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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6478 

To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide certain assistance for Guam or the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 24, 2023 

Mr. MOYLAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency to provide certain assistance for 

Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Typhoon Mawar Re5 construction Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TYPHOON MAWAR RECONSTRUCTION AND RESIL2 IENCY. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi4 sion of law, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

5 Management Agency may provide repair and replacement 

6 assistance for hospital facilities, navigational waterways, 

7 power generation and transmission, and communication, 

8 pursuant to section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

9 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) 

10 for major disaster declarations covering Guam or the 

11 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands declared 

12 after the enactment of this Act, and the major disaster 

13 declarations DR–4715–GU and DR–4716–MP to— 

14 (1) replace or restore the function of the dam15 aged facility, or any system necessary for the oper16 ation of such facility, to industry standards for safe17 ty, security, and resilience of the facility and system 

18 to future threats; and 

19 (2) direct any Federal agency, with reimburse20 ment by the Administrator, to utilize the authorities 

21 and the resources of such agency granted to such 

22 agency under Federal law (including personnel, 

23 equipment, supplies, facilities, and managerial, tech24 nical, and advisory services) to provide repair and 

25 restoration assistance directly to the Guam commu26 nities, in lieu of financial reimbursement by grant. 


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1 (b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding any other 

2 provision of law, the Federal share of assistance, including 

3 direct Federal assistance, provided for the repair, replace4 ment assistance, and restoration of navigational water5 ways, power generation and transmission, for hospital fa6 cilities, and communication pursuant to sections 406 and 

7 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer8 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172 and 5189f) for the 

9 major disaster declarations DR–4715–GU and DR–4716– 

10 MP, shall be 100 percent of the eligible costs described 

11 in subsection (a). 

12 (c) CLARIFICATION.—Notwithstanding any other 

13 provision of law, for the purposes section 6(b)(1)(B)(i) of 

14 the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘A Joint Resolution to ap15 prove the ‘Covenant To Establish a Commonwealth of the 

16 Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union With the 

17 United States of America’, and for other purposes’’, ap18 proved March 24, 1976 (48 U.S.C. 1806(b)(1)(B)(i)), any 

19 repair or replacement project funded by the Federal 

20 Emergency Management Agency under the major disaster 

21 declarations DR–4715–GU and DR–4716–MP shall be 

22 considered directly connected to, supporting, associated 

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1 curring on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the North2 ern Mariana Islands. 

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