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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3781 

To provide for hurricane and flood protection and coastal restoration projects 

in the State of Louisiana, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 3, 2006 

Mr. VITTER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To provide for hurricane and flood protection and coastal 

restoration projects in the State of Louisiana, 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 ‘‘Disaster Preparedness 

5 and Hazard Mitigation Improvement Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to hazard mitigation 

8 activities in response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane 

9 Rita, the President may provide assistance in accordance 

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1 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a)), 

2 except that, notwithstanding that section— 

3 (1) the President may contribute up to 90 per4 cent of the cost of hazard mitigation measures de5 scribed in that section; 

6 (2) the assistance shall be available for not less 

7 than 5 years; and 

8 (3) except as provided in subsection (b), the 

9 total contributions under that section for a major 

10 disaster shall not exceed 15 percent of the estimated 

11 aggregate amount of grants to be made under that 

12 Act with respect to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane 

13 Rita, as appropriate. 

14 (b) APPROVAL OF ENHANCED PLAN.—For purposes 

15 of calculating total contributions under subsection (a)(3), 

16 the President may consider an enhanced plan of the State 

17 of Louisiana or Mississippi to have been approved under 

18 section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

19 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165) at the time 

20 at which a major disaster relating to Hurricane Katrina 

21 or Hurricane Rita was declared by the President to exist 

22 on or after August 29, 2005, in accordance with section 

23 401 of that Act (42 U.S.C. 5170), if the Under Secretary 

24 for Emergency Preparedness and Response, acting 

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1 ment Agency, approves the plan by not later than 180 

2 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 3. HURRICANE AND FLOOD PROTECTION AND COAST4 AL RESTORATION PROJECTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Any funds made available for haz6 ard mitigation in the State of Louisiana under section 404 

7 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

8 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c), as modified by section 

9 2, in excess of $500,000,000 may be made available, as 

10 the Governor of the State of Louisiana determines to be 

11 appropriate, for— 

12 (1) the design and construction of hurricane 

13 and flood protection projects and coastal restoration 

14 projects in the State to reduce storm surge in any 

15 area in the State in which a major disaster relating 

16 to Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita was de17 clared by the President to exist on or after August 

18 29, 2005, in accordance with section 401 of the 

19 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

20 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); 

21 (2) the construction and improvement of Fed22 eral-aid highways (including interstate routes) or 

23 State highways within an area described in para24 graph (1) that the Governor of the State determines 

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1 isiana in response to a hurricane or other disaster; 

2 and 

3 (3) carrying out any coordinated effort author4 ized by the Governor (including through grants pro5 vided to faith-based organizations) relating to— 

6 (A) environment or land use management; 

7 (B) economic development; 

8 (C) the acquisition or disposition of prop9 erty, in accordance with subsection (b); 

10 (D) property management; or 

11 (E) urban homesteading. 

12 (b) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY.—No funds made 

13 available pursuant to this Act shall be used to acquire 

14 property or an interest in property without the consent 

15 of the owner of the property or interest. 

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