In the Senate of the United States,

July 19, 2000.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 707) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Robert T.

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to

authorize a program for predisaster mitigation, to streamline

the administration of disaster relief, to control the Federal

costs of disaster assistance, and for other purposes.’’, do pass

with the following

AMENDMENT:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dis3 aster Mitigation Act of 2000’’.

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this

5 Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION

Sec. 101. Findings and purpose.

Sec. 102. Predisaster hazard mitigation.

Sec. 103. Interagency task force.
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TITLE II—DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION ASSISTANCE

Sec. 201. Insurance.

Sec. 202. Management costs.

Sec. 203. Assistance to repair, restore, reconstruct, or replace damaged facilities.

Sec. 204. Mitigation planning; hazard resistant construction standards.

Sec. 205. State administration of hazard mitigation grant program.

Sec. 206. Study regarding cost reduction.

Sec. 207. Fire management assistance.

Sec. 208. Public notice, comment, and consultation requirements.

Sec. 209. Community disaster loans.

Sec. 210. Temporary housing assistance.

Sec. 211. Individual and family grant program.

TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 301. Technical correction of short title.

Sec. 302. Definitions.

Sec. 303. Public safety officer benefits for certain Federal and State employees.

Sec. 304. Disaster grant closeout procedures.

Sec. 305. Conforming amendment.

1 TITLE I—PREDISASTER HAZARD

2 MITIGATION

3 SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that—

5 (1) natural disasters, including earthquakes,

6 tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes, flooding, and

7 wildfires, pose great danger to human life and to

8 property throughout the United States;

9 (2) greater emphasis needs to be placed on—

10 (A) identifying and assessing the risks to

11 States and local communities from natural dis12 asters;

13 (B) implementing adequate measures to re14 duce losses from natural disasters; and
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1 (C) ensuring that the critical infrastructure

2 and facilities of communities will continue to

3 function after a natural disaster;

4 (3) expenditures for postdisaster assistance are

5 increasing without commensurate reductions in the

6 likelihood of future losses from natural disasters;

7 (4) in the expenditure of Federal funds under the

8 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As9 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), high priority

10 should be given to mitigation of hazards to existing

11 and new construction at the local level; and

12 (5) with a unified effort of economic incentives,

13 awareness and education, technical assistance, and

14 demonstrated Federal support, States and local com15 munities will be able to—

16 (A) form effective community-based partner17 ships for hazard mitigation purposes;

18 (B) implement effective hazard mitigation

19 measures that reduce the potential damage from

20 natural disasters;

21 (C) ensure continued functionality of the

22 critical infrastructure of communities;

23 (D) leverage additional non-Federal re24 sources in meeting natural disaster resistance

25 goals; and
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1 (E) make commitments to long-term hazard

2 mitigation efforts to be applied to new and exist3 ing construction.

4 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to establish

5 a national disaster hazard mitigation program—

6 (1) to reduce the loss of life and property, human

7 suffering, economic disruption, and disaster assist8 ance costs resulting from natural disasters; and

9 (2) to provide a source of predisaster hazard

10 mitigation funding that will assist States and local

11 governments in implementing effective hazard mitiga12 tion measures that are designed to ensure the contin13 ued functionality of critical infrastructure and facili14 ties after a natural disaster.

15 SEC. 102. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

16 Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

17 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.) is

18 amended by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘SEC. 203. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Federal Emer21 gency Management Agency (referred to in this section as

22 the ‘Director’) may establish a program to provide technical

23 and financial assistance to States and local governments

24 to assist in the implementation of predisaster hazard miti25 gation measures designed to reduce injuries, loss of life, and
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1 damage and destruction of property, including damage to

2 critical infrastructure and facilities under the jurisdiction

3 of the States or local governments.

4 ‘‘(b) APPROVAL BY DIRECTOR.—If the Director deter5 mines that a State or local government has identified all

6 natural disaster hazards in areas under its jurisdiction and

7 has demonstrated the ability to form effective public-private

8 natural disaster hazard mitigation partnerships, the Direc9 tor, using amounts in the National Predisaster Mitigation

10 Fund established under subsection (e) (referred to in this

11 section as the ‘Fund’), may provide technical and financial

12 assistance to the State or local government to be used in

13 accordance with subsection (c).

14 ‘‘(c) USES OF TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSIST15 ANCE.—Technical and financial assistance provided under

16 subsection (b)—

17 ‘‘(1) shall be used by States and local govern18 ments principally to implement predisaster hazard

19 mitigation measures described in proposals approved

20 by the Director under this section; and

21 ‘‘(2) may be used—

22 ‘‘(A) to support effective public-private nat23 ural disaster hazard mitigation partnerships;

24 ‘‘(B) to ensure that new development and

25 construction is resistant to natural disasters;
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1 ‘‘(C) to improve the assessment of a commu2 nity’s vulnerability to natural hazards; or

3 ‘‘(D) to establish hazard mitigation prior4 ities, and an appropriate hazard mitigation

5 plan, for a community.

