111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3249 

AN ACT 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Predisaster Hazard 

3 Mitigation Act of 2010’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 

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

6 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist7 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(f)) is amended to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 

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

11 financial assistance under this section on a competi12 tive basis and in accordance with the criteria in sub13 section (g). 

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

15 providing financial assistance under this section, the 

16 President shall ensure that the amount of financial 

17 assistance made available to a State (including 

18 amounts made available to local governments of the 

19 State) for a fiscal year— 

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

21 ‘‘(i) $575,000; or 

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

23 percent of the total funds appropriated to 

24 carry out this section for the fiscal year; 

25 and 
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1 ‘‘(B) does not exceed the amount that is 

2 equal to 15 percent of the total funds appro3 priated to carry out this section for the fiscal 

4 year.’’. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

6 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

7 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amend8 ed to read as follows: 

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

10 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec11 tion— 

12 ‘‘(1) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 

13 ‘‘(2) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 

14 ‘‘(3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; 

15 ‘‘(4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and 

16 ‘‘(5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.’’. 

17 (c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO REFERENCES.— 

18 The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

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

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

21 striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(7) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis23 trator’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

24 Emergency Management Agency.’’; and 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears 

2 and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’, except— 

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

4 (i) in the second and fourth places it 

5 appears in subsection (c); and 

6 (ii) in subsection (d); and 

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

8 5197e(b)). 

9 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS. 

10 Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

11 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(n) PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds appro15 priated or otherwise made available to carry out this 

16 section may be used for congressionally directed 

17 spending, as defined under rule XLIV of the Stand18 ing Rules of the Senate. 

19 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—If grants are 

20 awarded under this section using procedures other 

21 than competitive procedures, the Administrator of 

22 the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
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1 submit to Congress a report explaining why competi2 tive procedures were not used.’’. 

Passed the Senate June 28, 2010. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3249 

AN ACT 

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

other purposes. predisaster hazard mitigation program and for and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the