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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7178 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make 
grants to States and Indian tribes to support local resiliency offices, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 21, 2022 
Mr. CROW (for himself and Mr. ROUZER) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Financial Services 
A BILL 
To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment to make grants to States 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 2022’’ or the 
‘‘CLEAR Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. RESILIENCY OFFICE GRANTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, in consultation with the Adminis-
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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 and Indian 
tribes that are eligible for such grants pursuant to sub-
section (b) for use in accordance with subsection (c). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible for a grant under 
this section, a State or Indian tribe shall establish and 
maintain, or 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 climate change and other chal-
lenges, in each of the areas of— 
(A) environmental and natural hazards; 
(B) the economy and workforce; 
(C) infrastructure; 
(D) health and social services; and 
(E) housing. 
(2) To implement programming to address risks 
and vulnerabilities identified in the resiliency frame-
work, including— 
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(A) providing technical assistance to local 
governments for the implementation of resil-
ience planning; 
(B) assisting State or tribal agencies in the 
implementation of resilience policies and proce-
dures; 
(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 or 
tribal agencies and regional and local jurisdictions to 
support community and economic recovery efforts 
and address risk and vulnerability reduction. 
(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, and providing technical assistance, in ac-
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cordance 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 or Indian tribe shall submit an application 
at such time, in such form, and containing such informa-
tion as the Secretary may prescribe. 
(e) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion to States, the Secretary shall give priority to applica-
tions that— 
(1) demonstrate the greatest need for assistance 
under this section; 
(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); 
(4) provide for the grantee to work collabo-
ratively with multiple stakeholders impacted by the 
identified risks and vulnerabilities, including the for-
mation of a permanent climate resilience advisory 
task force that includes individuals— 
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(A) representing each of the areas identi-
fied in subsection (b)(1); 
(B) representing disadvantaged commu-
nities; 
(C) representing labor, worker, and work-
force development; 
(D) representing tribal nations or tribal 
communities; 
(E) representing local governments; 
(F) having experience in climate-related 
disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; 
and 
(G) having public health expertise; and 
(5) provide for subgrants to entities that adhere 
to prevailing wage provisions as published by the 
Department of Labor. 
(f) AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall award grants in 
an amount sufficient to provide funding to a grantee to 
cover a minimum of 24 months of grant activities. 
(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 
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