I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2583 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry 
out a Community Resilience Grant Program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 22, 2017 
Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. CRIST, Ms. NORTON, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. BEYER) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Serv-
ices 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to carry out a Community Resilience Grant Pro-
gram, 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 ‘‘Building Up Infra-
structure and Limiting Disasters through Resilience Act 
of 2017’’ or the ‘‘BUILD Resilience Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
For purposes of this Act, the following definitions 
shall apply: 
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(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) a unit of general local government; 
(C) an Indian tribe; or 
(D) a regional entity comprised of entities 
described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C). 
(2) NATIONAL CENTER.—The term ‘‘National 
Center’’ means the National Research Center for 
Resilience established under section 4. 
(3) RESILIENCE.—The term ‘‘resilience’’ means 
the ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, recover 
from, and more successfully adapt to disasters, 
chronic stresses, and acute shocks, including any 
hurricane, tornado, storm, high water, recurrent 
flooding, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, 
earthquake, 
volcanic 
eruption, 
fire, 
landslide, 
mudslide, snowstorm, or drought. 
(4) RESILIENCE GRANT.—The term ‘‘resilience 
grant’’ means a grant awarded under section 3. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(6) STATE; UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERN-
MENT; INDIAN TRIBE.—The terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘unit of 
general local government’’, and ‘‘Indian tribe’’ have 
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the meanings given such terms in section 102 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5302). 
SEC. 3. COMMUNITY RESILIENCE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall carry out a Community Resil-
ience Grant Program under this section to provide assist-
ance to communities for increasing resilience to chronic 
stresses and acute shocks, including improving long-term 
resilience of infrastructure and housing. 
(b) GRANTEES.—Grant amounts shall be awarded on 
a competitive basis, as provided under section 102 of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545), only to eligible entities, 
within whose boundaries or jurisdictions are located any 
area for which a major disaster was declared pursuant to 
section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), during the 
5-year period ending upon the date on which the eligible 
entity submits an application for such a grant. 
(c) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from a resilience 
grant may be used only for activities authorized 
under either section 105 or 108 of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
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5305, 5308), but not including activities under para-
graphs (9) and (10) of such section 105(a). 
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency, the Chief of Engineers 
and Commanding General of the United States 
Army Corps of Engineers, the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and the Secretary 
of Transportation before awarding a resilience grant 
to ensure that there is no duplication of assistance 
with respect to activities carried out with amounts 
provided from a resilience grant. 
(d) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 
each recipient of a resilience grant to supplement 
the amounts of the grant with an amount of funds 
from non-Federal sources that is not less than 50 
percent of the amount of the resilience grant. 
(2) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—Supple-
mental funds provided under paragraph (1) may in-
clude any non-monetary, in-kind contributions in 
connection with activities carried out under the plan 
approved under subsection (e) for the grant recipi-
ent. 
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(e) APPLICATION; SELECTION; SELECTION CRITERIA; 
PLANS.— 
(1) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
provide for eligible entities to submit applica-
tions for resilience grants. 
(B) PLANS FOR USE OF GRANT FUNDS.— 
The Secretary shall require each application for 
a resilience grant to include a plan detailing the 
proposed use of all grant funds, including how 
the use of such funds will address long-term re-
silience of infrastructure and housing. 
(2) REVIEW AND SELECTION; CRITERIA FOR SE-
LECTION.— 
(A) COMPETITION.—Resilience grants shall 
be awarded on a competitive basis and the Sec-
retary shall establish and utilize a transparent, 
reliable, and valid system for reviewing and 
evaluating applications for resilience grants, in 
accordance with section 102 of the Department 
of Housing and Urban Development Reform 
Act of 1989 (42 U.S.C. 3545). 
(B) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish, by notice, and utilize criteria for selecting 
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