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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5242 

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

to establish a disaster recovery assistance program for businesses, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 6, 2010 

Mr. COURTNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a disaster recovery assistance program for businesses, 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 ‘‘Business Disaster Re5 covery Assistance Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. BUSINESS DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE PRO7 GRAM. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 

9 the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 


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1 the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall estab2 lish a program to assist covered entities affected by a 

3 major disaster. 

4 (b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the pro5 gram under subsection (a), the Administrator is author6 ized to make a grant to a covered entity to assist the fol7 lowing: 

8 (1) The repair or replacement of property 

9 owned by the entity and damaged as a direct result 

10 of a major disaster, including real estate, inventory, 

11 supplies, machinery, and equipment. 

12 (2) The meeting of ordinary and necessary fi13 nancial obligations of the entity that, as a direct re14 sult of a major disaster, might not otherwise be met. 

15 (c) APPLICATION PROCESS.—The Administrator 

16 shall establish a process for the submission of applications 

17 for grants under subsection (b). 

18 (d) GRANT AMOUNT.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—A grant made to a covered 

20 entity under subsection (b) shall be in an amount 

21 not exceeding $28,000. 

22 (2) ADJUSTMENT OF LIMIT.—The Adminis23 trator shall adjust annually the limit established 

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1 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers pub2 lished by the Department of Labor. 

3 (e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this 

4 section may be construed to prohibit a recipient of a grant 

5 under subsection (b) from receiving assistance under any 

6 other Federal law. 

7 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the following defini8 tions apply: 

9 (1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en10 tity’’ means a business or private nonprofit organi11 zation operating in an area with respect to which the 

12 President declared, during the 60-day period pre13 ceding the date the entity submitted an application 

14 under subsection (c), a major disaster under section 

15 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

16 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 

17 (2) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major dis18 aster’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

19 102 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

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