H.R. 4560 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Jul 21, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryShifts disaster prevention funding to state formulas
Right now, states compete for federal money to prepare for natural disasters through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program. This bill would change that to a formula-based system instead, where each state gets a guaranteed share of funding based on its population and how vulnerable its infrastructure is to hazards. States would then pass at least half of that money to local governments to actually carry out the disaster-prevention projects, and the bill also allows certain projects to receive funding from two different federal programs at the same time.
How it affects you
If you live in a state, your community may see changes in how disaster-prevention projects get funded and approved—potentially getting more predictable support for things like flood barriers or reinforced buildings. States and local governments will know their funding level upfront rather than competing for it each year, though the official summary doesn't spell out how much this changes what actually gets built.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Jul 21, 2025)
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities for All Act of 2025
This bill changes grants historically provided under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program from competitive grants to noncompetitive formula grants allocated to each eligible state. These grants fund activities that reduce risk from natural hazards. The bill also provides eligibility for projects to receive grant funds from two different mitigation programs.
Under current law, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may provide BRIC grants to states and Indian tribal governments through a competitive application process. The bill requires FEMA to instead allocate such grants based on a specified formula which distributes funding to each eligible state while giving certain preference proportionally to states with higher populations and states with the most vulnerability of critical infrastructure to natural hazards. States must distribute at least 50% of the grant funds to local governments carrying out mitigation projects. The bill also specifies a minimum for the amount to be provided to tribes.
To be eligible to receive a formula grant under the bill, a state must annually recommend to FEMA specific predisaster mitigation projects. States generally may only use the grants for projects they recommended.
Additionally, under current law, a project is not eligible to receive funds from two different FEMA grant programs for the same purpose. The bill prohibits FEMA from considering a project’s receipt of BRIC (or other predisaster mitigation) grant funding in determining such project’s eligibility to receive funding under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, and vice versa.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 4560
A BILL
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities for All Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Shomari Figures (D-AL-2) · Introduced Jul 21, 2025 · Emergency Management · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jul 22, 2025: “Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.”