I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 431 
To provide Federal assistance to assist an eligible State to purchase and 
install transfer switches and generators at designated emergency service 
stations in hurricane zones within such State. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2009 
Mr. POE of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide Federal assistance to assist an eligible State 
to purchase and install transfer switches and generators 
at designated emergency service stations in hurricane 
zones within such State. 
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 ‘‘Emergency Fueling 
Station Designation Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. DESIGNATED EMERGENCY FUELING STATIONS. 
Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 205. DESIGNATED EMERGENCY FUELING STATIONS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—In cooperation with eligible 
States, the Administrator shall establish a program to ad-
dress the shortage of fuel along hurricane evacuation 
routes by providing funds to such States to assist in the 
purchase and installation of transfer switches and genera-
tors at designated emergency fueling stations selected by 
an eligible State. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—To receive Federal funds 
under this Act, an eligible State shall submit to the Ad-
ministrator an application at such time and containing 
such information as the Administrator may require. Such 
application shall also include the following information 
from a State: 
‘‘(1) Identification of hurricane zones and evac-
uation routes for such zones in the State. 
‘‘(2) The estimated number of designated and 
adjacent emergency fueling stations as determined 
necessary by such State using population figures 
along hurricane evacuation routes as a guide in se-
lecting such stations. 
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‘‘(3) An assurance that a fueling station will 
not be selected as a designated emergency fueling 
station unless it has not less than 10 fueling posi-
tions and is located within 1 mile of a hurricane 
evacuation route. 
‘‘(4) An assurance that the State will publish a 
notice to service stations regarding the application 
and registration processes necessary to become a 
designated emergency fueling station, which may in-
clude a requirement for reimbursement from a serv-
ice station of the non-Federal share of the purchase 
and installation of a transfer switch and generator. 
‘‘(5) An assurance that each designated emer-
gency fueling station will have a generator that has 
the capability of running for 72 or more hours which 
shall only be used in the case of a hurricane in 
which a political subdivision of a State orders an 
evacuation. 
‘‘(6) An assurance that the State will identify, 
through broadcast and electronic means, the loca-
tions of designated and adjacent emergency fueling 
stations. 
‘‘(7) An assurance that the State will designate 
adjacent emergency fueling stations located within 1 
mile of a hurricane evacuation route to ensure avail-
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‘‘(I) Virginia; and 
‘‘(2) The term ‘evacuation route’ means the 
route used when departing before or returning after 
a hurricane in which a political subdivision of a 
State orders an evacuation. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATION.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
such sums as may be necessary.’’. 
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