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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3089 

To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to local governments for flood mitigation projects, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 4, 2011 

Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency to make grants to local governments for flood mitigation projects, 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 ‘‘Rebuilding the Econ5 omy and Limiting the Impacts of Expected Flooding Act 

6 of 2011’’ or the ‘‘RELIEF Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FEMA GRANTS FOR FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS. 

2 (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.—The Adminis3 trator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

4 may make grants to local governments for flood mitigation 

5 projects. 

6 (b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 

7 under this section, a local government shall submit to the 

8 Administrator an application that is in such form and con9 tains such information as the Administrator may require. 

10 (c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—A local government may 

11 apply for a grant under this section on its own, in coordi12 nation with other local governments, or in coordination 

13 with a State. In each case, a local government shall be 

14 the lead applicant for the grant. 

15 (d) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—In selecting projects 

16 to receive grant assistance under this section, the Admin17 istrator shall give priority to— 

18 (1) projects that will resolve the greatest safety 

19 and property hazards; and 

20 (2) projects with significant capacities for job 

21 creation. 

22 (e) CONSULTATION.—The Administrator may consult 

23 with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agri24 culture with respect to a project receiving grant assistance 

25 under this section in order to employ any engineering data 


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1 or design work that has been already been completed with 

2 respect to the project. 

3 (f) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

4 of a project carried out using grant assistance under this 

5 section may not exceed 90 percent. 

6 (g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER PROGRAMS.—The Ad7 ministrator may provide grant assistance to a local govern8 ment for a flood mitigation project under this section with9 out regard to the eligibility of the local government to re10 ceive financial assistance for the project under another 

11 Federal program. 

12 (h) LIMITATION ON GRANT AMOUNTS.—A local gov13 ernment may not receive more than $5,000,000 in grants 

14 under this section in a fiscal year. 

15 (i) LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEFINED.—In this section, 

16 the term ‘‘local government’’ has the meaning given that 

17 term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

18 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 

19 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

20 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

21 $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016. 

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