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GRACE Act
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S. 1223 (Introduced-in-Senate)


117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1223


To revise the treatment of urbanized areas experiencing population changes following a major disaster.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 20, 2021

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Kaine, and Mr. Warner) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

A BILL

To revise the treatment of urbanized areas experiencing population changes following a major disaster.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Giving Relief to American Communities in Emergencies Act” or the “GRACE Act”.

SEC. 2. Urbanized areas.

(a) Extension of treatment of urbanized areas.—Section 21101 of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123; 132 Stat. 103) is amended by striking “and 2020” and inserting “2020, 2021, and 2022”.

(b) Census discretion.—Section 5324 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Census discretion.—

“(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

“(A) DISASTER-RELATED POPULATION DECREASE.—The term ‘disaster-related population decrease’, with respect to an urbanized area, means that—

“(i) the population of the urbanized area decreases to be less than 50,000 individuals, as determined in a decennial census after the decennial census in which the area was designated as an urbanized area; and

“(ii) the decrease described in clause (i) is a result of a major disaster declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170).

“(B) URBANIZED AREA.—The term ‘urbanized area’ means an area designated in a decennial census as an urbanized area by the Secretary of Commerce.

“(2) ELECTION.—On request by the Governor of a State in which an urbanized area that experiences a disaster-related population decrease is located, the Secretary may elect for the purposes of this chapter, including for purposes of making apportionments under this chapter—

“(A) to use the population of the urbanized area, as determined in the decennial census before the most recent decennial census; and

“(B) to continue to treat the area as an urbanized area.”.