,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgfa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ae1 #bjai,mrs4 
,fletcher 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,weber of  
,texas1 ,mr4 ,babin1 ,mr4 ,brady1 ,mr4  
,carter of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,crenshaw1 ,mr4 
,flores1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1 ,miss  
,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico1 ,mr4   
,graves of ,louisiana1 ,mr4 ,green of   
,texas1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4        
,mc,caul1 ,mr4 ,rice of ,south          
,carolina1 ,mr4 ,yoho1 ,mr4 ,olson1 ,mr4
 ,rouzer1 ,mr4 ,cunningham1 and ,mr4    
,butterfield7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,financial ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to require the ,director of the
 ,office of ,management and ,budget to  
immediately release certain grant funds 
awarded for mitigation activities under 
the ,community ,development ,block      
,grant program1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,bipartisan ,disaster ,recovery 
,funding ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,findings  

,congress finds the following3  7#a7    
,funding for mitigation activities was  
appropriated to the ,department of      
,housing and ,urban ,development by     
,congress in ,february #bjah under the  
,bipartisan ,budget ,act of #bjah       
7,public ,law #aae-abc2 #acb ,stat4     
#fd74  7#b7 ,the ,secretary of ,housing 
and ,urban ,development told ,congress  
that the funding described in paragraph 
7#a7 would be released by ,may #a1      
#bjai4  7#c7 ,may #a1 #bjai1 has come   
and gone with no official explanation as
 to the reason for the continued delay  
in releasing the funds4  #c4            
,requirement ,for all amounts made      
available for mitigation activities     
under the heading ,department of        
,housing and ,urban                     
,development--,community ,planning and  
,development--,community ,development   
,fund in ,public ,law #aae-abc1 and     
awarded as grants by the ,secretary of  
,housing and ,urban ,development1 the   
,director of the ,office of ,management 

and ,budget shall1 not later than #fj   
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 release such amounts awarded to  
all eligible grantees1 regardless of any
 further studies as may be otherwise    
required by law4