Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2053
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Caribbean area

Disaster relief and insurance

Floods and storm protection

Health programs administration and funding

Housing and community development funding

Infrastructure development

Natural disasters

Public housing

Puerto Rico

Solid waste and recycling

Transportation programs funding

U.S. territories and protectorates

Virgin Islands
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021</b></p> <p>This bill extends the provision of disaster assistance for critical services to solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care.</p> <p>Such assistance is also extended to any major disaster in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands subsequent to Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria on or before September 30, 2022.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2053 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 18, 2021 Ms. Plaskett (for herself and Miss González-Colón ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to extend the provision of assistance for critical services with respect to certain disasters, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021 . 2. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities (a) In general Section 20601 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 ) is amended— (1) by striking , and and inserting a comma; (2) by inserting , and including, for purposes of this section, solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care, before for the duration ; and (3) by inserting , and any subsequent major disaster (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) declared under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands on or before September 30, 2022 before to— . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in section 20601 of Public Law 115–123 .