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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6785 
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 
DECEMBER 17, 2025 
Mr. CROW (for himself, Mrs. KIM, Mr. VASQUEZ, and Mrs. MILLER of West 
Virginia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to make grants to States, territories, and Indian 
tribes to support local resiliency offices, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Championing Local 
Efforts to Advance Resilience Act of 2025’’ or the 
‘‘CLEAR Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESILIENCY OFFICE GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the 
Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior, 
may make grants under this section to States, territories, 
and Indian tribes that are eligible for such grants pursu-
ant to subsection (b) for use in accordance with subsection 
(c). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State, territory, or Indian tribe shall estab-
lish and maintain, or show a plan and ability to establish 
and maintain, an office specifically responsible for issues 
relating to resilience and that has among its duties the 
following: 
(1) To develop and update, not less frequently 
than every 5 years, a resiliency framework, in con-
sultation with vulnerable and impacted communities, 
that identifies current and projected risks and 
vulnerabilities due to extreme weather and other 
challenges, and provides recommendations to address 
such risks and vulnerabilities, in each of the areas 
of— 
(A) environmental and natural hazards; 
(B) the economy and workforce; 
(C) infrastructure; 
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(D) health and social services; and 
(E) housing. 
(2) To implement programming to address risks 
and vulnerabilities identified in the resiliency frame-
work, including— 
(A) providing technical assistance to local 
governments for the implementation of resil-
ience planning; 
(B) assisting State, territory, or tribal 
agencies in the implementation of resilience 
policies and procedures; 
(C) integrating resilience criteria into ex-
isting competitive grant funding administered 
by such office or State agencies; and 
(D) supporting long-term community pre- 
disaster mitigation and recovery efforts and fa-
cilitating access to resources before and after a 
disaster. 
(3) To improve coordination among State, terri-
tory, or tribal agencies and regional and local juris-
dictions to support community and economic recov-
ery efforts and address risk and vulnerability reduc-
tion. 
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(c) USE.—Amounts from a grant under this section 
may be used by the grantee, or any unit of local govern-
ment that is a subgrantee of such grantee, only for— 
(1) costs of establishing or maintaining, or 
both, a resiliency office and implementing resiliency 
programming, developing resilience planning and 
analytic tools, enhancing community planning and 
capacity, enhancing coordination among State, terri-
tory, or tribal agencies and regional and local juris-
dictions and stakeholders, and providing technical 
assistance, in accordance with the requirements of 
subsection (b); and 
(2) payment of any non-Federal share required 
in connection with a Federal program undertaken to 
carry out any of the purposes of subsection (b)(2). 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—To apply for a grant under this 
section, a State, territory, or Indian tribe shall submit an 
application at such time, in such form, and containing 
such information as the Secretary may prescribe for estab-
lishing a formula-based grant program. 
(e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion to States or territories, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to applications that— 
(1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance 
under this section, as determined by the Secretary; 
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(2) identify vulnerabilities and risks in dis-
advantaged communities and prioritize projects to 
benefit such communities and promote equity in re-
silience; 
(3) demonstrate a broad approach to resilience, 
as such term is defined in subsection (j)(3); and 
(4) provide for subgrants to entities that adhere 
to prevailing wage provisions as published by the 
Department of Labor. 
(f) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall award formula 
grants in an amount sufficient to provide funding to a 
grantee to cover a minimum of 24 months of grant activi-
ties. 
(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall, 
in consultation with the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the Secretary of Com-
merce, the Secretary of the Interior, and such other heads 
of Federal agencies as the Secretary considers appro-
priate, provide technical assistance to grantees regarding 
developing resiliency frameworks and implementing resil-
iency strategies. 
(h) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Of any amounts made 
available for grants under this section, the Secretary may 
use 1.0 percent for— 
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(1) the costs of administering the program 
under this section for such grants; and 
(2) for providing technical assistance— 
(A) to applicants for such grants; and 
(B) under subsection (g). 
(i) REPORTS TO HUD.—Not later than 90 days after 
the end of each fiscal year for which a grantee receives 
a grant under this section, the grantee shall submit a re-
port to the Secretary regarding the use of such grant 
amounts, which shall include— 
(1) a description of the activities undertaken by 
the grantee using such grant amounts; 
(2) identification of the costs of each of the 
services provided using such grant amounts; and 
(3) assessments of the effectiveness of the grant 
program under this section and the programs car-
ried out by the resiliency office of the grantee and 
recommendations for improving such programs. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The term 
‘‘disadvantaged community’’ shall have such mean-
ing as shall be established by regulation by the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the heads of other ap-
propriate Federal agencies, using such indicators 
and metrics as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
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(2) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘grantee’’ means a 
State, territory, or Indian tribe to which a grant 
under this section is made. 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given such term in section 4 of the 
Native American Housing and Self-Determination 
Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103). 
(4) 
RESILIENCE.—The 
term 
‘‘resilience’’ 
means, with respect to a community, the ability to 
rebound, positively adapt to, or thrive amidst chang-
ing conditions or challenges, including human-caused 
and natural disasters, and to maintain quality of 
life, healthy growth, durable systems, economic vital-
ity, and conservation of resources for present and 
future generations. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State 
of the United States and the District of Columbia. 
(7) TERRITORY.—The term ‘‘territory’’ means 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa. 
(k) FUNDING.— 
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