6 ‘‘(d) CRITERIA FOR ASSISTANCE AWARDS.—In deter7 mining whether to provide technical and financial assist8 ance to a State or local government under subsection (a),

9 the Director shall take into account—

10 ‘‘(1) the extent and nature of the hazards to be

11 mitigated;

12 ‘‘(2) the degree of commitment of the State or

13 local government to reduce damages from future nat14 ural disasters;

15 ‘‘(3) the degree of commitment by the State or

16 local government to support ongoing non-Federal sup17 port for the hazard mitigation measures to be carried

18 out using the technical and financial assistance; and

19 ‘‘(4) the extent to which the hazard mitigation

20 measures to be carried out using the technical and fi21 nancial assistance contribute to the mitigation goals

22 and priorities established by the State as a condition

23 of receipt of the annual emergency management per24 formance grant awarded to the State by the Federal

25 Emergency Management Agency.
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1 ‘‘(e) NATIONAL PREDISASTER MITIGATION FUND.—

2 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Director may estab3 lish in the Treasury of the United States a fund to

4 be known as the ‘National Predisaster Mitigation

5 Fund’, to be used in carrying out this section.

6 ‘‘(2) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—There shall be de7 posited in the Fund—

8 ‘‘(A) amounts appropriated to carry out

9 this section, which shall remain available until

10 expended; and

11 ‘‘(B) sums available from gifts, bequests, or

12 donations of services or property received by the

13 Director for the purpose of predisaster hazard

14 mitigation.

15 ‘‘(3) EXPENDITURES FROM FUND.—Upon request

16 by the Director, the Secretary of the Treasury shall

17 transfer from the Fund to the Director such amounts

18 as the Director determines are necessary to provide

19 technical and financial assistance under this section.

20 ‘‘(4) INVESTMENT OF AMOUNTS.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the

22 Treasury shall invest such portion of the Fund

23 as is not, in the judgment of the Secretary of the

24 Treasury, required to meet current withdrawals.
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1 Investments may be made only in interest-bear2 ing obligations of the United States.

3 ‘‘(B) ACQUISITION OF OBLIGATIONS.—For

4 the purpose of investments under subparagraph

5 (A), obligations may be acquired—

6 ‘‘(i) on original issue at the issue

7 price; or

8 ‘‘(ii) by purchase of outstanding obli9 gations at the market price.

10 ‘‘(C) SALE OF OBLIGATIONS.—Any obliga11 tion acquired by the Fund may be sold by the

12 Secretary of the Treasury at the market price.

13 ‘‘(D) CREDITS TO FUND.—The interest on,

14 and the proceeds from the sale or redemption of,

15 any obligations held in the Fund shall be cred16 ited to and form a part of the Fund.

17 ‘‘(E) TRANSFERS OF AMOUNTS.—

18 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amounts re19 quired to be transferred to the Fund under

20 this subsection shall be transferred at least

21 monthly from the general fund of the Treas22 ury to the Fund on the basis of estimates

23 made by the Secretary of the Treasury.

24 ‘‘(ii) ADJUSTMENTS.—Proper adjust25 ment shall be made in amounts subse-
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1 quently transferred to the extent prior esti2 mates were in excess of or less than the

3 amounts required to be transferred.

4 ‘‘(f) MAXIMUM TOTAL FEDERAL SHARE.—Subject to

5 subsection (g), the amount of financial assistance provided

6 from the Fund shall not exceed an amount equal to 75 per7 cent of the total costs of all hazard mitigation proposals

8 approved by the Director under this section.

9 ‘‘(g) LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL

10 ASSISTANCE.—The Director shall not provide financial as11 sistance under this section in an amount greater than the

12 amount available in the Fund.

13 ‘‘(h) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority

14 provided by this section terminates December 31, 2003.’’.

15 SEC. 103. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.

16 Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

17 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.) (as

18 amended by section 102) is amended by adding at the end

19 the following:

20 ‘‘SEC. 204. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall establish a

22 Federal interagency task force for the purpose of coordi23 nating the implementation of predisaster hazard mitigation

24 programs administered by the Federal Government.
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1 ‘‘(b) CHAIRPERSON.—The Director of the Federal

2 Emergency Management Agency shall serve as the chair3 person of the task force.

4 ‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The membership of the task force

5 shall include representatives of State and local government

6 organizations and the American Red Cross.’’.

7 TITLE II—DISASTER PREPARED8 NESS AND MITIGATION AS9 SISTANCE

10 SEC. 201. INSURANCE.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 311(a)(2) of the Robert T.

12 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42

13 U.S.C. 5154(a)(2)) is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘In’’ and inserting the following:

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In’’; and

16 (2) by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(B) REQUIRED INSURANCE OR SELF-IN18 SURANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date

19 of enactment of this subparagraph, the President

20 shall promulgate regulations under which States,

21 communities, and other applicants subject to

22 paragraph (1) shall be required to protect prop23 erty through adequate levels of insurance or self24 insurance if—
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1 ‘‘(i) the appropriate State insurance

2 commissioner makes the certification de3 scribed in subparagraph (A); and

4 ‘‘(ii) the President determines that the

5 property is not adequately protected against

6 natural or other disasters.

