Mitigation State Action Plan Timeline

February 9, 2018 Congress appropriated nearly $28 billion to help disaster affected states rebuild through Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR). April 10, 2018 HUD announces allocation of $4.383 billion to Texas. HUD also states it "will issue administrative guidelines shortly for use of the funds to address grantees' long-term recovery needs." December 13, 2018 The GLO participated in a mitigation discussion with HUD and other grantees at the CDBG-DR problem-solving clinic. December 21, 2018 Commissioner Bush calls on HUD Secretary Ben Carson to ensure uninterrupted process of ongoing Hurricane Harvey rebuilding funds due to federal government shutdown. January 2, 2019 Commissioner Bush sends letter to Director Mick Mulvaney calling for Office of Management & Budget (OMB) approval of rules for $4.383 billion in mitigation funding appropriated to Texas by Congress in February of 2018. January 29, 2019 Commissioner Bush sends a letter to President Donald J. Trump requesting help getting rules for Texas' Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) mitigation funding approved by HUD and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). February 4, 2019 Governor Greg Abbott, Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, and members of the Houston Congressional Delegation, joint author a letter urging OMB to approve rules from HUD . Feb. 9, 2019 One-year anniversary of the Congressional Appropriation of mitigation funding. The required Federal Register outlining rules governing the use of Congress appropriated recovery dollars has yet to be published. May 10, 2019 Cmr. Bush applauded the filing of the Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act by Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Kamala Harris (D-CA) filed requiring OMB to release $16 billion in disaster relief funding to include the $4.383 billion in mitigation funds for major declared disaster events in Texas during 2015, 2016, and 2017. May 16, 2019 Reps. Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Randy Weber (TX-14), Brian Babin (TX-36), Kevin Brady (TX-08), Butterfield (NC-01), John Carter (TX-31), Dan Crenshaw (TX-02), Joe Cunningham (SC-01), Bill Flores (TX-17), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (PR-AL), Garret Graves (LA-06), Al Green, (TX-09), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Michael McCaul (TX-10), Pete Olson (TX-22), Tom Rice (SC-07), David Rouzer (NC-07), and Ted Yoho (FL-03) introduce the House version of the Bipartisan Disaster Recovery Funding Act to include the $4.383 billion in mitigation funds for major declared disaster events in Texas during 2015, 2016, and 2017. June 1, 2019 Hurricane season begins August 30, 2019 Publication of Federal Register notice providing for the use of the $4.383 billion in CDBG-MIT funds September 6, 2019 The GLO hosted a stakeholder webinar to provide an overview of the CDBG-MIT Federal Register outlining the rules and regulations tied to the State of Texas allocation for eligible 2015, 2016, and 2017 counties. Webinar Presentation and Resources CDBG-MIT Funding Webinar YouTube Video CDBG-MIT Webinar Presentation CDBG-MIT Lis/media/7696t of Counties CDBG-MIT Map September 16, 2019 Beaumont and Austin Public Hearing Notice posted. September 25, 2019 Revised Public Hearing Notice posted to include Beaumont, Austin and Corpus Christi. Beaumont date revised due to Tropical Storm Imelda. September 26, 2019 Regional Public Hearing for mitigation funds in Austin, Texas. October 1, 2019 Regional Public Hearing for mitigation funds in Beaumont, Texas (meeting was previously scheduled for September 25, 2019, but moved due to Tropical Storm Imelda). Archived Mitigation Public Hearing Video October 2, 2019 Regional Public Hearing for mitigation funds in Corpus Christi, Texas. Archived Mitigation Public Hearing Video November 21, 2019 GLO releases Draft State of Texas CDBG-MIT Action Plan for Public Comment