Bill · S. 372· Senate(119-S-372)
Investing in Community Resilience Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 2/3/2025
- Last activity
- 2/3/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sponsored by
- James Lankford
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Investing in Community Resilience Act of 2025 seeks to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. It aims to incentivize specific preparedness measures through FEMA. The bill expands the scope of relief to include programs that increase resilience through building standards or land use practices for various disasters. Additionally, it introduces support for community emergency response teams or similar non-governmental organizations. The President, through the FEMA Administrator, is required to issue comprehensive guidance to State and Tribal governments within one year.
Yes· 3 of 5
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?+5
The bill expands FEMA's scope to include incentives for building standards, land use practices, and support for community emergency response teams.
Does this better protect air, water and wildlife?+4
The bill incentivizes science-based resilience against natural disasters like floods, wildfires, and storms through land use and building standards.
Does this repair or build roads and bridges?+2
The emphasis on land use practices and building standards relates to the physical resilience of community infrastructure.
The opposite
Does this reduce what the federal government spends?-1
The bill mandates that all new resilience programs must be carried out using existing FEMA funds without additional appropriations.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased Resilience Through Standards: The bill allows for programs that result in verified increased resilience from building standards or land use practices regarding storms, tsunamis, floods, or wildfires (Section 2(a)(1)(ii)(A)). This could benefit people by creating safer environments through better construction and land use.
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Support for Community Response Teams: The bill adds support for viable community emergency response teams or non-governmental organizations that provide disaster assistance (Section 2(a)(1)(vi)). This may benefit people by providing better training, outreach, and participation in preparedness exercises.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No Additional Funding Authorized: The act specifies that no additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out this Act (Section 3(c)). This means the new goals must be met using existing FEMA funds.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Disaster Relief And F E M A+5Improves Environmental Protections+4Improves Roads And Bridges+2
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Rural Residents+2Good For Urban Residents+2
- Economy And Finance
- Reduces Government Spending-1
- 2/3/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
Peter WelchDemocrat · Vermont