HR 501 · 119th Congress · Emergency Management

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

Introduced 2025-01-16· Sponsored by Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.(2025-10-03)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025 This bill authorizes local governments to implement the previous edition of building codes with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) programs. It also establishes a pilot program for residential resilience retrofits under the BRIC program. Under current law, local governments may use funding provided under the BRIC and Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF programs to establish and carry out the latest published editions of relevant building codes and standards. The bill allows local governments to use BRIC grant funding to carry out the latest two published editions (i.e., either the current edition of a building code or the previous edition) and requires BRIC to consider adoption of either of the latest two editions when determining whether to provide assistance. The bill also allows local governments to use loan funding from the Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF program for implementing the latest two published editions of building codes, including amendments government entities make to such codes. Additiona…

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H.R. 501, Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

Apr 4, 2025

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on February 26, 2025

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Cosponsors (2)

1 Democrat1 Republican