I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4560 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to provide requirements relating to the funding of predisaster hazard 
mitigation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2025 
Mr. FIGURES (for himself and Mr. EDWARDS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to provide requirements relating 
to the funding of predisaster hazard mitigation, 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 Resilient In-
frastructure and Communities for All Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘or local gov-
ernment’’ in each place it appears; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘not fewer than five local governments to 
receive assistance under this section’’ and 
inserting ‘‘projects to receive assistance 
under this section that are cost-effective 
and designed to reduce injuries, loss of life, 
and damage and destruction of property, 
including damage to critical services and 
facilities’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
‘‘in providing assistance to local govern-
ments under this section, the President 
shall select from local governments rec-
ommended by the Governors under this 
subsection.’’ and inserting ‘‘a State that 
receives funds under this section may use 
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such funds only for projects recommended 
under paragraph (1)(A)’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) 
PRESIDENTIAL
APPROVAL.—The 
President may approve a project that has not 
been recommended by a Governor under this 
subsection as an eligible use of funds if the 
President determines that extraordinary cir-
cumstances justify the selection and that mak-
ing the selection will further the purpose of this 
section.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘the 
President may select, subject to the criteria 
specified in subsection (g), any local govern-
ments of the State to receive assistance under 
this section.’’ and inserting ‘‘such State may 
not receive funds under the formula described 
in subsection (f)(2).’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘on a competitive 
basis’’ and inserting ‘‘to a State or an In-
dian tribal government through a direct al-
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location based on the formula described in 
paragraph (2)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and in accordance 
with the criteria in subsection (g)’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(2) FORMULA.—In providing financial assist-
ance under this section, the President shall dis-
tribute to each eligible State available funds for a 
fiscal year using the following formula: 
‘‘(A) Thirty-three percent of available 
funds shall be distributed equally among each 
eligible State. 
‘‘(B) Thirty-three percent of available 
funds shall be distributed among each eligible 
State in a proportion that gives preference to 
such States that have a higher population, 
using data from the most recent census of the 
United States. 
‘‘(C) Thirty-three percent of available 
funds shall be distributed among each eligible 
State in a proportion that gives preference to 
States that have the most vulnerability to nat-
ural hazards in the critical infrastructure of 
such States.’’; 
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