H.R. 5689 · 117th Congress

Resilient AMERICA Act

Introduced on Oct 22, 2021 by Peter A. DeFazio (D-OR-4). 5 cosponsors, 2 of them from another party. Latest action (Apr 6, 2022): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Oct 22, 2021
Cosponsors
5
2 from the other party
Policy area
Emergency Management
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To improve the provision of Federal resources to help build capacity and fund risk-reducing, cost-effective mitigation projects for eligible State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments and certain private nonprofit organizations, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Building construction
  • Buy American requirements
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Fires
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Infrastructure development
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Metals
  • Poverty and welfare assistance
  • Residential rehabilitation and home repair
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Water resources funding

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Passed House, Apr 5, 2022). Public domain.

Resilient Assistance for Mitigation for Environmentally Resilient Infrastructure and Construction by Americans Act or the Resilient AMERICA Act

This bill addresses disaster resilience issues and expands coverage for hazard mitigation.

The bill

  • increases from 6% to 15% the estimated aggregate amount of grants that may be set aside for national public infrastructure pre-disaster hazard mitigation assistance;
  • makes private nonprofit facilities eligible for technical and financial assistance for implementing cost-effective pre-disaster hazard mitigation measures;
  • provides funding for water resources development projects; and
  • expands the use of hazard mitigation assistance to cover certain activities pertaining to wildfires, tsunamis, and ice storms.

Additionally, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must set aside 10% of funds made available for any given year to further the implementation and enforcement of the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based building codes.

FEMA must require as a condition of providing nonemergency financial assistance for construction projects costing at least $1 million that the steel and iron used in the projects be produced in the United States, with certain exceptions.

FEMA must carry out a residential resilience pilot program to provide grants for residential resilience retrofits (e.g., elevation of homes, floodproofing measures, wildfire retrofit and mitigation measures, and wind retrofits).

The Government Accountability Office must study the challenges to states and territories in obtaining funds under public assistance alternative procedures.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Peter A. DeFazioD-OR-4Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

  1. On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
    Apr 5, 2022· House· Passage· Passed 383–41

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Oct 22, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Oct 22, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Oct 22, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  4. Oct 25, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  5. Oct 27, 2021 · HouseSubcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
  6. Oct 27, 2021 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  7. Oct 27, 2021 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 63 - 2.
  8. Mar 24, 2022Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-277.
  9. Mar 24, 2022 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 117-277.
  10. Mar 24, 2022 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 204.
  11. Apr 5, 2022 · HouseMr. DeFazio moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  12. Apr 5, 2022 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4170-4175)
  13. Apr 5, 2022 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5689.
  14. Apr 5, 2022 · HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  15. Apr 5, 2022 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4182-4183)
  16. Apr 5, 2022Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 383 - 41 (Roll no. 113).(text: CR H4170-4172)House · Roll call 113
  17. Apr 5, 2022 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 383 - 41 (Roll no. 113). (text: CR H4170-4172)House · Roll call 113
  18. Apr 5, 2022 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  19. Apr 6, 2022 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A.12 reports
    $219.2M reported (all issues)
  2. The American Institute of Architects10 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)
  3. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS5 reports
    $4.1M reported (all issues)
  4. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY5 reports
    $3M reported (all issues)
  5. National Precast Concrete Association2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  6. Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.