CDBG–DR Automated Assessment Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9180 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9180

  To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to access
    unmet community development-related needs in areas impacted by
         disasters on an ongoing basis, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 8, 2026

   Mr. Bell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL

  To require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to access
    unmet community development-related needs in areas impacted by
         disasters on an ongoing basis, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``CDBG-DR Automated Assessment Act''.

SEC. 2. UNMET NEEDS ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.

    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall not later than 60 days after
the President declares a major disaster under the ``Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' and quarterly
thereafter--
            (1) use Federal disaster and housing data available to the
        Secretary to--
                    (A) evaluate damage to housing and infrastructure
                in the area impacted by the disaster; and
                    (B) identify shortages in affordable housing and
                broader economic recovery needs; and
            (2) submit to the Congress a report about the analysis
        conducted under paragraph (1) that identifies any unmet needs
        in the area impacted by the disaster that could be addressed
        using amounts appropriated for Community Development Block
        Grant Disaster Recovery and other related Federal disaster
        programs.
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