7 ‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—In promulgating any

8 new regulation requiring public structures to be

9 insured to be eligible for assistance, the President

10 shall—

11 ‘‘(i) include in the regulation—

12 ‘‘(I) definitions relating to insur13 ance that are expressed in known and

14 generally accepted terms;

15 ‘‘(II) a definition of ‘adequate in16 surance’;

17 ‘‘(III) the specific criteria for a

18 waiver of any insurance eligibility re19 quirement under the regulation;

20 ‘‘(IV) a definition of ‘self-insur21 ance’ that is sufficiently flexible to take

22 into consideration alternative risk fi23 nancing methods;
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1 ‘‘(V) available market research

2 used in determining the availability of

3 insurance; and

4 ‘‘(VI) a cost-benefit analysis; and

5 ‘‘(ii) consider—

6 ‘‘(I) alternative risk-financing

7 mechanisms, including risk sharing

8 pools and self-insurance; and

9 ‘‘(II) the use of independent ex10 perts in insurance, disaster prepared11 ness, risk management, and finance to

12 assist in developing the proposed regu13 lation.’’.

14 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 311 of the

15 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist16 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5154) is amended in subsections (a)(1),

17 (b), and (c) by striking ‘‘section 803 of the Public Works

18 and Economic Development Act of 1965’’ each place it ap19 pears and inserting ‘‘sections 201 and 209 of the Public

20 Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.

21 3141, 3149)’’.

22 SEC. 202. MANAGEMENT COSTS.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Robert T. Stafford

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

25 5141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 322. MANAGEMENT COSTS.

2 ‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF MANAGEMENT COST.—In this sec3 tion, the term ‘management cost’ includes any indirect cost,

4 administrative expense, and any other expense not directly

5 chargeable to a specific project under a major disaster,

6 emergency, or disaster preparedness or mitigation activity

7 or measure.

8 ‘‘(b) MANAGEMENT COST RATES.—Notwithstanding

9 any other provision of law (including any administrative

10 rule or guidance), the President shall establish management

11 cost rates for grantees and subgrantees that shall be used

12 to determine contributions under this Act for management

13 costs.

14 ‘‘(c) REVIEW.—The President shall review the manage15 ment cost rates established under subsection (b) not later

16 than 3 years after the date of establishment of the rates and

17 periodically thereafter.

18 ‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The President shall promulgate

19 regulations to define appropriate costs to be included in

20 management costs under this section.’’.

21 (b) APPLICABILITY.—Section 322 of the Robert T.

22 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (as

23 added by subsection (a)) shall apply as follows:

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a), (b), and (d)

25 of section 322 of that Act shall apply to each major

26 disaster declared under that Act on or after the date
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1 of enactment of this Act. Until the date on which the

2 President establishes the management cost rates under

3 subsection (b) of that section, section 406(f) of the

4 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As5 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(f)) shall be used for es6 tablishing the rates.

7 (2) REVIEW.—Section 322(c) of that Act shall

8 apply to each major disaster declared under that Act

9 on or after the date on which the President establishes

10 the management cost rates under section 322(b) of

11 that Act.

12 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of the Robert T.

14 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) is amended by striking sub16 section (f).

17 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

18 paragraph (1) takes effect on the date of publication

19 in the Federal Register of the management cost rates

20 established under section 322(b) of the Robert T. Staf21 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

22 (as added by subsection (a)).
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1 SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE TO REPAIR, RESTORE, RECON2 STRUCT, OR REPLACE DAMAGED FACILITIES.

3 (a) CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 406 of the Robert T.

4 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42

5 U.S.C. 5172) is amended by striking subsection (a) and in6 serting the following:

7 ‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTIONS.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—

9 ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The President may

10 make contributions—

11 ‘‘(i) to a State or local government for

12 the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or re13 placement of a public facility that is dam14 aged or destroyed by a major disaster and

15 for associated expenses incurred by the gov16 ernment; and

17 ‘‘(ii) subject to paragraph (2), to a

18 person that owns or operates a private non19 profit facility damaged or destroyed by a

20 major disaster for the repair, restoration,

21 reconstruction, or replacement of the facility

22 and for associated expenses incurred by the

23 person.

24 ‘‘(B) ASSOCIATED EXPENSES.—For the pur25 poses of this section, associated expenses shall

26 include—
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1 ‘‘(i) the costs of mobilizing and em2 ploying the National Guard for performance

3 of eligible work;

4 ‘‘(ii) the costs of using prison labor to

5 perform eligible work, including wages actu6 ally paid, transportation to a worksite, and

7 extraordinary costs of guards, food, and

8 lodging;

9 ‘‘(iii) base and overtime wages for em10 ployees and extra hires performing eligible

11 work plus fringe benefits on such wages to

12 the extent that such benefits were being paid

13 before the major disaster; and

14 ‘‘(iv) other expenses determined appro15 priated by the President.

16 ‘‘(2) CONDITIONS FOR ASSISTANCE FOR PRIVATE

17 NONPROFIT FACILITIES.—The President may make

18 contributions for a private nonprofit facility under

19 paragraph (1)(B) only if—

20 ‘‘(A) the facility provides critical infra21 structure in the event of a major disaster;

22 ‘‘(B) the person that owns or operates the

23 facility—
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1 ‘‘(i) has applied for a disaster loan

2 under section 7(b) of the Small Business

3 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)); and

4 ‘‘(ii) has been determined to be ineli5 gible for such a loan; or

6 ‘‘(C) the person that owns or operates the

7 facility has obtained such a loan in the max8 imum amount for which the Small Business Ad9 ministration determines the facility is eligible.

