To authorize emergency disaster assistance for recovery from the earthquakes of January and February 2001 in the Republic of India and the Republic of El Salvador, and for other purposes.

Summary: Relief, Community Vitalization, and Emergency Readiness in India and El Salvador (RECOVERIES) Act of 2001 - Authorizes the President to provide emergency international disaster assistance for: (1) recovery from the earthquakes of January and February 2001 in the Republic of India and the Republic of El Salvador; and (2) disaster mitigation activities in such countries and other countries that contain highly disaster-prone areas.

15, as adopted by the 
        House of Representatives on January 31, 2001, and Senate 
        Concurrent Resolution 6, as adopted by the Senate on February 
        8, 2001, resolved that Congress ``expresses its support for 
        continuing and substantially increasing the amount of disaster 
        assistance being provided [to India] by the United States 
        Agency for International Development (USAID) and other relief 
        agencies''.
            (B) Senate Resolution 18, as adopted by the Senate on 
        February 8, 2001, ``encourages a continued commitment by the 
        United States and other countries to the long-term, sustainable 
        development of El Salvador''.
            (C) House Concurrent Resolution 41, as adopted by the House 
        of Representatives on March 21, 2001, ``expresses support for 
        continuing and substantially increasing, in connection with 
        these earthquakes, relief and reconstruction assistance 
        provided by relief agencies . . . including . . . the United 
        States Agency for International Development''.
            (11) In the wake of Hurricane Mitch, the Mitch Consultative 
        Group formulated what have become known as the ``Stockholm 
        Principles'', namely that the reconstruction and transformation 
        of the affected countries should be guided by the following 
        goals and principles: (A) reduction of social and environmental 
        vulnerability, (B) transparency and good governance, (C) 
        decentralization and civil society participation, and (D) human 
        rights and equality.
            (12) Development assistance, aimed ultimately toward 
        poverty reduction, is the best mitigation against catastrophic 
        disaster.
            (13) Nongovernmental organizations working on the ground, 
        such as CARE, Catholic Relief Services, Habitat for Humanity 
        International and others, strive to focus on long-term 
        sustainable development, even in the midst of tragedy and 
        immediate emergency relief efforts.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the nature and scale of the earthquake disasters that 
        recently struck El Salvador and India demonstrate that these 
        are true disaster emergencies and that the United States should 
        respond by providing emergency disaster assistance;
            (2)(A) emergency disaster assistance programs must 
        complement and work with development assistance programs in 
        order that the two types of programs reinforce one another; and
            (B) emergency disaster assistance programs should support 
        and not undermine the long-term sustainable development efforts 
        of nongovernmental organizations already working on the ground 
        in countries that have suffered disasters; and
            (3) as such, regular United States bilateral development 
        assistance funds that have been reallocated in order to meet 
        the current emergency needs for relief and recovery following 
        the earthquakes in India and El Salvador should be reimbursed 
        with the funds authorized in this Act.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR INDIA AND EL SALVADOR.

    (a) Emergency Disaster Assistance.--The President is authorized to 
provide assistance under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.; relating to international disaster 
assistance) for recovery from the earthquakes of January and February 
2001 in the Republic of India and the Republic of El Salvador.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) Emergency disaster assistance.--There is authorized to 
        be appropriated to the President $468,500,000 for fiscal year 
        2001 to carry out subsection (a). Of such amount--
                    (A) not less than $117,600,000 is authorized to be 
                appropriated for recovery in India;
                    (B) not less than $301,400,000 is authorized to be 
                appropriated for recovery in El Salvador;
                    (C) not less than $500,000 is authorized to be 
                appropriated for technical assistance to develop 
                emergency management systems in El Salvador and India; 
                and
                    (D) such sums as may be necessary are authorized to 
                be appropriated for operating expenses of the United 
                States Agency for International Development.
            (2) Reimbursement.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to the President $73,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 to reimburse 
        the appropriate development assistance accounts for amounts 
        obligated before the date of the enactment of this Act for 
        recovery from the earthquakes of January and February 2001 in 
        the Republic of India and the Republic of El Salvador.
            (3) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
        authorization of appropriations under paragraphs (1) and (2) 
        are authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 4. DISASTER MITIGATION ASSISTANCE FOR INDIA, EL SALVADOR, AND 
              CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES.

    (a) Disaster Mitigation Assistance.--The President is authorized to 
provide assistance under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292 et seq.; relating to international disaster 
assistance) for disaster mitigation activities in the Republic of 
India, the Republic of El Salvador, and other countries that contain 
highly disaster-prone areas.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        the President $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 to carry out 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Availability.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to the 
        authorization of appropriations under paragraph (1) are 
        authorized to remain available until expended.

SEC. 5. DESIGNATION AS EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.

    All funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of 
appropriations under section 3(b) and section 4(b)(1) are designated as 
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.