‘‘(f) APPOINTMENT OF SYSTEM MEMBERS INTO FED-
ERAL SERVICE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may ap-
point a System member into Federal service for a pe-
riod of service to provide for the participation of the 
System member in exercises, preincident staging, 
major disaster and emergency response activities, and 
training events sponsored or sanctioned by the Ad-
ministrator. 
‘‘(2) NONAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN CIVIL SERV-
ICE LAWS.—The Administrator may make appoint-
ments under paragraph (1) without regard to the pro-
visions of title 5, United States Code, governing ap-
pointments in the competitive service. 
‘‘(3) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER AUTHORITIES.— 
The authority of the Administrator to make appoint-
ments under this subsection shall not affect any other 
authority of the Administrator under this Act. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION.—A System member who is ap-
pointed into Federal service under paragraph (1) 
shall not be considered an employee of the United 
States for purposes other than those specifically set 
forth in this section. 
‘‘(g) COMPENSATION.— 
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‘‘(1) PAY OF SYSTEM MEMBERS.—Subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Administrator may im-
pose by regulation, the Administrator shall make pay-
ments to the sponsoring agency of a task force— 
‘‘(A) to reimburse each employer of a Sys-
tem member on the task force for compensation 
paid by the employer to the System member for 
any period during which the System member is 
appointed into Federal service under subsection 
(f)(1); and 
‘‘(B) to make payments directly to a non-
employee System member on the task force for 
any period during which the non-employee Sys-
tem member is appointed into Federal service 
under subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES FILLING 
POSITIONS OF SYSTEM MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to such terms 
and conditions as the Administrator may impose 
by regulation, the Administrator shall make pay-
ments to the sponsoring agency of a task force to 
reimburse each employer of a System member on 
the task force for compensation paid by the em-
ployer to an employee filling a position normally 
filled by the System member for any period dur-
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ing which the System member is appointed into 
Federal service under subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—Costs incurred by an 
employer shall be eligible for reimbursement 
under subparagraph (A) only to the extent that 
the costs are in excess of the costs that would 
have been incurred by the employer had the Sys-
tem member not been appointed into Federal 
service under subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(3) METHOD OF PAYMENT.—A System member 
shall not be entitled to pay directly from the Agency 
for a period during which the System member is ap-
pointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(h) PERSONAL INJURY, ILLNESS, DISABILITY, OR 
DEATH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A System member who is 
appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1) 
and who suffers personal injury, illness, disability, or 
death as a result of a personal injury sustained while 
acting in the scope of such appointment shall, for the 
purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, 
United States Code, be treated as though the member 
were an employee (as defined by section 8101 of that 
title) who had sustained the injury in the perform-
ance of duty. 
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‘‘(2) ELECTION OF BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If a System member 
(or, in the case of the death of the System mem-
ber, the System member’s dependent) is enti-
tled— 
‘‘(i) under paragraph (1) to receive 
benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of 
title 5, United States Code, by reason of 
personal injury, illness, disability, or death, 
and 
‘‘(ii) to receive benefits from a State or 
local government by reason of the same per-
sonal injury, illness, disability, or death, 
the System member or dependent shall elect to 
receive either the benefits referred to in clause (i) 
or (ii). 
‘‘(B) DEADLINE.—A System member or de-
pendent shall make an election of benefits under 
subparagraph (A) not later than 1 year after the 
date of the personal injury, illness, disability, or 
death that is the reason for the benefits or until 
such later date as the Secretary of Labor may 
allow for reasonable cause shown. 
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‘‘(C) EFFECT OF ELECTION.—An election of 
benefits made under this paragraph is irrev-
ocable unless otherwise provided by law. 
‘‘(3) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
STATE
OR
LOCAL 
BENEFITS.—Subject to such terms and conditions as 
the Administrator may impose by regulation, in the 
event that a System member or dependent elects bene-
fits from a State or local government under para-
graph (2)(A), the Administrator shall reimburse the 
State or local government for the value of those bene-
fits. 
‘‘(i) LIABILITY.—A System member appointed into 
Federal service under subsection (f)(1), while acting within 
the scope of the appointment, is deemed an employee of the 
Federal Government under section 1346(b) of title 28, 
United States Code, and chapter 171 of that title, relating 
to tort claims procedure. 
‘‘(j) EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS.— 
With respect to a System member who is not a regular full- 
time employee of a sponsoring agency or participating 
agency, the following terms and conditions apply: 
‘‘(1) SERVICE.—Service as a System member is 
deemed ‘service in the uniformed services’ for purposes 
of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, relating 
to employment and reemployment rights of individ-
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uals who have performed service in the uniformed 
services (regardless of whether the individual receives 
compensation for such participation). All rights and 
obligations of such persons and procedures for assist-
ance, enforcement, and investigation shall be as pro-
vided for in such chapter. 