10 ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Before mak11 ing any contribution under this section in an amount

12 greater than $20,000,000, the President shall notify—

13 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Environment and

14 Public Works of the Senate;

15 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations of

16 the Senate;

17 ‘‘(C) the Committee on Transportation and

18 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives;

19 and

20 ‘‘(D) the Committee on Appropriations of

21 the House of Representatives.’’.

22 (b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 406 of the Robert T.

23 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42

24 U.S.C. 5172) is amended by striking subsection (b) and in25 serting the following:
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1 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—

2 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM FEDERAL SHARE.—Except as pro3 vided in paragraph (2), the Federal share of assist4 ance under this section shall be not less than 75 per5 cent of the eligible cost of repair, restoration, recon6 struction, or replacement carried out under this sec7 tion.

8 ‘‘(2) REDUCED FEDERAL SHARE.—The President

9 shall promulgate regulations to reduce the Federal

10 share of assistance under this section in the case of

11 the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement

12 of any eligible public or private nonprofit facility—

13 ‘‘(A) that has previously been damaged, on

14 more than 1 occasion, by the same type of event;

15 and

16 ‘‘(B) the owner of which has failed to imple17 ment appropriate mitigation measures to ad18 dress the hazard that caused the damage to the

19 facility.’’.

20 (c) LARGE IN-LIEU CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 406 of

21 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As22 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) is amended by striking sub23 section (c) and inserting the following:

24 ‘‘(c) LARGE IN-LIEU CONTRIBUTIONS.—

25 ‘‘(1) FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a

2 State or local government determines that the

3 public welfare would not be best served by re4 pairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing

5 any public facility owned or controlled by the

6 State or local government, the State or local gov7 ernment may elect to receive, in lieu of a con8 tribution under subsection (a)(1)(A), a contribu9 tion in an amount equal to 75 percent of the

10 Federal share of the cost of repairing, restoring,

11 reconstructing, or replacing the facility and of

12 management costs, as estimated by the President.

13 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause

15 (ii), funds made available to a State or

16 local government under this paragraph may

17 be used to repair, restore, or expand other

18 eligible public facilities, to construct new fa19 cilities, or to fund hazard mitigation meas20 ures, that the State or local government de21 termines to be necessary to meet a need for

22 governmental services and functions in the

23 area affected by the major disaster.

24 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made

25 available to a State or local government
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1 under this paragraph may not be used

2 for—

3 ‘‘(I) any public facility located in

4 a regulatory floodway (as defined in

5 section 59.1 of title 44, Code of Federal

6 Regulations (or a successor regula7 tion)); or

8 ‘‘(II) any uninsured public facil9 ity located in a special flood hazard

10 area identified by the Director of the

11 Federal Emergency Management Agen12 cy under the National Flood Insurance

13 Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.).

14 ‘‘(2) FOR PRIVATE NONPROFIT FACILITIES.—

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In any case in which a

16 person that owns or operates a private nonprofit

17 facility determines that the public welfare would

18 not be best served by repairing, restoring, recon19 structing, or replacing the facility, the person

20 may elect to receive, in lieu of a contribution

21 under subsection (a)(1)(B), a contribution in an

22 amount equal to 75 percent of the Federal share

23 of the cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing,

24 or replacing the facility and of management

25 costs, as estimated by the President.
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1 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—

2 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause

3 (ii), funds made available to a person under

4 this paragraph may be used to repair, re5 store, or expand other eligible private non6 profit facilities owned or operated by the

7 person, to construct new private nonprofit

8 facilities owned or operated by the person,

9 or to fund hazard mitigation measures, that

10 the person determines to be necessary to

11 meet a need for services and functions in

12 the area affected by the major disaster.

13 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATIONS.—Funds made

14 available to a person under this paragraph

15 may not be used for—

16 ‘‘(I) any private nonprofit facility

17 located in a regulatory floodway (as

18 defined in section 59.1 of title 44, Code

19 of Federal Regulations (or a successor

20 regulation)); or

21 ‘‘(II) any uninsured private non22 profit facility located in a special flood

23 hazard area identified by the Director

24 of the Federal Emergency Management

25 Agency under the National Flood In-
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1 surance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et

2 seq.).’’.

3 (d) ELIGIBLE COST.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 406 of the Robert T.

5 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) is amended by striking sub7 section (e) and inserting the following:

8 ‘‘(e) ELIGIBLE COST.—

9 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION.—

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of this

11 section, the President shall estimate the eligible

12 cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or re13 placing a public facility or private nonprofit

14 facility—

15 ‘‘(i) on the basis of the design of the fa16 cility as the facility existed immediately be17 fore the major disaster; and

18 ‘‘(ii) in conformity with codes, speci19 fications, and standards (including flood20 plain management and hazard mitigation

21 criteria required by the President or under

22 the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16

23 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)) applicable at the time

24 at which the disaster occurred.

