Increasing Community Access to Resiliency Grants Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3431 To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a website providing information about grants available to assist State, Tribal, and local governments with climate resiliency, adaptation and mitigation, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 20, 2021 Mr. PAPPAS (for himself and Mr. WEBSTER of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a website providing informa- tion about grants available to assist State, Tribal, and local governments with climate resiliency, adaptation and mitigation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be referred to as the ‘‘Increasing Com- 4 munity Access to Resiliency Grants Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:04 Jul 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3431.IH H3431 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3431 IH SEC. 2. CENTRALIZED WEBSITE FOR RESILIENCY GRANTS. 1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 2 date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator 3 shall establish and regularly update a publicly available 4 website that includes— 5 (1) hyperlinks to all grants administered by the 6 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7 and hyperlinks to other Federal agencies that offer 8 similar grants to assist State, Tribal, and local gov- 9 ernments with resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation 10 of climate change and sea level rise; and 11 (2) with respect to each such grant, the contact 12 information for an individual who can offer assist- 13 ance to State, Tribal, and local governments. 14 (b) OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall conduct 15 outreach activities to inform State, Tribal, and local gov- 16 ernments of the resiliency, adaptation, and mitigation 17 grants. 18 (c) ADMINISTRATOR.—In this section, the term ‘‘Ad- 19 ministrator’’ means the Secretary of Commerce acting 20 through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 21 Atmospheric Administration. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 17:04 Jul 12, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3431.IH H3431 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS