,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #i1       
#bjai,mr4 ,manchin 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cornyn1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,cruz1  
,mr4 ,tillis1 and ,ms4 ,harris7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and   
,urban ,affairs  ,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