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Union Calendar No. 37 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1746 

[Report No. 111–83] 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 

Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Federal 

Emergency Management Agency. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 26, 2009 

Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. MICA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. MARIO DIAZBALART of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

APRIL 23, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pre-Disaster Mitiga3 tion Act of 2009’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PRE-DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 

5 (a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 203(f) of the 

6 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist7 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(f)) is amended to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall award 

11 financial assistance under this section on a competi12 tive basis and in accordance with the criteria in sub13 section (g). 

14 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS.—In 

15 providing financial assistance under this section, the 

16 President shall ensure that the amount of financial 

17 assistance made available to a State (including 

18 amounts made available to local governments of the 

19 State) for a fiscal year— 

20 ‘‘(A) is not less than the lesser of— 

21 ‘‘(i) $575,000; or 

22 ‘‘(ii) the amount that is equal to one 

23 percent of the total funds appropriated to 

24 carry out this section for the fiscal year; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(B) does not exceed the amount that is 

2 equal to 15 percent of the total funds appro3 priated to carry out this section for the fiscal 

4 year.’’. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

6 203(m) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to 

7 read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

9 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

10 $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 

11 2012.’’. 

12 (c) REFERENCES.—Section 203 of such Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 5133) is amended— 

14 (1) in the section heading by striking 

15 ‘‘PREDISASTER’’ and inserting ‘‘PRE-DISASTER’’; 

16 (2) in the heading for subsection (i) by striking 

17 ‘‘PREDISASTER’’ and inserting ‘‘PRE-DISASTER’’; 

18 (3) by striking ‘‘Predisaster’’ each place it ap19 pears and inserting ‘‘Pre-Disaster’’; and 

20 (4) by striking ‘‘predisaster’’ each place it ap21 pears and inserting ‘‘pre-disaster’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 37 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1746 

[Report No. 111–83] 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

Emergency Management Agency. pre-disaster mitigation program of the Federal and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the 

APRIL 23, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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