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111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5242 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to establish a disaster recovery assistance program for businesses, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2010 
Mr. COURTNEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency to establish a disaster recovery assist-
ance program for businesses, 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 ‘‘Business Disaster Re-
covery Assistance Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. BUSINESS DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
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the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall estab-
lish a program to assist covered entities affected by a 
major disaster. 
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the pro-
gram under subsection (a), the Administrator is author-
ized to make a grant to a covered entity to assist the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The repair or replacement of property 
owned by the entity and damaged as a direct result 
of a major disaster, including real estate, inventory, 
supplies, machinery, and equipment. 
(2) The meeting of ordinary and necessary fi-
nancial obligations of the entity that, as a direct re-
sult of a major disaster, might not otherwise be met. 
(c) APPLICATION
PROCESS.—The Administrator 
shall establish a process for the submission of applications 
for grants under subsection (b). 
(d) GRANT AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant made to a covered 
entity under subsection (b) shall be in an amount 
not exceeding $28,000. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT
OF
LIMIT.—The Adminis-
trator shall adjust annually the limit established 
under paragraph (1) to reflect changes in the Con-
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sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers pub-
lished by the Department of Labor. 
(e) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed to prohibit a recipient of a grant 
under subsection (b) from receiving assistance under any 
other Federal law. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act, the following defini-
tions apply: 
(1) COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en-
tity’’ means a business or private nonprofit organi-
zation operating in an area with respect to which the 
President declared, during the 60-day period pre-
ceding the date the entity submitted an application 
under subsection (c), a major disaster under section 
401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 
(2) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major dis-
aster’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
102 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). 
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