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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5650 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant program to 
assist primarily low-income individuals in making their homes and prop-
erty more resilient to the impacts of climate change, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 
Mr. MULLIN (for himself, Mr. CARTER of Louisiana, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
PETERS, Ms. TLAIB, and Mr. THOMPSON of California) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 
and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a grant 
program to assist primarily low-income individuals in 
making their homes and property more resilient to the 
impacts of climate change, 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 ‘‘Weatherization Resil-
ience and Adaptation Program Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Human accelerated climate change is caus-
ing significant shifts in global surface and atmos-
pheric temperatures, accelerating the frequency of 
extreme weather events around the globe. 
(2) Extreme weather events create environ-
mental hazards such as excessive flooding, fire, heat, 
wind, and drought that have catastrophic impacts on 
frontline communities, who experience the worst and 
most immediate impacts of our climate crisis and 
often bear the brunt of such events seasonally, cre-
ating a cyclical pattern of disruption and destruc-
tion. 
(3) Individuals can take steps to prevent and 
mitigate the worst impacts of extreme weather 
events on their home and property by implementing 
resilience and adaptation best practices, but the cost 
of these solutions puts them out of reach for many 
households. 
(4) Low-income homeowners and individuals 
who reside in affordable housing disproportionately 
live in areas that face the greatest threat from ex-
treme weather events, yet can least afford the 
changes to their property to make them more resil-
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ient to disasters and adapted to the changing cli-
mate. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) CLIMATE
CHANGE.—The term ‘‘climate 
change’’ means long-term shifts in temperatures and 
weather patterns. 
(2) CLIMATE-DRIVEN
HAZARDS.—The term 
‘‘climate-driven hazards’’ means hazards, such as 
floods, wildfires, landslides, extreme heat, extreme 
wind, and atmospheric rivers that have a human, 
economic, and ecological impact with increased fre-
quency. 
(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of National Institute of Standards and 
Technology. 
(4) ELIGIBLE
PROGRAM
PARTICIPANT.—The 
term ‘‘eligible program participant’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) a federally recognized Indian Tribe; 
and 
(C) a Native Hawaiian organization. 
(5) ELIGIBLE PROPERTY OWNERS.—The term 
‘‘eligible property owner’’ means— 
(A) a low-income property owner; 
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(B) an owner of a property of which the 
deed, ground lease, or a loan for the improve-
ment thereof has a restriction or covenant re-
lated to housing affordability which will not ex-
pire for at least 5 years following the receipt of 
funds awarded under this Act; 
(C) an owner of a multifamily dwelling 
building where more than 50 percent of dwell-
ing units are occupied by residents whose rent 
is subsidized under a covered housing program 
listed in section 41411(a)(3) of the Violence 
Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 
12491(a)(3)); and 
(D) an owner of a property used as a com-
munity of manufactured homes. 
(6) LOW-INCOME.—The term ‘‘low-income’’ 
means income in relation to family size that is at or 
below 300 percent of the poverty level determined in 
accordance with criteria established by the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, except 
that the Secretary may allow an eligible program 
participant to use a higher level if, after receiving a 
justification from such eligible program participant, 
the Secretary determines that such a higher level is 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this part and 
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is consistent with the eligibility criteria established 
in this Act. 
(7) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘manu-
factured home’’ has the meaning given that term 
under section 603(6) of the Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5402(6)). 
(8) NATURAL SOLUTIONS.—The term ‘‘natural 
solutions’’ means ways of adapting or making prop-
erty more resilient to climate-driven hazards by 
making changes that imitate naturally occurring eco-
logical functions that mitigate such hazards. 
(9) RESILIENCE
AND
ADAPTATION
STAND-
ARDS.—The term ‘‘resilience and adaptation stand-
ards’’ means a set of building, landscaping, and con-
struction guidelines for how property owners may 
preemptively mitigate the impacts of extreme pre-
cipitation, flooding, wildfires, heat, and other haz-
ards attributable to global climate change in their 
dwellings and surrounding non-dwelling property. 
(10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ re-
fers to the Secretary of the Interior. 
(11) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; and 
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(C) any territory or possession of the 
United States. 
SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a grant program to award grants to eligible pro-
gram participants to assist eligible property owners with 
dwelling and property adaptations to increase their ability 
to withstand climate-driven hazards. 
