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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4090 

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

Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse State and local law enforcement agencies 

for any expenditures or compensation of personnel and use or consumption of materials and facilities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 6, 2006 

Ms. LANDRIEU 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 authorize the Administrator of 

the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse State and local law enforcement agencies for any 

expenditures or compensation of personnel and use or 

consumption of materials and facilities, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. LAW ENFORCEMENT REIMBURSEMENT. 

2 Section 621(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re3 lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5197(e)) 

4 is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘The Director’’ and inserting 

6 the following: 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(2) LAW ENFORCEMENT EXCEPTION.—To the 

10 extent that funds are available, the Administrator 

11 may reimburse the Department of Justice, Bureau 

12 of Justice Assistance, for any payment made by the 

13 Bureau of Justice Assistance to a law enforcement 

14 agency of a State or local government for expendi15 tures or compensation of personnel and use or con16 sumption of materials and facilities by that law en17 forcement agency in an area in which the President 

18 declared a major disaster during the period of such 

19 declaration.’’. 

20 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

22 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 

23 seq.) is amended— 

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

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


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

2 striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that term appears 

3 and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

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

5 5165d(c)(3)), by striking ‘‘Director’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘Administrator’’; 

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

8 striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that term appears 

9 and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

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

11 ‘‘Director’’ each place that term appears and insert12 ing ‘‘Administrator’’; 

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

14 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘Direc15 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 

16 (B) by striking paragraph (7) and insert17 ing the following: 

18 ‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis19 trator’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

20 Emergency Management Agency.’’; 

21 (7) in sections 603 through 613, as amended by 

22 this Act, (42 U.S.C. 5195b et seq.), by striking ‘‘Di23 rector’’ each place that term appears and inserting 

24 ‘‘Administrator’’; 


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

2 and 5197), by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that 

3 term appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

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

5 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Direc6 tor’’ each place that term appears and inserting 

7 ‘‘Administrator’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Direc9 tor’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 

10 (C) in subsection (c)— 

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

12 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘Ad13 ministrator’’; and 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘Director of the Fed15 eral Emergency Management Agency’’ 

16 each place that term appears and inserting 

17 ‘‘Administrator’’; 

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

19 and 5197c), by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that 

20 term appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; and 

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

22 striking ‘‘Director’’ each place that term appears 

23 and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’. 

24 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Adminis25 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 


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1 an amendment made by this Act shall be considered to 

2 refer and apply to the Director of the Federal Emergency 

3 Management Agency until March 31, 2007. 

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