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H.R. 7242: Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022

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H.R. 7242: Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-03-28 · Emergency Management · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 440.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-03-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 440. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022

Plain summary

Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022 This bill 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. 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. The President shall (1) review the underlying methodology of any product that is a natural disaster hazard risk assessment, and (2) consider including additional data in any product that is a natural hazard risk assessment. Additionally, the President must conduct such reviews to evaluate and update the assessments at least every five years. 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. 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. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must develop criteria (taking into consideration the economic effects) to assess damage caused by a harmful algal bloom and report to Congress describing such criteria.

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Official text

Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] · 3 cosponsors

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Nikema Williams (D-GA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] reported raising $4.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr7242 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117