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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3249 

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

Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 22, 2010 

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 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 2010’’. 

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; or 

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) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

7 ‘‘(2) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

8 ‘‘(3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

9 ‘‘(4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

10 ‘‘(5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.’’. 

11 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO REFERENCES.— 

12 The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

13 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended— 

14 (1) in section 602(a) (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a)), by 

15 striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis17 trator’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

18 Emergency Management Agency.’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears 

20 and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’, except— 

21 (A) in section 622 (42 U.S.C. 5197a)— 

22 (i) in the second and fourth places it 

23 appears in subsection (c); and 

24 (ii) in subsection (d); and 


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1 (B) in section 626(b) (42 U.S.C. 

2 5197e(b)). 

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