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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1486

To provide relocation assistance in connection with flooding in the Midwest,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 22 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 7), 1993

Mr. HARKIN (for himself, Mr. DASCHLE, and Mr. GRASSLEY) introduced the

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

A BILL

To provide relocation assistance in connection with flooding

in the Midwest, 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 ‘‘Comprehensive Cost

5 Effective Relocation Act of 1993’’.

6 SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION.

7 (a) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 404 of the Robert T.

8 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

9 (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended by striking ‘‘50 percent’’

10 and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’.
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1 (b) TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 404 of such

2 Act is further amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and in3 serting ‘‘15 percent’’.

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

5 section shall apply to any major disaster declared on or

6 after June 10, 1993.

7 SEC. 3. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH

8 MIDWEST FLOODING.

9 (a) INCREASE IN FEDERAL SHARE.—In providing

10 hazard mitigation assistance under section 404 of the

11 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist12 ance Act in connection with flooding in the Midwest occur13 ring in the 1-year period beginning on April 13, 1993, the

14 President, acting through the Director of the Federal

15 Emergency Management Agency, may contribute 90 per16 cent of the cost of relocation projects which meet the re17 quirements of subsection (b).

18 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A relocation project

19 shall be eligible for funding under subsection (a) only if—

20 (1) the recipient of such funding is an eligible

21 applicant under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Pro22 gram established under section 404 of the Robert T.

23 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance

24 Act;
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1 (2) the recipient of such funding enters into an

2 agreement with the Director of the Federal Emer3 gency Management Agency under which the recipi4 ent provides assurances that—

5 (A) properties acquired under the project

6 will be dedicated in perpetuity to uses which are

7 compatible with accepted flood plain manage8 ment practices; and

9 (B) new structures will not be erected on

10 the flood plain other than (i) public facilities

11 which are open on all sides and functionally re12 lated to a designated open space, (ii) rest

13 rooms, and (iii) structures which are approved

14 prior to construction in writing by the Director;

15 and

16 (3) the recipient of such funding demonstrates

17 that relocation assistance is unavailable from other

18 sources.

19 (c) FUNDING.—For the purpose of funding relocation

20 projects under subsection (a), the Director of the Federal

21 Emergency Management Agency is authorized to waive

22 the limitation on total contributions for hazard mitigation

23 measures established by section 404 of the Robert T. Staf24 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as

25 amended by this Act, except that in no case may such con-
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1 tributions exceed 10 percent of the estimated total amount

2 of Federal disaster assistance to be provided under such

3 Act in connection with flooding described in subsection

4 (a).

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