25 ‘‘(B) COST ESTIMATION PROCEDURES.—
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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to para2 graph (2), the President shall use the cost

3 estimation procedures developed under

4 paragraph (3) to determine the eligible cost

5 under this subsection.

6 ‘‘(ii) APPLICABILITY.—The procedures

7 specified in this paragraph and paragraph

8 (2) shall apply only to projects the eligible

9 cost of which is equal to or greater than the

10 amount specified in section 422.

11 ‘‘(2) MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE COST.—

12 ‘‘(A) ACTUAL COST GREATER THAN CEILING

13 PERCENTAGE OF ESTIMATED COST.—In any case

14 in which the actual cost of repairing, restoring,

15 reconstructing, or replacing a facility under this

16 section is greater than the ceiling percentage es17 tablished under paragraph (3) of the cost esti18 mated under paragraph (1), the President may

19 determine that the eligible cost includes a por20 tion of the actual cost of the repair, restoration,

21 reconstruction, or replacement that exceeds the

22 cost estimated under paragraph (1).

23 ‘‘(B) ACTUAL COST LESS THAN ESTIMATED

24 COST.—
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1 ‘‘(i) GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO

2 FLOOR PERCENTAGE OF ESTIMATED

3 COST.—In any case in which the actual cost

4 of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or

5 replacing a facility under this section is less

6 than 100 percent of the cost estimated under

7 paragraph (1), but is greater than or equal

8 to the floor percentage established under

9 paragraph (3) of the cost estimated under

10 paragraph (1), the State or local govern11 ment or person receiving funds under this

12 section shall use the excess funds to carry

13 out cost-effective activities that reduce the

14 risk of future damage, hardship, or suf15 fering from a major disaster.

16 ‘‘(ii) LESS THAN FLOOR PERCENTAGE

17 OF ESTIMATED COST.—In any case in

18 which the actual cost of repairing, restoring,

19 reconstructing, or replacing a facility under

20 this section is less than the floor percentage

21 established under paragraph (3) of the cost

22 estimated under paragraph (1), the State or

23 local government or person receiving assist24 ance under this section shall reimburse the

25 President in the amount of the difference.
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1 ‘‘(C) NO EFFECT ON APPEALS PROCESS.—

2 Nothing in this paragraph affects any right of

3 appeal under section 423.

4 ‘‘(3) EXPERT PANEL.—

5 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 18

6 months after the date of enactment of this para7 graph, the President, acting through the Director

8 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

9 shall establish an expert panel, which shall in10 clude representatives from the construction in11 dustry and State and local government.

12 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—The expert panel shall de13 velop recommendations concerning—

14 ‘‘(i) procedures for estimating the cost

15 of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or

16 replacing a facility consistent with industry

17 practices; and

18 ‘‘(ii) the ceiling and floor percentages

19 referred to in paragraph (2).

20 ‘‘(C) REGULATIONS.—Taking into account

21 the recommendations of the expert panel under

22 subparagraph (B), the President shall promul23 gate regulations to establish procedures and the

24 ceiling and floor percentages referred to in para25 graph (2).
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1 ‘‘(D) REVIEW BY PRESIDENT.—Not later

2 than 2 years after the date of promulgation of

3 regulations under subparagraph (C) and periodi4 cally thereafter, the President shall review the

5 cost estimation procedures and the ceiling and

6 floor percentages established under this para7 graph.

8 ‘‘(E) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later

9 than 1 year after the date of promulgation of

10 regulations under subparagraph (C), 2 years

11 after that date, and at the end of each 2-year pe12 riod thereafter, the expert panel shall submit to

13 Congress a report on the appropriateness of the

14 cost estimation procedures.

15 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE.—In any case in which the

16 facility being repaired, restored, reconstructed, or re17 placed under this section was under construction on

18 the date of the major disaster, the cost of repairing,

19 restoring, reconstructing, or replacing the facility

20 shall include, for the purposes of this section, only

21 those costs that, under the contract for the construc22 tion, are the owner’s responsibility and not the con23 tractor’s responsibility.’’.

24 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

25 paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of enact-
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1 ment of this Act, except that paragraph (1) of section

2 406(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

3 Emergency Assistance Act (as amended by paragraph

4 (1)) shall take effect on the date on which the proce5 dures developed under paragraph (3) of that section

6 take effect.

7 (e) DEFINITION OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—Sec8 tion 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

9 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended by

10 adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(10) CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term

12 ‘critical infrastructure’ has the meaning given the

13 term by the President, but includes, at a minimum,

14 the provision of power, water (including water pro15 vided by a nongovernment entity), sewer, wastewater

16 treatment, communications, and essential medical

17 care.’’.

18 SEC. 204. MITIGATION PLANNING; HAZARD RESISTANT CON19 STRUCTION STANDARDS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Robert T. Stafford

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

22 5141 et seq.) (as amended by section 202(a)) is amended

23 by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 323. MITIGATION PLANNING.

2 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT OF MITIGATION PLAN.—As a con3 dition of receipt of a disaster loan or grant under this Act,

4 a State, local, or tribal government shall develop and sub5 mit for approval to the Director of the Federal Emergency

6 Management Agency a mitigation plan that outlines proc7 esses for identifying the natural hazards, risks, and

8 vulnerabilities of the area under the jurisdiction of the gov9 ernment.

