Require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to conduct post-disaster unmet needs assessments and report to Congress on housing, infrastructure, affordable housing shortages, and economic recovery needs after major disasters.

SEC. 6. Unmet needs assessment required . The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall, not later than 60 days after a the President declares a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and quarterly thereafter— (1) use Federal disaster and housing data available to the Secretary to— (A) evaluate damage to housing and infrastructure in the area impacted by the disaster; and (B) identify shortages in affordable housing and broader economic recovery needs; and (2) submit to the Congress a report about the analysis conducted under paragraph (1) that identifies any unmet needs in the area impacted by the disaster that could be addressed using amounts appropriated for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and other related Federal disaster programs.

The bill would require HUD to assess and report on unmet disaster recovery needs after major disasters.

H. R. 10486 (Introduced-in-House)
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"The Secretary is authorized to make community development block grant disaster recovery grants from the Long-Term Disaster Recovery Fund established under section 504(c) of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (in this section referred to as the ‘Fund’) for necessary expenses for activities authorized under subsection (f)(1) related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of housing and infrastructure, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a catastrophic major disaster."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Public Law 119-101 created a statutory CDBG-DR framework covering disaster relief, housing and infrastructure restoration, economic revitalization, and mitigation for catastrophic major disasters, but it does not by itself match the full promised quarterly HUD assessment-and-report-to-Congress requirement.

partial same_term A for effort

PLAW-119publ101.pdf
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"not later than 90 days after the President declares a major disaster, use best available data to determine whether the major disaster is catastrophic and qualifies for assistance under the formula described in paragraph (4) or (5), unless data is insufficient to make this determination"

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The enacted law requires HUD to use best available data after a major disaster to decide whether a disaster qualifies for CDBG-DR assistance, a partial statutory substitute for post-disaster assessment but narrower than the promised reports to Congress after major disasters.

partial same_term A for effort

PLAW-119publ101.pdf
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"This notice seeks additional comment on an earlier Request for Information (RFI) on the methodology HUD uses to calculate Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) allocation amounts. It also notifies the public that HUD will use the formula described in the 2025 notice for allocations to 2023 and 2024 disasters until a final rule is completed."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): HUD implemented the ROAD Act’s formula-notice step and continued work on unmet-need allocation methodology, showing partial administrative progress rather than the exact congressional reporting requirement.

partial same_term A for effort

Federal Register :: Notice on Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Formula
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"H R 6644 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 23-Jun-2026 7:25 PM"

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The final House vote on the bill that became Public Law 119-101 passed 358-32; Jeff Hurd is listed among the yeas, tying him to the partial statutory CDBG-DR reform.

partial same_term A for effort

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 224
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"Mr. Bell (for himself, Mr. Hurd of Colorado, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. Carter of Louisiana, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Fields, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Garcia of California, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Soto, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Sorensen, and Mr. Riley of New York) introduced the following bill"

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Hurd was an original cosponsor of H.R. 10486, a concrete effort to add the exact HUD unmet-needs assessment/reporting requirement, but the bill record shows introduction/referral rather than enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10486 (IH) - Relief Without Delay Act - BILLS-119hr10486ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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"submit to the Congress a report about the analysis conducted under paragraph (1) that identifies any unmet needs in the area impacted by the disaster that could be addressed using amounts appropriated for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and other related Federal disaster programs."

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Section 6 of H.R. 10486 contains the promised report-to-Congress mechanism, but because it remains only introduced/referred, this exact component is still unresolved.

unresolved same_term A for effort

GovInfo: H.R. 10486 Introduced in House Text
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