Real bill currently in Congress c/o HR/119/9180

CDBG–DR Automated Assessment Act

Policy area: Housing and Community Development ▲ 86 days since action Sponsor: Wesley Bell, MO-01, D → Congress.gov

Latest action (2026-06-10): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4065)

What should pass

“AI Consensus Solution”

Disaster Community Development Needs Assessment Act of 2025

Require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to continuously assess and report on unmet community development needs in disaster-affected areas, to improve targeting of federal assistance.

Bipartisan rationale: Democratic priorities: ensures continuous federal attention to disaster recovery for vulnerable communities, supports data-driven resource allocation, and protects against private development neglect. Republican priorities: limits new mandatory spending with a hard cap and sunset, protects state and local governments from unfunded mandates by making data submission voluntary, and restricts judicial expansion of liability.

Funding: General fund of the Treasury, authorized a $25 million cap over five years Sunset 5y Oversight: Government Accountability Offi Enforcement: No private right of action; Secretar

Vote-count path: ~250 House votes: 150 D centrists + 100 R fiscal conservatives/delegation skeptics; ~60 Senate votes: 45 D + 15 R from oversight-minded, sunset-friendly caucus.

→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Spending Power / General Welfare) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause – disaster effects on interstate commerce) → Tenth Amendment (reserves to states powers not delegated; data collection is voluntary to avoid commandeering) → Fifth Amendment Due Process (proffers procedural protection via APA review, no arbitrary exclusion)

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