Grants for community resilience centers

(a) Authority The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (in this section referred to as the Secretary) shall carry out a program under this section to make grants to eligible entities for establishing and assisting community resilience centers. (b) Eligible entities Grants under the program under this section may be made only to a State, an Indian Tribe, a unit of general local government, or a nonprofit organization. (c) Eligible activities Amounts from a grant under the program under this section may be used only to establish new, or assist existing, community resilience centers, including for— (1) acquisition or improvement of facilities to serve as community resilience centers; (2) acquisition or repair of cooling equipment, heating equipment, and generators for a community resilience center; (3) obtaining supplies of food, water, medical supplies, and emergency supplies for users of a community resilience center; (4) operating costs associated with a community resilience center, including hiring staff for a center; (5) obtaining educational material on climate change resilience and other related educational material; and (6) such other costs and activities relating to community resilience centers as the Secretary may provide. (d) Application The Secretary shall provide for eligible entities to apply for grants under the program under this section and shall require applications to include an outreach plan to inform the community of the center. (e) Selection (1) In general The Secretary shall select eligible entities to receive grants under the program under this section based on a competition, in accordance with such criteria as the Secretary shall establish. (2) Preference The criteria under paragraph (1) shall provide preference for selection of eligible entities proposing to upgrade or improve existing spaces that are easily accessible to the community for use as community resilience centers. (f) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2035.