‘‘(2) PRECLUSION.—Preclusion of giving notice 
of service by necessity of appointment under this sec-
tion is deemed preclusion by ‘military necessity’ for 
purposes of section 4312(b) of title 38, United States 
Code, pertaining to giving notice of absence from a 
position of employment. A determination of such ne-
cessity shall be made by the Administrator and shall 
not be subject to judicial review. 
‘‘(k) LICENSES AND PERMITS.—If a System member 
holds a valid license, certificate, or other permit issued by 
any State or other governmental jurisdiction evidencing the 
member’s qualifications in any professional, mechanical, or 
other skill or type of assistance required by the System, the 
System member is deemed to be performing a Federal activ-
ity when rendering aid involving such skill or assistance 
during a period of appointment into Federal service under 
subsection (f)(1). 
‘‘(l) ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish and maintain an advisory committee to pro-
vide expert recommendations to the Administrator in 
order to assist the Administrator in administering the 
System. 
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The advisory committee 
shall be composed of members from geographically di-
verse areas, and shall include— 
‘‘(A) the chief officer or senior executive 
from at least three sponsoring agencies; 
‘‘(B) the senior emergency manager from at 
least two States that include sponsoring agencies; 
and 
‘‘(C) 
at 
least 
one 
representative 
rec-
ommended by the leaders of the task forces. 
‘‘(3) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
TERMINATION
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
to the advisory committee under this subsection. 
‘‘(m) PREPAREDNESS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations for such purpose, the Administrator 
shall enter into an annual preparedness cooperative 
agreement with each sponsoring agency. Amounts 
made available to a sponsoring agency under such a 
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preparedness cooperative agreement shall be for the 
following purposes: 
‘‘(A) Training and exercises, including 
training and exercises with other Federal, State, 
and local government response entities. 
‘‘(B) Acquisition and maintenance of equip-
ment, including interoperable communications 
and personal protective equipment. 
‘‘(C) Medical monitoring required for re-
sponder safety and health in anticipation of and 
following a major disaster, emergency, or other 
hazard, as determined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Not-
withstanding section 1552(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, amounts made available for cooperative 
agreements under this subsection that are not ex-
pended shall be deposited in an agency account and 
shall remain available for such agreements without 
fiscal year limitation. 
‘‘(n) RESPONSE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The 
Administrator shall enter into a response cooperative agree-
ment with each sponsoring agency, as appropriate, under 
which the Administrator agrees to reimburse the sponsoring 
agency for costs incurred by the sponsoring agency in re-
sponding to a major disaster or emergency. 
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‘‘(o) OBLIGATIONS.—The Administrator may incur all 
necessary obligations consistent with this section in order 
to ensure the effectiveness of the System. 
‘‘(p) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out the System and the provisions 
of this section $35,180,000 for each of fiscal years 
2014, 2015, and 2016. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Admin-
istrator may use not to exceed 6 percent of the funds 
appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to paragraph 
(1) for salaries, expenses, and other administrative 
costs incurred by the Administrator in carrying out 
this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 5, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Section 8101(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by moving subparagraph (F) to appear 
after subparagraph (E); 
(C) in subparagraph (F)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘United States Code,’’; 
and 
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(ii) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
following: 
‘‘(G) an individual who is a System mem-
ber of the National Urban Search and Rescue 
Response System during a period of appoint-
ment into Federal service pursuant to section 
327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act;’’. 
(2) INCLUSION AS PART OF UNIFORMED SERV-
ICES FOR PURPOSES OF USERRA.—Section 4303 of 
title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (13) by inserting ‘‘, a pe-
riod for which a System member of the National 
Urban Search and Rescue Response System is 
absent from a position of employment due to an 
appointment into Federal service under section 
327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act’’ before ‘‘, and a pe-
riod’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (16) by inserting after 
‘‘Public Health Service,’’ the following: ‘‘System 
members of the National Urban Search and Res-
cue Response System during a period of appoint-
ment into Federal service under section 327 of 
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the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act,’’. 
SEC. 202. ELIGIBILITY OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING FACILI-
TIES FOR CERTAIN DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) PRIVATE NONPROFIT FACILITY DEFINED.—Section 
102(11)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(11)(B)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘public broadcasting facilities,’’ after 
‘‘workshops,’’. 
(b) 
CRITICAL
SERVICES
DEFINED.—Section 
406(a)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(a)(3)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘communications,’’ and inserting 
‘‘communications (including public broadcasting),’’. 
