S. 3510 – Reading Mode

One Hundred Seventeenth Congress of the United States of America

2d Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty two

S. 3510

AN ACT

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance with respect to natural disaster resilience, and for other purposes.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Disaster Resiliency Planning Act.

Definitions

In this Act:

(1)

Appropriate congressional committees

The term appropriate congressional committees means—

(A)

the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and

(B)

the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives.

(2)

Agency

The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 306 of title 5, United States Code.

(3)

Director

The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

(4)

Real property

The term real property has the meaning given the term in section 1.856–10 of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto.

Guidance

(a)

In general

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish guidance requiring the head of each agency to incorporate natural disaster resilience into real property asset management and investment decisions made by the agency.

(b)

Contents

The guidance required under subsection (a) shall direct each head of an agency to incorporate assessments of natural disaster risk information conducted by the agency, such as from vulnerability and other risk assessments, into real property asset management investment decisions made by the agency.

(c)

Modification

The Director may periodically update the guidance required under subsection (a) as the Director may determine necessary for the purpose of further enhancing natural disaster resilience.

(d)

Consultation

In developing the guidance required under subsection (a), the Director may consult with appropriate entities, including—

(1)

the Comptroller General of the United States;

(2)

the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and

(3)

any other relevant entities, as determined by the Director.

(e)

Report

(1)

In general

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the guidance required under subsection (a).

(2)

Briefing

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of the guidance required under subsection (a) across agencies.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate