the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170a, 
5170b, 5172, 5173, 5185, 5186, 5188(d), 
5192, 5193) related to the following: 
(i) Debris removal. 
(ii) Roads and bridges. 
(iii) Water control facilities. 
(iv) Public buildings and contents. 
(v) Public utilities. 
(vi) Parks, recreational, and other fa-
cilities. 
(B) To provide assistance for winter 
storms authorized under sections 408 and 503 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174, 
5193) when the State emergency management 
agency determines that the magnitude or esti-
mated threat of an incident in a response zone 
or region exceeds the capacity of the State or 
local government (as such term is defined in 
section 102 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) with 
jurisdiction over such response zone or region 
to respond or recover. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) RESPONSE
ZONE
OR
REGION.—The term 
‘‘response zone or region’’ means an area that a 
State emergency management agency has listed as a 
response zone or region for the purpose of deter-
mining any damages required for such State to issue 
a disaster declaration. 
(2) WINTER STORM.—The term ‘‘winter storm’’ 
has the meaning given in section 404(i) of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(i)), as added by sub-
section (a) of this section. 
SEC. 3. FEDERAL COST SHARE. 
The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 et seq.) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in section 403— 
(A) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of as-
sistance under this section shall be not less than 75 
percent of the eligible cost of such assistance. 
‘‘(2) RURAL OR DISADVANTAGED AREAS.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), the Federal share of as-
sistance under this section shall be not less than 90 
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percent of the eligible cost of such assistance in a 
rural or disadvantaged area.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) RURAL OR DISADVANTAGED AREA DEFINED.— 
In this section, the term ‘rural or disadvantaged area’ 
means an area that the Bureau of the Census has deter-
mined— 
‘‘(1) represents a population for which the real 
median household income is below the real median 
household income in the United States; or 
‘‘(2) is not an urban area.’’; 
(2) in section 404— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The 
President’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 
(B) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(2) DISADVANTAGED URBAN COMMUNITIES.— 
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President may 
contribute up to 90 percent of the cost of hazard 
mitigation measures which the President has deter-
mined are cost effective and which substantially re-
duce the risk of, or increase resilience to, future 
damage, hardship, loss, or suffering in a rural or 
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disadvantaged area (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 403) affected by a major disaster, or by a fire 
for which assistance was provided under section 420. 
Such measures shall be identified following the eval-
uation of natural hazards under section 322 and 
shall be subject to approval by the President. Sub-
ject to section 322, the total of contributions under 
this section for a major disaster or event under sec-
tion 420 shall not exceed 15 percent for amounts 
not more than $2,000,000,000, 10 percent for 
amounts of more than $2,000,000,000 and not more 
than $10,000,000,000, and 7.5 percent on amounts 
of more than $10,000,000,000 and not more than 
$35,333,000,000 of the estimated aggregate amount 
of grants to be made (less any associated adminis-
trative costs) under this Act with respect to the 
major disaster or event under section 420.’’; 
(3) by amending section 407(d) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(d) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of as-
sistance under this section shall be not less than 75 
percent of the eligible cost of debris and wreckage 
removal carried out under this section. 
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‘‘(2) RURAL OR DISADVANTAGED AREAS.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), the Federal share of as-
sistance under this section shall be not less than 90 
percent of the eligible cost of debris and wreckage 
removal carried out under this section in a rural or 
disadvantaged area (as such term is defined in sec-
tion 403).’’; and 
(4) by amending section 503(a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share for as-
sistance provided under this title shall be equal to 
not less than 75 percent of the eligible costs. 
‘‘(2) RURAL OR DISADVANTAGED AREAS.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), the Federal share of as-
sistance under this title shall be not less than 90 
percent of the eligible costs in a rural or disadvan-
taged area (as such term is defined in section 
403).’’. 
Æ 
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