SEC. 203. FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE NONPROFIT 
FAIRNESS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT FACILITY.— 
Section 102(10)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(10)(B)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL FACILITIES.—In addition 
to the facilities described in subparagraph (A), 
the term ‘private nonprofit facility’ includes any 
private nonprofit facility that provides essential 
services of a governmental nature to the general 
public (including museums, zoos, performing 
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arts facilities, community arts centers, commu-
nity centers, including houses of worship exempt 
from taxation under section 501(c) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986, libraries, homeless 
shelters, senior citizen centers, rehabilitation fa-
cilities, shelter workshops, and facilities that pro-
vide health and safety services of a governmental 
nature), as defined by the President.’’. 
(b) REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND REPLACEMENT OF 
DAMAGED FACILITIES.—Section 406(a)(3) of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5172(a)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) NONPROFIT
FAIRNESS.—A church, 
synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of 
worship, and a private nonprofit facility oper-
ated by a religious organization, shall be eligible 
for contributions under paragraph (1)(B), with-
out regard to the religious character of the facil-
ity or the primary religious use of the facility.’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section and the amendments 
made by this section shall apply to the provision of assist-
ance in response to a major disaster or emergency declared 
on or after October 28, 2012. 
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SEC. 204. REAUTHORIZATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGE-
MENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle A of title VI of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5196 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 617. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COM-
PACT GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency may make grants to pro-
vide for implementation of the Emergency Management As-
sistance Compact consented to by Congress in the joint reso-
lution entitled ‘Joint resolution granting the consent of 
Congress to the Emergency Management Assistance Com-
pact’ (Public Law 104–321; 110 Stat. 3877). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE GRANT RECIPIENTS.—States and the 
Administrator of the Emergency Management Assistance 
Compact shall be eligible to receive grants under subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant received under this sec-
tion shall be used— 
‘‘(1) to carry out recommendations identified in 
the Emergency Management Assistance Compact 
after-action reports for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane 
seasons; 
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‘‘(2) to administer compact operations on behalf 
of States, as such term is defined in the compact, that 
have enacted the compact; 
‘‘(3) to continue coordination with the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency and appropriate 
Federal agencies; 
‘‘(4) to continue coordination with States and 
local governments and their respective national orga-
nizations; and 
‘‘(5) to assist State and local governments, emer-
gency response providers, and organizations rep-
resenting such providers with credentialing the pro-
viders and the typing of emergency response resources. 
‘‘(d) COORDINATION.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency shall consult with the 
Administrator of the Emergency Management Assistance 
Compact to ensure effective coordination of efforts in re-
sponding to requests for assistance. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014, 2015, and 2016. 
Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 661 of the Post-Katrina Emer-
gency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 761) is 
repealed. 
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SEC. 205. PHYSICAL TESTING STANDARDS FOR ELECTRIC 
UTILITY FACILITIES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Administrator of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency shall conduct a study to com-
pare the differences between— 
(1) the physical testing standards that the Ad-
ministrator applies with respect to electric utility fa-
cilities as a condition for Federal assistance; and 
(2) the physical testing standards that are ap-
plied to electric utility facilities by the electric utili-
ties industry and by the Rural Utilities Service of the 
Department of Agriculture. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs Committee of the 
Senate a report on the results of the study. 
(c) FUNDING.—The Administrator shall carry out this 
section using funds available to the Administrator for man-
agement and expenses. 
SEC. 206. REVIEW AND REPORT REGARDING THE ELIGI-
BILITY OF CERTAIN HOUSING ENTITIES TO 
RECEIVE DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Fed-
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eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall, using 
funds from FEMA’s management and expenses account, 
complete a review of, and submit to the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report describing, options, both commercial 
and governmental, available to housing cooperatives and 
condominium associations to assist in repairing and re-
building common areas following a major disaster. 
(b) REPORT SPECIFICS.—The report shall include— 
(1) a description of the current eligibility of 
housing cooperative and condominium association 
owners and residents to receive disaster relief funds 
under FEMA disaster relief programs; 
(2) a description of the availability of individual 
assistance for such owners and residents to help cover 
the costs of repairing disaster-related damage to com-
mon areas, including any details of instances in the 
past 10 years in which cooperative or condominium 
owners or residences received such assistance to help 
cover costs and assessments for repairs to common 
areas; 
(3) a description of commercial options and re-
quirements, including insurance coverage, that may 
be applicable; and 
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(4) a discussion of options, including any pro-
posed changes to law, for addressing any gaps identi-
fied in available assistance to address disaster-related 
damage to common areas. 
SEC. 207. AUDIT TIMEFRAME LIMITATION. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency shall issue a rule that limits the timeframe 
of any audit conducted under section 318 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5161). 
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Union Calendar No. 563 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3300 
[Report No. 113–732, Part I] 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the programs and activities of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency. 
JANUARY 2, 2015 
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security for a period ending not 
later than January 2, 2015, for consideration of such 
provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the 
jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(j) 
of rule X 
JANUARY 2, 2015 
The Committee on Homeland Security discharged; com-
mitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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