August 3, 2026
Mr. Gallagher (for himself and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community hardening as an eligible use of assistance under section 404 of such Act, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Community-Level Upgrades for Safer, Threat-Resistant Homes Act
or the CLUSTER Act
.
Sec. 2. Hazard mitigation
Section 404(f) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(f)) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (13) by striking and
at the end;
(2)
in paragraph (14) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and
; and
(3)
by adding at the end the following:
(15)
community hardening or cluster hardening, including coordinated mitigation across private residential structures.