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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2027
To make emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for fiscal year
1993 to provide disaster assistance for areas of Florida damaged by
Hurricane Andrew.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 6, 1993
Mrs. MEEK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Appropriations
A BILL
To make emergency supplemental appropriations and trans-
fers for fiscal year 1993 to provide disaster assistance
for areas of Florida damaged by Hurricane Andrew.
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 ‘‘Hurricane Andrew
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1993’’.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
The following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro-
vide emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year
1993:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION
RURAL HOUSING FOR DOMESTIC FARM LABOR
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural housing for do-
mestic farm labor’’ for the cost of repair and replacement
of uninsured losses resulting from Hurricane Andrew in
the 
southern 
portion 
of 
Dade 
County, 
Florida,
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended.
The Congress hereby designates the entire such
amount as an emergency requirement for all purposes of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
Such amount shall be available only to the extent of
a specific dollar amount for such purpose that is included
in an official budget request submitted by the President
to the Congress and that is designated as an emergency
requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic develop-
ment assistance programs’’ pursuant to the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121
et seq.), to be used for grants to the State of Florida and
local communities in recovering from the consequences of
Hurricane Andrew, $20,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
The Congress hereby designates the entire such
amount as an emergency requirement for all purposes of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
Such amount shall be available only to the extent of
a specific dollar amount for such purpose that is included
in an official budget request submitted by the President
to the Congress and that is designated as an emergency
requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
ALCOHOL, DRUG ABUSE, AND MENTAL HEALTH
For an additional amount for ‘‘Alcohol, drug abuse,
and mental health’’, $20,300,000, to remain available
until expended, of which amount $16,200,000 shall be
available for the continuation of post-Hurricane Andrew
mental health and substance abuse treatment programs
in Dade County, Florida, $2,500,000 shall be available for
a comprehensive multidisciplinary drug research, edu-
cation, and training center in the Homestead, Florida,
area to carry out a combined treatment and assessment
program during a 3-year period, and $1,600,000 shall be
available for residential psychiatric services for children in
the Homestead, Florida, area.
The Congress hereby designates the entire such
amount as an emergency requirement for all purposes of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
Such amount shall be available only to the extent of
a specific dollar amount for such purpose that is included
in an official budget request submitted by the President
to the Congress and that is designated as an emergency
requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
IMPACT AID
For an additional amount for ‘‘Impact Aid’’ for car-
rying out disaster assistance activities authorized by sec-
tion 7 of Public Law 81–874 (20 U.S.C. 241–1) with re-
spect to the Dade County, Florida, public schools,
$38,000,000, to remain available until expended.
The Congress hereby designates the entire such
amount as an emergency requirement for all purposes of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
of 1985.
Such amount shall be available only to the extent of
a specific dollar amount for such purpose that is included
in an official budget request submitted by the President
to the Congress and that is designated as an emergency
requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
The Secretary may waive or modify any requirement
of law or regulation (except requirements relating to civil
rights, discrimination, or safety) that the Secretary deter-
mines is necessary in order to provide such disaster assist-
ance as efficiently and expeditiously as possible. Any waiv-
er or modification under the preceding sentence with re-
spect to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall be limited
to requirements for the matching of Federal funds, main-
tenance of effort, and the time period for the obligation
of Federal funds, and may be made only if the recipient
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary in its
written application that such requirements impose a de-
monstrable barrier to the progress of the recipient in over-
coming the effects of Hurricane Andrew.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
HOUSING PROGRAMS
HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for the ‘‘HOME invest-
ment partnerships program’’ for use only in areas of Flor-
ida damaged by Hurricane Andrew, $82,200,000, to re-
main available until expended, and to be derived by trans-
fer of $62,000,000 from the amount made available by
the 1st paragraph under the heading ‘‘Annual contribu-
tions for assisted housing’’ in Public Law 102–368 (106
Stat. 1157) and by transfer of $20,200,000 from the
amount made available by the 2d paragraph under such
heading in such Public Law.
In administering such funds, the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development may waive any provision of
any statute or regulation administered by the Secretary
(except requirements relating to fair housing, non-
discrimination, the environment, or labor standards) if the
Secretary finds that the waiver is required to facilitate the
obligation or use of the funds and is consistent with the
general purposes of the HOME Investment Partnerships
Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.).
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
shall not, as a condition of assisting a participating juris-
diction with such funds, require any contribution by or
in behalf of such jurisdiction, notwithstanding section 220
of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C.
12750).
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community develop-
ment grants’’ for use only in Dade County, the City of
Homestead, and Florida City, Florida, $54,800,000, to re-
main available until expended, and to be derived by trans-
fer from the amount made available by the 2d paragraph
under the heading ‘‘Annual contributions for assisted
housing’’ in Public Law 102–368 (106 Stat. 1157).
In administering such funds, the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development may waive any provision of
any statute or regulation administered by the Secretary
(except requirements relating to fair housing, non-
discrimination, the environment, or labor standards) if the
Secretary finds that the waiver is required to facilitate the
obligation or use of the funds and is consistent with the
general purposes of title I of the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).