I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6396 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act with respect to hazard mitigation plans, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2022 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. BOW-
MAN, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. CASTOR
of Florida, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. 
DEGETTE, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JONES, Ms. LEE of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LEVIN of California, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. 
NEWMAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. SOTO, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, 
and Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act with respect to hazard mitigation 
plans, 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 ‘‘Climate Risk and 
Emergency Support In Livable Inclusive and Equitable 
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Neighborhoods and Communities Everywhere Act’’ or the 
‘‘Climate RESILIENCE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) According to the 2018 National Climate As-
sessment, climate change due to global warming has 
caused, and is expected to continue to cause, sub-
stantial interference with and growing losses to 
human health and safety, infrastructure, property, 
industry, recreation, natural resources, agricultural 
systems, and quality of life in the United States. 
(2) According to the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, climate change is already 
increasing the frequency and severity of extreme 
weather and other climate-related disasters, includ-
ing drought, wildfire, and storms that include pre-
cipitation. 
(3) According to the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, in 2020, there were a 
record 22 weather and climate disasters costing 
$1,000,000,000 or more across the country, shat-
tering the prior annual record of 16. These events 
totaled $95,000,000,000 in damages. 
(4) Since 2015, the United States has experi-
enced more than 81 individual disasters, amounting 
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to $630,200,000,000 in economic losses, and close to 
4,000 deaths. 
(5) Researchers have found that Black, Latino, 
and low-income families are more likely to live in 
high-risk areas like flood zones, less likely to have 
money to harden infrastructure and homes in ad-
vance of disasters, and less likely to receive assist-
ance during recovery periods. 
(6) According to Dr. Beverly Wright and Dr. 
Robert Bullard, ‘‘environmental and public health 
threats from natural and human-made disasters are 
not randomly distributed, affecting some commu-
nities more than others’’, and therefore our response 
to disasters necessitates the adoption of policies and 
processes rooted in principles of racial equity, self- 
determination, and democracy. 
(7) Research from the University of Colorado 
shows that the top 10 percent of disaster hotspots 
account for about 30 percent of the contiguous 
United States but are home to nearly 60 percent of 
buildings in the country. 
(8) According to testimony in November 2017 
from former Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy Administrator Brock Long, ‘‘I cannot overstate 
the importance of focusing on investing in mitigation 
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