounts 
                notifies the Secretary that the grantee has completed 
                all activities identified in the grantee's plan for use 
                of such amounts that was approved by the Secretary in 
                connection with such grant; or
                    ``(B) the expiration of the 6-year period beginning 
                upon the Secretary obligating such amounts to the 
                grantee, as such period may be extended pursuant to 
                paragraph (2),
        the Secretary shall transfer such unexpended amounts to the 
        Secretary of the Treasury for deposit into the Community 
        Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Reserve Fund 
        established under section 124, except that the Secretary may, 
        by regulation, permit the grantee to retain amounts needed to 
        close out the grant.
            ``(2) Extension of period for use of funds.--The period 
        under paragraph (1)(B) shall be extended by not more than 3 
        years if, before the expiration of such 6-year period, the 
        Director of the Office of Management and Budget, upon a request 
        by the Secretary, waives this requirement and submits a written 
        justification for such waiver to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
        that specifies the period of such extension.

``SEC. 124. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY RESERVE 
              FUND.

    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States an account to be known as the Community Development Block 
Grant Disaster Recovery Reserve Fund (in this section referred to as 
the `Fund').
    ``(b) Amounts.--The Fund shall consist of any amounts appropriated 
to or deposited into the Fund, including amounts deposited into the 
Fund pursuant to section 123(n).
    ``(c) Use.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available only for 
providing assistance under section 123, but only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts.''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than the expiration of the 12-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall issue regulations to 
carry out sections 123 and 124 of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974, as added by the amendment made by subsection (a) of this 
section.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 870

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4557

                     [Report No. 115-1107, Part I]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide 
 disaster assistance to States and units of general government under a 
 community development block grant disaster recovery program, and for 
                            other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           December 28, 2018

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure discharged; committed to 
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered 
                             to be printed
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