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S. 1224: BUILD Resilience Act of 2017

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S. 1224: BUILD Resilience Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-24 · Housing and Community Development · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3148)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3148) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

BUILD Resilience Act of 2017

Plain summary

Building Up Infrastructure and Limiting Disasters through Resilience Act of 2017 or the BUILD Resilience Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a Community Resilience Grant Program to provide assistance to communities for increasing resilience to chronic stresses and acute shocks, including by improving long-term resilience of infrastructure and housing. A state, local government, or regional entity is eligible for such a grant if it is located in an area that has been declared a major disaster area within the previous five years. HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research must select and award annual grants to a single nonprofit organization having a national reputation for expertise in resilience research and capacity building to develop, establish, and operate a National Research Center for Resilience. The center shall provide grants to institutions of higher education or other nonprofit organizations to establish a Regional Center for Resilience in each of HUD's 10 regions to serve as regional research partners with recipients of resilience grants.

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Official text

BUILD Resilience Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] · 1 cosponsors

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Mark R. Warner (D-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] reported raising $903,436 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s1224 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115