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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3175 

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

Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program, to make 

technical corrections to that Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 20 (legislative day, JUNE 19), 2008 

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) 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 reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program, to make technical corrections 

to that Act, 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 ‘‘Predisaster Hazard 

5 Mitigation Act of 2008’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 

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

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1 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(f)) is amended to read as fol2 lows: 

3 ‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

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

5 financial assistance under this section on a competi6 tive basis and in accordance with the criteria in sub7 section (g). 

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

9 providing financial assistance under this section, the 

10 President shall ensure that the amount of financial 

11 assistance made available to a State (including 

12 amounts made available to local governments of the 

13 State) for a fiscal year— 

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

15 ‘‘(i) $575,000; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the amount that is equal to 1 

17 percent of the total funds appropriated to 

18 carry out this section for the fiscal year; 

19 and 

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

21 equal to 15 percent of the total funds appro22 priated to carry out this section for the fiscal 

23 year.’’. 

24 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

25 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 


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1 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amend2 ed to read as follows: 

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

4 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec5 tion— 

6 ‘‘(1) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; 

7 ‘‘(2) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; 

8 ‘‘(3) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

9 ‘‘(4) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 

10 ‘‘(5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.’’. 

11 SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

12 The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer13 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amend14 ed— 

15 (1) in section 204(b) (42 U.S.C. 5134(b)), by 

16 striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

17 (2) in section 303(b) (42 U.S.C. 5144(b)), by 

18 striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears and insert19 ing ‘‘Administrator’’; 

20 (3) in section 326(c)(3) (42 U.S.C. 

21 5165d(c)(3)), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘Administrator’’; 

23 (4) in section 404(b) (42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)), by 

24 striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears and insert25 ing ‘‘Administrator’’; 


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1 (5) in section 406 (42 U.S.C. 5172), by striking 

2 ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad3 ministrator’’; 

4 (6) in section 602(a) (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a))— 

5 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Direc6 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 

7 (B) by striking paragraph (7) and insert8 ing the following: 

9 ‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis10 trator’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

11 Emergency Management Agency.’’; 

12 (7) in sections 603 through 613 (42 U.S.C. 

13 5195b et seq.), by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it 

14 appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

15 (8) in sections 616 and 621 (42 U.S.C. 5196f 

16 and 5197), by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it ap17 pears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

18 (9) in section 622 (42 U.S.C. 5197a)— 

19 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Direc20 tor’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad21 ministrator’’; 

22 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Direc23 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 

24 (C) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Director’’ the first 

2 place it appears and inserting ‘‘Adminis3 trator’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘Director of the Fed5 eral Emergency Management Agency’’ 

6 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Ad7 ministrator’’; 

8 (10) in sections 623 and 624 (42 U.S.C. 5197b 

9 and 5197c), by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 

11 (11) in section 629 (42 U.S.C. 5197h), by 

12 striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears and insert13 ing ‘‘Administrator’’. 

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