1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Resilient Communities Act of 2023 . 2. Resilient Communities Program (a) Award of grants The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a program to be known as the Resilient Communities Program under which the Secretary may award grants to eligible recipients representing affected communities— (1) to encourage the continued production of certain goods in those communities, including the employment of individuals involved in the production of those goods; or (2) for the conduct of economic development in those communities. (b) Uses of funds (1) Subsequent grants An eligible recipient awarded a grant under subsection (a) may use the amount of the grant to award subsequent grants to covered domestic producers in affected communities. (2) Priority An eligible recipient in an affected community shall prioritize the award of subsequent grants under paragraph (1) to covered domestic producers that are determined by the eligible recipient to be most likely to increase production and employment at a facility of the covered domestic producer located within the affected community as a result of the grant provided. (3) Economic development If there is no covered domestic producer in an affected community, an eligible recipient representing that community that is in receipt of a grant under subsection (a) shall use the amounts awarded under that grant for economic development within that community. (c) Resilient Communities Fund (1) Establishment There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund (to be known as the Resilient Communities Fund ), consisting of— (A) amounts transferred to the trust fund under paragraph (2)