HR10022Referred to Committee

CLUSTER Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
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Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2026-08-03
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James Gallagher
James Gallagher
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 92.2% (64 recorded votes)

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Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

2026-08-03

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Plain-English Summary

The proposal would expand federal disaster relief funding to cover "community hardening" projects—infrastructure improvements designed to make communities more resilient to future disasters, such as reinforced buildings, improved drainage systems, or strengthened utilities. Currently, federal disaster assistance focuses mainly on recovery after disasters strike, but this change would allow communities to use those funds for preventive upgrades that reduce damage from future events. This would affect local governments, property owners, and communities seeking to protect themselves from hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and other natural disasters.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10022 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10022 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community hardening as an eligible use of assistance under section 404 of such Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 3, 2026 Mr. Gallagher (for himself and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community hardening as an eligible use of assistance under section 404 of such Act, 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 ``Community-Level Upgrades for Safer, Threat-Resistant Homes Act'' or the ``CLUSTER Act''. SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION. Section 404(f) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(f)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (13) by striking ``and'' at the end; (2) in paragraph (14) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (3) by adding at the end the following: ``(15) community hardening or cluster hardening, including coordinated mitigation across private residential structures.''. <all>
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