Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2761
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2019-05-15
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative remedies

Disaster relief and insurance

Emergency planning and evacuation

Housing and community development funding
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, within 60 days, to release certain funding awarded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development for mitigation activities under the Community Development Block Grant program.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2761 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 15, 2019 Mrs. Fletcher (for herself, Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Babin , Mr. Brady , Mr. Carter of Texas , Mr. Crenshaw , Mr. Flores , Ms. Garcia of Texas , Miss González-Colón of Puerto Rico , Mr. Graves of Louisiana , Mr. Green of Texas , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. McCaul , Mr. Rice of South Carolina , Mr. Yoho , Mr. Olson , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Cunningham , and Mr. Butterfield ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services A BILL To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to immediately release certain grant funds awarded for mitigation activities under the Community Development Block Grant program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Funding for mitigation activities was appropriated to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by Congress in February 2018 under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 ; 132 Stat. 64). (2) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development told Congress that the funding described in paragraph (1) would be released by May 1, 2019. (3) May 1, 2019, has come and gone with no official explanation as to the reason for the continued delay in releasing the funds. 3. Requirement For all amounts made available for mitigation activities under the heading Department of Housing and Urban Development—Community Planning and Development—Community Development Fund in Public Law 115–123 , and awarded as grants by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, release such amounts awarded to all eligible grantees, regardless of any further studies as may be otherwise required by law.