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The bill directs recurring federal funding and capacity-building to expand local and tribal resilience and prioritize disadvantaged communities, while increasing federal spending and adding administrative requirements and regulatory uncertainty that could disadvantage smaller jurisdictions.
State, territorial, tribal, and local governments receive dedicated funding to create or sustain resilience offices, enabling coordinated planning and recovery programs.
Low-income and other disadvantaged communities are prioritized for funding, directing more resources to equity and vulnerable populations.
State and local governments can use grants to cover non‑Federal cost shares, lowering match barriers and enabling more jurisdictions to access federal resilience programs.
All taxpayers fund a new federal obligation of $100 million per year for six years to support these resilience programs.
Rural and small local governments may be disadvantaged by priority criteria (e.g., prevailing-wage subgrants and equity-focused approaches) that favor jurisdictions with greater administrative capacity.
An administrative set‑aside (up to 1%) plus reporting and compliance requirements reduce the portion of funds reaching projects and increase burdens on grantees (state, tribal, local).
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes HUD formula grants to states, territories, and tribes to create/operate resilience offices, funded at $100M/year FY2025–2030 with a 10% tribal set‑aside.
Authorizes HUD, working with FEMA, Commerce, and Interior, to make formula grants to states, territories, and Indian tribes to create or sustain offices focused on resilience planning and programming. Grants can fund office setup and operations, planning and analytic tools, capacity building and technical assistance, certain implementation activities, and non‑Federal cost shares for related federal programs, with priority for high‑need and equity‑focused applicants and a 10% annual set‑aside for tribes. Provides $100 million per year for FY2025–2030, requires at least 24 months of funded activity per award, limits HUD administrative use to 1% of funds, and requires annual grantee reporting; HUD will define "disadvantaged community" by rule and develop application and tribal competition rules with DOI after notice and comment.
Official title: To authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to States, territories, and Indian tribes to support local resiliency offices, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 17, 2025 by Jason Crow · Last progress December 17, 2025