(b) APPLICATION.—Eligible program participants ap-
plying for a grant under this section shall— 
(1) submit to the Secretary an application— 
(A) at such time and in such manner as 
the Secretary determines appropriate; and 
(B) containing a description of— 
(i) the eligible activities to be under-
taken with the grant funds; 
(ii) how eligible program participants 
will prioritize eligible property owners in 
awarding funding based on factors that 
take into account varying levels of disaster 
risk and means; 
(iii) how eligible property owners 
awarded funding will be required to report 
on their use of funds; and 
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(iv) other information, as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and 
(2) if awarded funding under this Act, accept 
and process applications for funding from eligible 
property owners using an online system accessible on 
a smartphone or personal electronic device in addi-
tion to accepting and processing applications 
through a paper format. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.—Eligi-
ble program participants— 
(A) shall use funds awarded under this Act 
to award grants to eligible property owners for 
resilience and adaptation activities to mitigate 
the impacts of climate change, including related 
modifications needed to maintain the existing 
accessibility of a property to individuals with 
disabilities, as the Secretary may determine 
after the consultation prescribed under section 
5(a); 
(B) shall be required to conduct outreach 
to educate eligible property owners, regardless 
of whether such property owners have received 
funds awarded under this Act, about how they 
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can make structural improvements to their 
homes and property; 
(C) may use up to 15 percent of funds 
awarded under this Act for expenses related to 
administering such funds and for the outreach 
required under subparagraph (B); 
(D) shall not add additional eligibility re-
quirements that materially change who is eligi-
ble for funding under this Act or add proce-
dural burdens that limit property owners from 
applying for, and receiving, funding according 
to rules promulgated under section 5 of this 
Act; 
(E) shall only award grants for activities 
related to buildings, assets, or land located in 
areas where climate-driven hazards are more 
likely to occur as a result of climate change; 
and 
(F) when awarding grants to the owner of 
a multifamily building— 
(i) may require financial participation 
from such owner as a condition of award-
ing a grant for an activity with respect to 
that multifamily building; 
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(ii) in the case of projects funded 
under this Act that involve the displace-
ment of a resident from any occupied 
housing unit, shall only award a grant on 
the condition that such owner— 
(I) provides, at the option of the 
resident, a suitable and habitable 
housing unit that is, with respect to 
the housing unit from which the resi-
dent is displaced— 
(aa) of a comparable size; 
(bb) located in the same 
local community or a community 
with reduced hazard risk; and 
(cc) offered under similar 
costs, conditions, and terms; and 
(II) ensures that resident dis-
placed are provided with the ability to 
return to their former unit, or a com-
parable unit located in the same mul-
tifamily dwelling following the comple-
tion of the grant-funded project; and 
(iii) shall only award a grant on the 
condition that such owner refrains from— 
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(I) raising rent on dwelling units 
in such multifamily building as a re-
sult of any improvements paid for by 
funding awarded under this Act; and 
(II) increasing rent on such 
dwelling units for any reason for at 
least 2 years unless specific rent in-
creases during those 2 years were 
stipulated in agreements made prior 
to the awarding of funding under this 
Act to which such owner is a party. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
PROPERTY
OWNERS.—Eligible 
property owners shall use funds awarded under this 
Act to— 
(A) make changes to existing buildings or 
other assets as necessary to meet the purpose 
of the program established under this section; 
and 
(B) implement natural solutions to adapt 
land to changing conditions. 
SEC. 5. RULEMAKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall pro-
mulgate rules to carry out this Act in consultation with— 
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(1) the Secretary of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment; 
(2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices; 
(3) the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency; 
(4) the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency; and 
(5) the heads of such other Federal depart-
ments and agencies as the Secretary determines ap-
propriate. 
(b) REQUIRED PROVISIONS.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that regulations promulgated pursuant to this section 
include provisions that— 
(1) in coordination with the Director, prescribe 
resilience and adaptation standards; 
(2) provide guidance to eligible program partici-
pants in the implementation of this Act; 
(3) create audits and annual reporting require-
ments as may be necessary or appropriate to deter-
mine whether an eligible program participant has 
carried out activities using grant funds— 
(A) in a timely and effective manner; and 
(B) in accordance with the requirements of 
this Act and other applicable laws; and 
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(4) develop and make publicly available per-
formance targets for public review, which shall in-
clude spending thresholds for each year from the 
date on which funds are obligated by the Secretary 
to the grantee until such time all funds have been 
expended. 
SEC. 6. STANDARDS. 
(a) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall de-
velop and publish on the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology website resilience and adaptation stand-
ards, after consultation with— 
(1) relevant Federal departments and agencies 
as the Director determines appropriate; and 
(2) private sector organizations as the Director 
determines appropriate. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The resilience and adaptation 
standards published under this section shall take into con-
sideration— 
(1) the cost of building materials; 
(2) fair labor standards; 
(3) variation in impacts of climate change, geo-
graphical and topographical location, and pre-exist-
ing weatherization projects; and 
(4) natural solutions. 
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SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act— 
(1) to the Secretary, $250,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2026 through 2031; and 
(2) to the Director, $2,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2026 through 2028. 
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