SEC. 204. TERMINATION OF HUD MORTGAGE INSURANCE
PROGRAMS FOR DISASTER VICTIMS.
(a) SINGLE
FAMILY
HOME
MORTGAGE
INSUR-
ANCE.—Section 203(h) of the National Housing Act (12
U.S.C. 1709(h)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law (including the provisions of the head entitled
‘‘FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION’’ of chapter 7 of
the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–211; 108 Stat. 12)), no mortgage may
be insured under this subsection after the effective date
of title II of the States’ Disaster Responsibility Act, except
pursuant to a commitment to insure entered into before
such date.’’.
(b) INSURANCE FOR REHABILITATION LOANS.—Sec-
tion 203(k)(6) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1709(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of
law (including the provisions of the head entitled ‘‘FED-
ERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION’’ of chapter 7 of the
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994
(Public Law 103–211; 108 Stat. 12)), no mortgage may
be insured pursuant to this paragraph after the effective
date of title II of the States’ Disaster Responsibility Act,
except pursuant to a commitment to insure entered into
before such date.’’.
SEC. 205. APPLICABILITY.
(a) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
AMENDMENTS.—The
amendments under this title shall be made on October 1,
1995, and shall apply on and after such date, except to
the extent provided in subsection (b).
(b) INAPPLICABILITY TO DISASTERS DECLARED BE-
FORE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of law amended
by this title, as in effect on the day before the date re-
ferred to in subsection (a), shall continue to apply with
respect to any major disaster, natural disaster, disaster,
emergency, or catastrophic failure that commences or oc-
curs (or is declared or determined to have commenced or
occurred), before the date referred in subsection (a).
TITLE III—FEDERAL PROGRAM
FOR REIMBURSABLE DISAS-
TER 
RELIEF 
AND 
EMER-
GENCY ASSISTANCE
SEC. 301. AMENDMENT OF ROBERT T. STAFFORD DISASTER
RELIEF AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of The Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.).
SEC. 302. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS.
(a) FINDINGS.—Section 101(a) (42 U.S.C. 5121
note) is amended by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘FIND-
INGS.—Recognizing the importance of reducing the Fed-
eral deficit and allowing the individual States to regain
responsibility for management of activities within their
borders, the’’.
(b) DECLARATIONS.—Section 101(b) (42 U.S.C.
5121 note) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘an orderly’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘their’’ and inserting ‘‘a mechanism which
will allow affected States to carry out their’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘such’’;
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through
(6) as paragraphs (2) through (7), respectively;
(4) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following:
‘‘(1) establishing a private corporation which
will make available insurance to assist the States in
meeting their responsibilities for disaster relief;’’;
(5) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) by
striking ‘‘and broadening’’;
(6) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated) by
striking ‘‘supplement or’’; and
(7) in paragraph (7) (as so redesignated) by in-
serting ‘‘reimbursable’’ before ‘‘assistance’’.
SEC. 303. WAIVER OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONDITIONS.
Section 301 (42 U.S.C. 5141) is amended by striking
‘‘Any’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this
title, any’’.
SEC. 304. EMERGENCY SUPPORT TEAMS.
Section 303 (42 U.S.C. 5144) is amended by striking
‘‘on either’’ and all that follows through ‘‘President,’’.
SEC. 305. REIMBURSEMENT.
Section 304 (42 U.S.C. 5147) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘under this Act’’ and all that
follows through the period at the end of the first
sentence and inserting ‘‘made under this Act with
respect to a major disaster or emergency by the
State or States affected by the disaster or emer-
gency.’’.
SEC. 306. PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES.
Section 306(b) (42 U.S.C. 5149(b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting before the first comma ‘‘with
respect to a major disaster or emergency’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘. Such obligations’’ and insert-
ing a semicolon and the following:
‘‘if the Federal Government has entered into an agreement
with the State or States affected by the major disaster
or emergency for reimbursement of all costs incurred by