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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3012
To provide relocation assistance in connection with flooding in the Midwest,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 6, 1993
Mr. VOLKMER (for himself, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. CLAY, Mr.
WHEAT, and Ms. DANNER) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation
A BILL
To provide relocation assistance in connection with flooding
in the Midwest, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive Cost
Effective Relocation Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION.
(a) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 404 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
(42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended by striking ‘‘50 percent’’
and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’.
(b) TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 404 of such
Act is further amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘15 percent’’.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to any major disaster declared on or
after June 10, 1993.
SEC. 3. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH
MIDWEST FLOODING.
(a) INCREASE IN FEDERAL SHARE.—In providing
hazard mitigation assistance under section 404 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act in connection with flooding in the Midwest occur-
ring in the 1-year period beginning on April 13, 1993, the
President, acting through the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, may contribute 90 per-
cent of the cost of relocation projects which meet the re-
quirements of subsection (b).
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A relocation project
shall be eligible for funding under subsection (a) only if—
(1) the recipient of such funding is an eligible
applicant under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Pro-
gram established under section 404 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act;
(2) the recipient of such funding enters into an
agreement with the Director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency under which the recipi-
ent provides assurances that—
(A) properties acquired under the project
will be dedicated in perpetuity to uses which are
compatible with accepted flood plain manage-
ment practices; and
(B) new structures will not be erected on
the flood plain other than (i) public facilities
which are open on all sides and functionally re-
lated to a designated open space, (ii) rest
rooms, and (iii) structures which are approved
prior to construction in writing by the Director;
and
(3) the recipient of such funding demonstrates
that relocation assistance is unavailable from other
sources.
(c) FUNDING.—For the purpose of funding relocation
projects under subsection (a), the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency is authorized to waive
the limitation on total contributions for hazard mitigation
measures established by section 404 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as
amended by this Act, except that in no case may such con-
tributions exceed 10 percent of the estimated total amount
of Federal disaster assistance to be provided under such
Act in connection with flooding described in subsection
(a).
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