Increasing Community Access to Resiliency Grants Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3431
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-20
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality

Atmospheric science and weather

Climate change and greenhouse gases

Government information and archives

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Latest action: action_date: 2022-03-17
text: hearing held by Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Increasing Community Access to Resiliency Grants Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill directs the National and Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish and regularly update a publicly available website that includes</p> <ul> <li>hyperlinks to all grants administered by NOAA and hyperlinks to other federal agencies that offer similar grants to assist state, tribal, and local governments with resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change and sea level rise; and </li> <li>for each such grant, the contact information for an individual who can offer assistance to such governments.</li> </ul> <p>NOAA shall conduct outreach activities to inform state, tribal, and local governments of the resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation grants. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3431 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2021 Mr. Pappas (for himself and Mr. Webster of Florida ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a website providing information about grants available to assist State, Tribal, and local governments with climate resiliency, adaptation and mitigation, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be referred to as the Increasing Community Access to Resiliency Grants Act of 2021 . 2. Centralized website for resiliency grants (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall establish and regularly update a publicly available website that includes— (1) hyperlinks to all grants administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and hyperlinks to other Federal agencies that offer similar grants to assist State, Tribal, and local governments with resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation of climate change and sea level rise; and (2) with respect to each such grant, the contact information for an individual who can offer assistance to State, Tribal, and local governments. (b) Outreach The Administrator shall conduct outreach activities to inform State, Tribal, and local governments of the resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation grants. (c) Administrator In this section, the term Administrator means the Secretary of Commerce acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.