1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Energy Resilient Communities Act . 2. Clean energy microgrid grant program (a) In general The Secretary of Energy shall establish and carry out a program to provide grants to eligible entities. (b) Use of funds An eligible entity may use a grant provided under the program established pursuant to subsection (a) to— (1) obtain technical assistance to— (A) upgrade building codes and standards for resiliency to climate change hazards (including wildfires, flooding, sea level rise, landslides, drought, storms, temperature extremes, and other extreme weather events); (B) develop a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan to identify and overcome known climate change hazards to critical community infrastructure; or (C) conduct a needs assessment of prospective clean energy microgrid projects and, as applicable, design prospective clean energy microgrids, including assistance to address permitting and siting challenges, understand and facilitate financing options, and understand the technical characteristics of clean energy microgrids; (2) provide community outreach and collaborative planning with respect to a prospective project described in paragraph (3); or (3) carry out a project to develop and construct— (A) a clean energy microgrid that supports critical community infrastructure