10 ‘‘(b) LOCAL AND TRIBAL PLANS.—Each mitigation

11 plan developed by a local or tribal government shall—

12 ‘‘(1) describe actions to mitigate hazards, risks,

13 and vulnerabilities identified under the plan; and

14 ‘‘(2) establish a strategy to implement those ac15 tions.

16 ‘‘(c) STATE PLANS.—The State process of development

17 of a mitigation plan under this section shall—

18 ‘‘(1) identify the natural hazards, risks, and

19 vulnerabilities of areas in the State;

20 ‘‘(2) support development of local mitigation

21 plans;

22 ‘‘(3) provide for technical assistance to local and

23 tribal governments for mitigation planning; and

24 ‘‘(4) identify and prioritize mitigation actions

25 that the State will support, as resources become avail26 able.
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1 ‘‘(d) FUNDING.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Federal contributions under

3 section 404 may be used to fund the development and

4 updating of mitigation plans under this section.

5 ‘‘(2) MAXIMUM FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—With

6 respect to any mitigation plan, a State, local, or trib7 al government may use an amount of Federal con8 tributions under section 404 not to exceed 5 percent

9 of the amount of such contributions available to the

10 government as of a date determined by the govern11 ment.

12 ‘‘(e) INCREASED FEDERAL SHARE FOR HAZARD MITI13 GATION MEASURES.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, at the time of the declara15 tion of a major disaster, a State has in effect an ap16 proved mitigation plan under this section, the Presi17 dent may increase to 20 percent, with respect to the

18 major disaster, the maximum percentage specified in

19 the last sentence of section 404(a).

20 ‘‘(2) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In deter21 mining whether to increase the maximum percentage

22 under paragraph (1), the President shall consider

23 whether the State has established—

24 ‘‘(A) eligibility criteria for property acqui25 sition and other types of mitigation measures;
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1 ‘‘(B) requirements for cost effectiveness that

2 are related to the eligibility criteria;

3 ‘‘(C) a system of priorities that is related to

4 the eligibility criteria;

5 ‘‘(D) a process by which an assessment of

6 the effectiveness of a mitigation action may be

7 carried out after the mitigation action is com8 plete; and

9 ‘‘(E) hazard resistant construction stand10 ards, as may be required under section 324.

11 ‘‘SEC. 324. HAZARD RESISTANT CONSTRUCTION STAND12 ARDS.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receipt of a dis14 aster loan or grant under this Act—

15 ‘‘(1) the recipient shall carry out any repair or

16 construction to be financed with the loan or grant in

17 accordance with applicable standards of safety, de18 cency, and sanitation and in conformity with appli19 cable codes, specifications, and standards; and

20 ‘‘(2) the President may require safe land use and

21 construction practices, after adequate consultation

22 with appropriate State and local government officials.

23 ‘‘(b) EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE.—A recipient of a dis24 aster loan or grant under this Act shall provide such evi-
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1 dence of compliance with this section as the President may

2 require by regulation.’’.

3 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

4 (1) Section 404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis5 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

6 5170c(a)) is amended in the second sentence by strik7 ing ‘‘section 409’’ and inserting ‘‘section 323’’.

8 (2) Section 409 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis9 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

10 5176) is repealed.

11 SEC. 205. STATE ADMINISTRATION OF HAZARD MITIGATION

12 GRANT PROGRAM.

13 Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

14 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amend15 ed by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION BY STATES.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State desiring to admin18 ister the hazard mitigation grant program established

19 by this section with respect to hazard mitigation as20 sistance in the State may submit to the President an

21 application for the delegation of the authority.

22 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The President, in consultation

23 and coordination with States and local governments,

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1 tions submitted under paragraph (1). The criteria

2 shall include, at a minimum—

3 ‘‘(A) the demonstrated ability of the State to

4 manage the grant program under this section;

5 ‘‘(B) having in effect an approved mitiga6 tion plan under section 323; and

7 ‘‘(C) a demonstrated commitment to mitiga8 tion activities.

9 ‘‘(3) APPROVAL.—The President shall approve

10 an application submitted under paragraph (1) that

11 meets the criteria established under paragraph (2).

12 ‘‘(4) WITHDRAWAL OF APPROVAL.—If, after ap13 proving an application of a State submitted under

14 paragraph (1), the President determines that the

15 State is not administering the hazard mitigation

16 grant program established by this section in a man17 ner satisfactory to the President, the President shall

18 withdraw the approval.

19 ‘‘(5) AUDITS.—The President shall provide for

20 periodic audits of the hazard mitigation grant pro21 grams administered by States under this subsection.’’.

22 SEC. 206. STUDY REGARDING COST REDUCTION.

23 (a) STUDY.—The National Academy of Sciences shall

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1 aster assistance that has resulted and is likely to result from

2 the enactment of this Act.

3 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date

4 of enactment of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences

5 shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study.

