In the Senate of the United States, 
December 20, 2010. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1746) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to re-
authorize the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Predisaster Hazard 
Mitigation Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The predisaster hazard mitigation program 
has been successful and cost-effective. Funding from 
the predisaster hazard mitigation program has suc-
cessfully reduced loss of life, personal injuries, damage
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to and destruction of property, and disruption of 
communities from disasters. 
(2) The predisaster hazard mitigation program 
has saved Federal taxpayers from spending signifi-
cant sums on disaster recovery and relief that would 
have been otherwise incurred had communities not 
successfully applied mitigation techniques. 
(3) A 2007 Congressional Budget Office report 
found that the predisaster hazard mitigation program 
reduced losses by roughly $3 (measured in 2007 dol-
lars) for each dollar invested in mitigation efforts 
funded under the predisaster hazard mitigation pro-
gram. Moreover, the Congressional Budget Office 
found that projects funded under the predisaster haz-
ard mitigation program could lower the need for post- 
disaster assistance from the Federal Government so 
that the predisaster hazard mitigation investment by 
the Federal Government would actually save taxpayer 
funds. 
(4) A 2005 report by the Multihazard Mitigation 
Council showed substantial benefits and cost savings 
from the hazard mitigation programs of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency generally. Looking at 
a range of hazard mitigation programs of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, the study found
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that, on average, $1 invested by the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency in hazard mitigation pro-
vided the Nation with roughly $4 in benefits. More-
over, the report projected that the mitigation grants 
awarded between 1993 and 2003 would save more 
than 220 lives and prevent nearly 4,700 injuries over 
approximately 50 years. 
(5) Given the substantial savings generated from 
the predisaster hazard mitigation program in the 
years following the provision of assistance under the 
program, increasing funds appropriated for the pro-
gram would be a wise investment. 
SEC. 3. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION. 
(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Section 203(f) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall award 
financial assistance under this section on a competi-
tive basis and in accordance with the criteria in sub-
section (g). 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM
AND
MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS.—In 
providing financial assistance under this section, the 
President shall ensure that the amount of financial 
assistance made available to a State (including
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amounts made available to local governments of the 
State) for a fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) is not less than the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $575,000; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount that is equal to 1 per-
cent of the total funds appropriated to carry 
out this section for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) does not exceed the amount that is 
equal to 15 percent of the total funds appro-
priated to carry out this section for the fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; 
‘‘(2) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and 
‘‘(3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO REFERENCES.—The 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended—
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(1) in section 602(a) (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a)), by 
striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) 
ADMINISTRATOR.—The 
term 
‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency.’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘Director’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’, except— 
(A) in section 622 (42 U.S.C. 5197a)— 
(i) in the second and fourth places it 
appears in subsection (c); and 
(ii) in subsection (d); and 
(B) in section 626(b) (42 U.S.C. 5197e(b)). 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS. 
Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘congressionally directed spending’ means a statutory 
provision or report language included primarily at 
the request of a Senator or a Member, Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner of the House of Representa-
tives providing, authorizing, or recommending a spe-
cific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit 
authority, or other spending authority for a contract,