119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 3, 2025
Direct Property Acquisitions Act
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Latest action (Feb 3, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Emergency Management
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 3, 2025)
Direct Property Acquisitions Act
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a pilot program for local governments selected by FEMA to apply directly to FEMA for Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) assistance for property acquisition and structure demolition or relocation projects. FEMA must also submit annual reports.
Under current FEMA regulations, local governments are ineligible to apply directly to FEMA for HMGP assistance and must apply indirectly through a state or Indian tribal government. The bill authorizes local governments, if determined eligible and selected by FEMA, to apply directly to FEMA for HMGP assistance for property acquisition. The pilot program must terminate within eight years after FEMA’s initial selection. Local governments may participate for up to 48 months.
The bill requires FEMA to select up to two local governments from each of FEMA’s 10 regions (only one per state) to participate. For a local government to be eligible, FEMA must determine it is capable of meeting all applicable federal and state requirements for administering hazard mitigation assistance with limited assistance from the state, and FEMA must receive positive feedback from the state regarding its eligibility. In making this determination, FEMA must consult with the state and provide written justification for its decision based on factors including the local government’s history of implementing hazard mitigation projects and level of risk from severe weather.
Additionally, the bill requires FEMA to submit to specified congressional committees an annual report evaluating the pilot program’s effectiveness and future.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WATKINSON MILLER PLLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 17, 2026 · issue area: Manufacturing
Amount not reported
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WATKINSON MILLER PLLC
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Manufacturing
Amount not reported
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WATKINSON MILLER PLLC
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Manufacturing
Amount not reported
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WATKINSON MILLER PLLC
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Manufacturing
Amount not reported
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WATKINSON MILLER PLLC
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Manufacturing
Amount not reported
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WATKINSON MILLER PLLC
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 21, 2025 · issue area: Manufacturing
Amount not reported
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing
NATIONAL CONCRETE MASONRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: WATKINSON MILLER PLLC
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 20, 2025 · issue area: Manufacturing
Amount not reported
Implementation of S. 374 and H.R. 1046, legislation authorizing a research and promotion checkoff program for the manufacturers of the concrete masonry industry.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. View filing