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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3067 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3067

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
  to conduct an evaluation and submit to Congress a report on ways to 
reduce the complexity of the cost effectiveness requirements for hazard 
             mitigation assistance, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
  to conduct an evaluation and submit to Congress a report on ways to 
reduce the complexity of the cost effectiveness requirements for hazard 
             mitigation assistance, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Facilitating Hazard Mitigation 
Projects Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON COST EFFECTIVENESS REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARD MITIGATION 
              ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Covered Assistance Defined.--In this section, the term 
``covered assistance'' means--
            (1) any grant program authorized under section 203 of the 
        Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 5133);
            (2) the hazard mitigation grant program authorized under 
        section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c);
            (3) hazard mitigation assistance authorized under section 
        406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172); and
            (4) the flood mitigation assistance program authorized 
        under section 1366 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 
        (42 U.S.C. 4104c).
    (b) Report.--Not later than 360 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
shall--
            (1) evaluate how to reduce the complexity of the cost 
        effectiveness requirements of the Federal Emergency Management 
        Agency for covered assistance; and
            (2) submit to Congress a report on the evaluation conducted 
        under paragraph (1), including efforts to implement the 
        findings of the evaluation.
    (c) Outreach.--In carrying out the evaluation required under 
subsection (b), the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall consult with appropriate Federal, State, local, Tribal, 
and territorial governments and nonprofit organizations to discuss 
proposals and receive feedback related to reducing the complexity of 
cost effectiveness analysis for covered assistance.
    (d) Briefing.--Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency shall brief the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives on--
            (1) the status of the evaluation required under subsection 
        (b)(1); and
            (2) outreach carried out under subsection (c).
    (e) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to modify or otherwise affect any cost effectiveness requirements of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency related to covered assistance 
in existence as of the date of enactment of this Act.
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