6 SEC. 207. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 420 of the Robert T. Staf8 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42

9 U.S.C. 5187) is amended to read as follows:

10 ‘‘SEC. 420. FIRE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to

12 provide assistance, including grants, equipment, supplies,

13 and personnel, to any State or local government for the

14 mitigation, management, and control of any fire on public

15 or private forest land or grassland with urban interface that

16 threatens such destruction as would constitute a major dis17 aster.

18 ‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH STATE DEPARTMENTS OF

19 FORESTRY.—In providing assistance under this section, the

20 President shall coordinate with State departments of for21 estry.

22 ‘‘(c) ESSENTIAL ASSISTANCE.—In providing assist23 ance under this section, the President may use the authority

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1 ‘‘(d) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The President shall

2 prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to

3 carry out this section.’’.

4 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub5 section (a) takes effect 1 year after the date of enactment

6 of this Act.

7 SEC. 208. PUBLIC NOTICE, COMMENT, AND CONSULTATION

8 REQUIREMENTS.

9 Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

10 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.) (as

11 amended by section 204) is amended by adding at the end

12 the following:

13 ‘‘SEC. 325. PUBLIC NOTICE, COMMENT, AND CONSULTATION

14 REQUIREMENTS.

15 ‘‘(a) PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT CONCERNING

16 NEW OR MODIFIED POLICIES.—

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall provide

18 for public notice and opportunity for comment before

19 adopting any new or modified policy that—

20 ‘‘(A) governs implementation of the public

21 assistance program administered by the Federal

22 Emergency Management Agency under this Act;

23 and

24 ‘‘(B) could result in a significant reduction

25 of assistance under the program.
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1 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Any policy adopted under

2 paragraph (1) shall apply only to a major disaster or

3 emergency declared on or after the date on which the

4 policy is adopted.

5 ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION CONCERNING INTERIM POLI6 CIES.—Before adopting any interim policy under the public

7 assistance program to address specific conditions that relate

8 to a major disaster or emergency that has been declared

9 under this Act, the President, to the maximum extent prac10 ticable, shall solicit the views and recommendations of

11 grantees and subgrantees with respect to the major disaster

12 or emergency concerning the potential interim policy, if the

13 interim policy is likely—

14 ‘‘(1) to result in a significant reduction of assist15 ance to applicants for the assistance with respect to

16 the major disaster or emergency; or

17 ‘‘(2) to change the terms of a written agreement

18 to which the Federal Government is a party con19 cerning the declaration of the major disaster or emer20 gency.

21 ‘‘(c) PUBLIC ACCESS.—The President shall promote

22 public access to policies governing the implementation of

23 the public assistance program.

24 ‘‘(d) NO LEGAL RIGHT OF ACTION.—Nothing in this

25 section confers a legal right of action on any party.’’.
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1 SEC. 209. COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS.

2 Section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

3 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184) is

4 amended—

5 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) The President’’ and insert6 ing the following:

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President’’;

8 (2) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and inserting the

9 following:

10 ‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—The amount’’;

11 (3) by striking ‘‘Repayment’’ and inserting the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(c) REPAYMENT.—

14 ‘‘(1) CANCELLATION.—Repayment’’;

15 (4) by striking ‘‘(b) Any loans’’ and inserting

16 the following:

17 ‘‘(d) EFFECT ON OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Any loans’’;

18 (5) in subsection (b) (as designated by para19 graph (2))—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘and shall’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘shall’’; and

22 (B) by inserting before the period at the end

23 the following: ‘‘, and shall not exceed

24 $5,000,000’’; and

25 (6) in subsection (c) (as designated by para26 graph (3)), by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(2) CONDITION ON CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—

2 A local government shall not be eligible for further as3 sistance under this section during any period in

4 which the local government is in arrears with respect

5 to a required repayment of a loan under this sec6 tion.’’.

7 SEC. 210. TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.

8 Section 408(c) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

9 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(c)) is

10 amended—

11 (1) by striking ‘‘In lieu of’’ and inserting the fol12 lowing:

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of’’; and

14 (2) by adding at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

17 subparagraph (B), the amount of assistance pro18 vided to a household under this subsection shall

19 not exceed $5,000, as adjusted annually to reflect

20 changes in the Consumer Price Index for All

21 Urban Consumers published by the Department

22 of Labor.

23 ‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Presi24 dent may provide additional assistance to a

25 household that is unable to secure temporary
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1 housing through insurance proceeds or loans or

2 other financial assistance from the Small Busi3 ness Administration or another Federal agen4 cy.’’.

5 SEC. 211. INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRANT PROGRAM.

6 Section 411 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

7 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5178) is

8 amended—

9 (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the

10 following:

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in consultation

12 and coordination with a State, may make a grant directly,

13 or through the State, to an individual or a family that is

14 adversely affected by a major disaster to assist the indi15 vidual or family in meeting disaster-related necessary ex16 penses or serious needs of the individual or family, if the

17 individual or family is unable to meet the expenses or needs

18 through—

19 ‘‘(1) assistance under other provisions of this

20 Act; or

21 ‘‘(2) other means.’’;

22 (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the

23 following:

24 ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—If a State deter25 mines that a grant to an individual or a family under this
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1 section shall be made through the State, the State shall pay,

2 without reimbursement from any funds made available

3 under this Act, the cost of all administrative expenses asso4 ciated with the management of the grant by the State.’’;

5 (3) by striking subsection (e); and

6 (4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection

7 (e).

