,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bijg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ad1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,stanton 7for himself and ,mr4         
,bresnahan7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
section #bjc of the ,robert ,t4         
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act to require  
the ,president to provide assistance for
 predisaster hazard mitigation measures1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,save ,building ,resilient              
,infrastructure and ,communities ,act or
 the ,save ,,bric ,act4  #b4 ,findings  
,congress finds the following3 7#a7     
,predisaster mitigation enables actions 
to be taken proactively to reduce loss  
of life and property by lessening the   
impact of future disasters4  7#b7       
,effective mitigation minimizes the     
potential loss of life and property from

 a disaster based on identifying and    
understanding the risks in a given area 
or community4  7#c7 ,the ,united ,states
 experienced #bg weather and climate    
disasters with damages exceeding        
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj in #bjbd4  7#d7          
,mitigation can encompass a wide variety
 of activities1 including preparation   
and planning1 elevating or moving       
structures prone to flooding1 reducing  
loss of life during extreme heat1 and   
hardening structures to mitigate the    
effects of hurricanes or earthquakes4   
7#e7 ,scientific research has proven    
that every #a invested in predisaster   
mitigation saves up to #ac in disaster  
recovery costs4  7#f7 ,in #bjai1        
,president ,trump created the           
predisaster mitigation program known as 
,building ,resilient ,communities and   
,infrastructure 7,,bric7 because it is  
prudent from a business and insurance   
perspective4  7#g7 ,in #bjbe1 the ,,bric
 program was wrongfully cancelled and   
over #d1jjj1jjj1jjj of predisaster      

mitigation grants were clawed back from 
communities vulnerable to disaster      
damage4  #c4 ,mandatory mitigation      
,section #bjc of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eacc7 is amended-- 7#a7 in   
subsection 7b7 by striking may and      
inserting shall2 and  7#b7 in subsection
 7c7 by striking may and inserting      
shall4