A Republican bill with 1 Democratic cosponsor · See the cosponsor
Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
In committee
Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.
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Its path through Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Community-Level Upgrades for Safer, Threat-Resistant Homes Act" or the "CLUSTER Act," seeks to change the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. It proposes to add "community hardening or cluster hardening" as an eligible use of assistance. This specifically includes coordinated mitigation efforts across private residential structures. The amendment would be applied to section 404 of the existing Act.
Yes
- Scored +3
Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster?
The bill expands eligible uses of assistance to include community-level hardening of residential structures.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Coordinated Mitigation: The bill would allow for "community hardening or cluster hardening," which includes coordinated mitigation across private residential structures (Section 2). This could be positive by allowing groups of people to work together on disaster prevention.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No negative impacts are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Tap or hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Does this improve help for people hit by a disaster? — The bill expands eligible uses of assistance to include community-level hardening of residential structures.
- 8/3/2026
- Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
Mike ThompsonDemocrat · California