{"format":1,"id":"117-s-3875","congress":117,"number":"S. 3875","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"A bill to require the President to develop and maintain products that show the risk of natural hazards across the United States, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-255","introduced":"2022-03-17","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2022-12-06","vote":{"id":"117-2022-h507","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act","result":"Passed","yea":333,"nay":92,"present":0,"not_voting":6,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll507.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2022-09-28","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent."}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2022-12-20"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-255.","date":"2022-12-20"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2022-12-20","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022"},{"k":"p","t":"This act requires the President to continue to maintain a natural hazard assessment program that develops and maintains publicly available products to show the risk of natural hazards across the United States."},{"k":"p","t":"Such products shall show the risk of natural hazards and include ratings and data for loss exposure, social vulnerability, community resilience, and any other element determined by the President."},{"k":"p","t":"The President shall (1) review the underlying methodology of any product that is a natural hazard risk assessment and receive public input on the methodology and data used for the product, and (2) consider including additional data in any product that is a natural disaster hazard risk assessment. Additionally, the President must conduct such reviews to evaluate and update the assessments at least every five years."},{"k":"p","t":"Using the reviewed assessments, the President must periodically identify and designate community disaster resilience zones (CDRZs), which shall be (1) the 50 census tracts assigned the highest individual hazard risk ratings; and (2) in each state, not less than 1% of census tracts that are assigned a high individual risk rating, taking into consideration specified geographic balance."},{"k":"p","t":"The President may provide financial, technical, or other assistance to an eligible entity (a state, Indian tribal government, or local government) that plans to perform a resilience or mitigation project within, or that primarily benefits, a CDRZ."}],"words":228},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the President to maintain public natural hazard risk products, designate community disaster resilience zones from them, and allow assistance for resilience or mitigation projects in those zones.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr#id4a1feeb8-ff3c-40e4-9673-241545baa4b9:~:text=3.%20Natural%20hazard%20risk%20assessment"}]},"core_areas":["Natural hazard risk assessment products and their review","Designation of community disaster resilience zones by census tract","Assistance and project certification for resilience or mitigation projects in those zones"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the President to continue maintaining a natural hazard assessment program with publicly available products that define natural hazard risk across the United States.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr#id4a1feeb8-ff3c-40e4-9673-241545baa4b9:~:text=3.%20Natural%20hazard%20risk%20assessment"}},{"text":"Requires the products to show the risk of natural hazards and to include ratings and data for loss exposure, social vulnerability, community resilience, and any other element the President determines.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr#id4a1feeb8-ff3c-40e4-9673-241545baa4b9:~:text=3.%20Natural%20hazard%20risk%20assessment"}},{"text":"Requires the President, at least every 5 years, to designate as community disaster resilience zones the 50 census tracts with the highest individual hazard risk ratings and, in each State, not less than 1 percent of census tracts with high individual risk ratings.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr#id4a1feeb8-ff3c-40e4-9673-241545baa4b9:~:text=3.%20Natural%20hazard%20risk%20assessment"}},{"text":"Requires the President, within 180 days after enactment and at least every 5 years after, to review the methodology of natural hazard risk assessment products and receive public input on the methodology and data used.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr#id4a1feeb8-ff3c-40e4-9673-241545baa4b9:~:text=3.%20Natural%20hazard%20risk%20assessment"}},{"text":"Allows the President to provide financial, technical, or other assistance to a State, Indian tribal government, or local government that plans a resilience or mitigation project within, or primarily benefiting, a community disaster resilience zone.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr#id4a1feeb8-ff3c-40e4-9673-241545baa4b9:~:text=3.%20Natural%20hazard%20risk%20assessment"}},{"text":"Requires the President to evaluate a project application within 120 days and to certify the project if it is designed to reduce injuries, loss of life, and property damage and substantially reduces the risk of, or increases resilience to, future damage, hardship, loss, or suffering.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr#id4a1feeb8-ff3c-40e4-9673-241545baa4b9:~:text=3.%20Natural%20hazard%20risk%20assessment"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3875/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-3875.png","v":"efd5a2ad9487","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 3875, 117th Congress: Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022. House: 333 Yea, 92 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 20 Dec 2022."}}