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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1480 

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

Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives 

damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. GILLIBRAND) introduced the following 

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. 

4 Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

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

6 amended by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(13) CONDOMINIUM.—The term ‘condo8 minium’ means a multi-unit housing project in which 


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1 each dwelling unit is separately owned, and the re2 maining portions of the real estate are designated 

3 for common ownership solely by the owners of those 

4 units, each owner having an undivided interest in 

5 the common elements, and which is represented by 

6 a condominium association consisting exclusively of 

7 all the unit owners in the project, which is, or will 

8 be responsible for the operation, administration, and 

9 management of the project. 

10 ‘‘(14) HOUSING COOPERATIVE.—The term 

11 ‘housing cooperative’ means a multi-unit housing 

12 project in which each dwelling unit is subject to sep13 arate use and possession by one or more cooperative 

14 members whose interest in such unit, and in any un15 divided assets of the cooperative association that are 

16 appurtenant to such unit, is evidenced by a member17 ship or share interest in a cooperative association 

18 and a lease or other document of title or possession 

19 granted by such cooperative as the owner of all coop20 erative property.’’. 

21 SEC. 2. CONDOMINIUMS AND HOUSING COOPERATIVES 

22 DAMAGED BY A MAJOR DISASTER. 

23 (a) INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS PROGRAM.— 

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1 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(b)(1)) 

2 is amended— 

3 (1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(B) CONDOMINIUMS AND HOUSING CO8 OPERATIVES.—For purposes of providing finan9 cial assistance under subsections (c)(2) and 

10 (c)(3) with respect to residential elements that 

11 are the legal responsibility of an association for 

12 a condominium or housing cooperative, the 

13 terms ‘individual’ and ‘household’ include the 

14 association for the condominium or housing co15 operative.’’. 

16 (b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 

17 408(h) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

18 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(h)) is amend19 ed by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONDOMINIUMS AND

21 HOUSING COOPERATIVES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the limit es23 tablished under paragraph (1), the maximum 

24 amount of assistance that an association for a 

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1 ceive under this section with respect to a single 

2 disaster shall be an amount to be determined by 

3 the President by regulation. 

4 ‘‘(B) ADJUSTMENT OF LIMIT.—The 

5 amount determined by the President under sub6 paragraph (A) shall be adjusted annually in ac7 cordance with paragraph (2).’’. 

8 (c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

9 section shall apply to a major disaster or emergency de10 clared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Dis11 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 5121 et seq.) after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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