Sec. 2. Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilient Communities
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The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall establish, within the Office of Community Planning and Development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilient Communities (in this section referred to as the Office ). The Office shall be responsible for— coordinating with the Office of Policy Development and Research of the Department of Housing and Urban Development on needed research to develop necessary curriculum and policy to build community resiliency, restore housing and infrastructure, and stimulate economic revitalization to support the recovery of low- to moderate-income individuals; coordinating with relevant Department of Housing and Urban Development program offices to support the incorporation of community resiliency planning and implementation across all department-supported program activities; leading and coordinating Department of Housing and Urban Development activities under the Housing Recovery Support Function of the National Disaster Recovery Framework; coordinating Department of Housing and Urban Development interagency disaster recovery support activities, including those related to housing, economic development, infrastructure, and community planning and capacity building; providing annual and periodic disaster mitigation and recovery training, incorporating Federal best practices, to regional and field offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and providing technical assistance to entities that are eligible to receive disaster recovery assistance under title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) and that demonstrate capacity constraints.
The Office shall contain— the Resiliency Division, which shall— develop, coordinate, and maintain the capacity for disaster resilience and recovery of recipients of grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development; coordinate and operationalize research and policies of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist areas in community resiliency planning, including— hazard mitigation and adaptive land use planning; establishing and carrying out enforcement activities and implementing the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based codes, specifications, and standards that incorporate the latest resilient designs and establish minimum acceptable criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of residential structures and facilities that may be eligible for assistance under this Act for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the buildings’ users against disasters; and sustainable infrastructure investments; and assist areas in the development of action plans under section 123 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as added by section 3 of this Act; and the Recovery Division, which shall oversee the disaster recovery policy and response of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Sec. 2
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