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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4654 

To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and Territories 

to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds 

for management costs for other disaster recovery projects. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 28, 2022 

Ms. HASSAN (for herself and Mr. LANKFORD) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize 

States, Indian Tribes, and Territories to close disaster 

recovery projects by authorizing the use of excess funds 

for management costs for other disaster recovery 

projects. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Management 

5 Costs Modernization Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT COSTS. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 324 of the Robert T. 

3 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 5165b) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (d); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(c) USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT

10 COSTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 

12 ‘excess funds for management costs’ means the dif13 ference between— 

14 ‘‘(A) the amount of the applicable specific 

15 management costs authorized under subsection 

16 (b); and 

17 ‘‘(B) as of the date on which the incident 

18 is closed, the amount of funding for manage19 ment costs activities expended by the grantee or 

20 subgrantee receiving the financial assistance for 

21 costs described in subparagraph (A). 

22 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR

23 MANAGEMENT COSTS.—The President may make 

24 available to a grantee or subgrantee receiving finan25 cial assistance under section 403, 404, 406, 407, or 

26 502 any excess funds for management costs. 


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1 ‘‘(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Excess funds for man2 agement costs made available to a grantee or sub3 grantee under paragraph (2) may be used for activi4 ties associated with building capacity to respond to 

5 or recover from the types of incidents for which as6 sistance may be made available under section 403, 

7 404, 406, 407, or 502 and to provide such assist8 ance, including for providing training and other ac9 tivities associated with any major disaster or emer10 gency declaration, or to otherwise prepare for such 

11 an incident. 

12 ‘‘(4) AVAILABILITY.—Excess funds for manage13 ment costs made available to a grantee or sub14 grantee under paragraph (2) shall remain available 

15 to the grantee or subgrantee until the date that is 

16 5 years after the date on which the excess funds for 

17 management costs are made available under para18 graph (2).’’. 

19 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub20 section (a) shall apply with respect to any incident for 

21 which a major disaster or emergency is declared under sec22 tion 401 or 501, respectively, of the Robert T. Stafford 

23 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 


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1 5170, 5191) that is open on, or occurs on or after, the 

2 date of enactment of this Act. 

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