Grants for outreach and publicity regarding community resilience and cooling 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 States, units of general local government, and Indian Tribes for use to carry out outreach, publicity, and education activities to inform the public regarding the location, function, and availability of community resilience centers and cooling centers, including for— (1) collection of data regarding the locations of community resilience centers and cooling centers; and (2) development of platforms, websites, applications, and other tools and methods of communication to assist the public in locating such centers. (b) Selection 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. (c) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2035.