8 TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS

9 SEC. 301. TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF SHORT TITLE.

10 The first section of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re11 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 note)

12 is amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

14 ‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Robert T. Stafford Dis15 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’.’’.

16 SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.

17 Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

18 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is

19 amended—

20 (1) in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), by strik21 ing ‘‘the Northern’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Pa22 cific Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth

23 of the Northern Mariana Islands’’;

24 (2) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the

25 following:
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1 ‘‘(6) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘local gov2 ernment’ means—

3 ‘‘(A) a county, municipality, city, town,

4 township, local public authority, school district,

5 special district, intrastate district, council of

6 governments (regardless of whether the council of

7 governments is incorporated as a nonprofit cor8 poration under State law), regional or interstate

9 government entity, or agency or instrumentality

10 of a local government;

11 ‘‘(B) an Indian tribe or authorized tribal

12 organization, or Alaska Native village or organi13 zation; and

14 ‘‘(C) a rural community, unincorporated

15 town or village, or other public entity, for which

16 an application for assistance is made by a State

17 or political subdivision of a State.’’; and

18 (3) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘irrigation,’’

19 after ‘‘utility,’’.

20 SEC. 303. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN

21 FEDERAL AND STATE EMPLOYEES.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime

23 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b)

24 is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the fol25 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(7) ‘public safety officer’ means—

2 ‘‘(A) an individual serving a public agency

3 in an official capacity, with or without com4 pensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a fire5 fighter, or as a member of a rescue squad or am6 bulance crew;

7 ‘‘(B) an employee of the Federal Emergency

8 Management Agency who is performing official

9 duties of the Agency in an area, if those official

10 duties—

11 ‘‘(i) are related to a major disaster or

12 emergency that has been, or is later, de13 clared to exist with respect to the area

14 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

15 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

16 5121 et seq.); and

17 ‘‘(ii) are determined by the Director of

18 the Federal Emergency Management Agency

19 to be hazardous duties; or

20 ‘‘(C) an employee of a State or local emer21 gency management or civil defense agency who is

22 performing official duties in cooperation with

23 the Federal Emergency Management Agency in

24 an area, if those official duties—
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1 ‘‘(i) are related to a major disaster or

2 emergency that has been, or is later, de3 clared to exist with respect to the area

4 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief

5 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

6 5121 et seq.); and

7 ‘‘(ii) are determined by the head of the

8 agency to be hazardous duties.’’.

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub10 section (a) applies only to employees described in subpara11 graphs (B) and (C) of section 1204(7) of the Omnibus

12 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (as amended

13 by subsection (a)) who are injured or who die in the line

14 of duty on or after the date of enactment of this Act.

15 SEC. 304. DISASTER GRANT CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES.

16 Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

17 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is

18 amended by adding at the end the following:

19 ‘‘SEC. 705. DISASTER GRANT CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES.

20 ‘‘(a) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para22 graph (2), no administrative action to recover any

23 payment made to a State or local government for dis24 aster or emergency assistance under this Act shall be

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1 after the date of transmission of the final expenditure

2 report for the disaster or emergency.

3 ‘‘(2) FRAUD EXCEPTION.—The limitation under

4 paragraph (1) shall apply unless there is evidence of

5 civil or criminal fraud.

6 ‘‘(b) REBUTTAL OF PRESUMPTION OF RECORD MAIN7 TENANCE.—

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In any dispute arising

9 under this section after the date that is 3 years after

10 the date of transmission of the final expenditure re11 port for the disaster or emergency, there shall be a

12 presumption that accounting records were maintained

13 that adequately identify the source and application of

14 funds provided for financially assisted activities.

15 ‘‘(2) AFFIRMATIVE EVIDENCE.—The presumption

16 described in paragraph (1) may be rebutted only on

17 production of affirmative evidence that the State or

18 local government did not maintain documentation de19 scribed in that paragraph.

20 ‘‘(3) INABILITY TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTATION.—

21 The inability of the Federal, State, or local govern22 ment to produce source documentation supporting ex23 penditure reports later than 3 years after the date of

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1 not constitute evidence to rebut the presumption de2 scribed in paragraph (1).

3 ‘‘(4) RIGHT OF ACCESS.—The period during

4 which the Federal, State, or local government has the

5 right to access source documentation shall not be lim6 ited to the required 3-year retention period referred to

7 in paragraph (3), but shall last as long as the records

8 are maintained.

9 ‘‘(c) BINDING NATURE OF GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—

10 A State or local government shall not be liable for reim11 bursement or any other penalty for any payment made

12 under this Act if—

13 ‘‘(1) the payment was authorized by an ap14 proved agreement specifying the costs;

15 ‘‘(2) the costs were reasonable; and

16 ‘‘(3) the purpose of the grant was accom17 plished.’’.

18 SEC. 305. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.

19 Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

20 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.) is

21 amended by striking the title heading and inserting the fol22 lowing:
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1 ‘‘TITLE II—DISASTER PREPARED2 NESS AND MITIGATION AS3 SISTANCE’’.

Attest:

Secretary.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 707

AMENDMENT
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