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Union Calendar No. 37 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1746 
[Report No. 111–83] 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 26, 2009 
Mr. OBERSTAR (for himself, Mr. MICA, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. MARIO DIAZ- 
BALART of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
APRIL 23, 2009 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster miti-
gation program of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pre-Disaster Mitiga-
tion Act of 2009’’. 
SEC. 2. PRE-DISASTER 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 fol-
lows: 
‘‘(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 
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 one 
percent of the total funds appropriated to 
carry out this section for the fiscal year; 
and 
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‘‘(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 such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(m) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 
2012.’’. 
(c) REFERENCES.—Section 203 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 5133) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
the 
section 
heading 
by 
striking 
‘‘PREDISASTER’’ and inserting ‘‘PRE-DISASTER’’; 
(2) in the heading for subsection (i) by striking 
‘‘PREDISASTER’’ and inserting ‘‘PRE-DISASTER’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘Predisaster’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Pre-Disaster’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘predisaster’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘pre-disaster’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 37 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1746 
[Report No. 111–83] 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
pre-disaster mitigation program of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
APRIL 23, 2009 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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