Union Calendar No. 194
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3445
[Report No. 103–358]
A BILL
To improve hazard mitigation and relocation assist-
ance in connection with flooding, to provide for
a comprehensive review and assessment of the
adequacy of current flood control policies and
measures, and for other purposes.
NOVEMBER 15, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commit-
tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 194
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3445
[Report No. 103–358]
To improve hazard mitigation and relocation assistance in connection with
flooding, to provide for a comprehensive review and assessment of the
adequacy of current flood control policies and measures, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 4, 1993
Mr. APPLEGATE (for himself, Mr. MINETA, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. BOEHLERT,
Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. EMERSON, Mr.
COSTELLO, Ms. DANNER, Mr. WHEAT, Mr. SKELTON, Mr. TALENT, Mr.
CLAY, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SMITH of Iowa, Mr. LEACH, Mr. LIGHTFOOT, and
Mr. NUSSLE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Public Works and Transportation
NOVEMBER 15, 1993
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on November 4, 1993]
A BILL
To improve hazard mitigation and relocation assistance in
connection with flooding, to provide for a comprehensive
review and assessment of the adequacy of current flood
control policies and measures, 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 ‘‘Hazard Mitigation and
Flood Damage Reduction 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 in-
serting ‘‘75 percent’’.
(b) TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 404 of such Act
is further amended by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ and all that
follows through the period and inserting ‘‘15 percent of the
estimated aggregate amounts of grants to be made under
this Act (less administrative costs) with respect to such
major disaster.’’.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply to any major disaster declared on or
after June 10, 1993.
SEC. 3. PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION ASSIST-
ANCE.
Section 404 of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is further
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘The President’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION AS-
SISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—In providing haz-
ard mitigation assistance under this section in con-
nection with flooding, the Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency may provide prop-
erty acquisition and relocation assistance for projects
which meet the requirements of paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—An acquisition
or relocation project shall be eligible for funding pur-
suant to paragraph (1) only if—
‘‘(A) the recipient of such funding is an ap-
plicant otherwise eligible under the hazard miti-
gation grant program established under sub-
section (a); and
‘‘(B) the recipient of such funding enters
into an agreement with the Director under which
the recipient provides assurances that—
‘‘(i) properties acquired, accepted, or
from which structures will be removed
under the project will be dedicated and
maintained in perpetuity to uses which are
compatible with open space, recreational, or
wetlands management practices;
‘‘(ii) new structures will not be erected
in designated special flood hazard areas
other than (I) public facilities which are
open on all sides and functionally related to
a designated open space, (II) rest rooms,
and (III) structures which are approved in
writing before the start of construction by
the Director; and
‘‘(iii) no future disaster assistance for
damages relating to flooding will be sought
from or provided by any Federal source for
any property acquired or accepted under
the acquisition or relocation project.’’.
SEC. 4. FLOOD CONTROL AND FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT
POLICIES.
(a) STUDIES.—The Secretary of the Army shall con-
duct studies to assess national flood control and floodplain
management policies.
(b) CONTENTS.—The studies conducted under this sec-
tion shall—
(1) identify critical water, sewer, transportation,
and other essential public facilities which currently
face unacceptable flood risks;
(2) identify high priority industrial, petrochemi-
cal, hazardous waste, and other facilities which re-
quire additional flood protection due to the special
health and safety risks caused by flooding;
(3) evaluate current Federal, State, and local
floodplain management requirements for infrastruc-
ture improvements and other development in the
floodplain and recommend changes to reduce the po-
tential loss of life, property damage, economic losses,
and threats to health and safety caused by flooding;
(4) assess the adequacy and consistency of exist-
ing policies on nonstructural flood control and dam-
age prevention measures and, where appropriate,
identify incentives and opportunities for greater use
of such nonstructural measures;
(5) identify incentives and opportunities for en-
vironmental restoration as a component of the Na-
tion’s flood control and floodplain management poli-
cies;
(6) examine the differences in Federal cost-shar-
ing for construction and maintenance of flood control
projects on the Upper and Lower Mississippi River
systems and assess the effect of such differences on the
level of flood protection on the Upper Mississippi
River and its tributaries; and