H.R. 9804

SAFE Rural Act

Sponsor: Pat Harrigan

2 cosponsors
Follow this bill

Official summary

No official summary yet.

Text of the bill

Expand all
Sec. 5. Nature-based solutions as eligible uses of assistance

Section 203(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(e)) is amended—

(1) by amending paragraph (1)(A) to read as follows:

Text this section adds to the law

(A) shall be used by States and Indian tribal governments principally to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures that are cost-effective and may include nature-based and green infrastructure solutions such as—

(i) floodplain and wetland restoration, reconnection, or enhancement;

(ii) living shorelines, bioengineered streambank stabilization, and riparian buffer establishment;

(iii) retention and detention facilities using natural or hybrid design approaches, including constructed wetlands and bioretention systems;

(iv) upland reforestation and watershed restoration to reduce runoff; and

(v) any combination of structural and nature-based approaches that achieves measurable flood risk reduction; and

; and

(2) in paragraph (2) by striking or local government and inserting or Indian tribal government each place it appears.