SAFER Act
Summary
Strategic Acquisition and Floodplain Efficiency Reform Act or the SAFER Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a pilot program to evaluate the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of allowing private entities to carry out pre-disaster mitigation activities, such as property acquisition and relocation, under the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 27, 2021
Last action May 27, 2021
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2
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Committee
1
May 27, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
upper
May 27, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Thom Tillis
RRepublican
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