I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4852 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center 
hospitals and airports to withstand earthquakes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2010 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. BERRY, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. CON-
YERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. DUNCAN, Mrs. EMER-
SON, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, Mr. HARE, Mr. HIN-
CHEY, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. 
NORTON, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROSS, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SKELTON, 
Mr. SNYDER, Mr. TANNER, Mr. WHITFIELD, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WU, 
and Mr. YARMUTH) 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 grant program to improve 
the ability of trauma center hospitals and airports to 
withstand earthquakes, 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 ‘‘Critical Infrastructure 
Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST TRAUMA CENTER HOS-
PITALS 
AND 
AIRPORTS 
TO 
WITHSTAND 
EARTHQUAKES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall estab-
lish a program under which the Administrator is author-
ized to make grants to State and local governments to as-
sist projects that improve the ability to withstand an 
earthquake of one or both of the following facilities: 
(1) A trauma center hospital in a hazardous 
seismic zone. 
(2) An airport in a hazardous seismic zone. 
(b) GRANT PRIORITIES.—In making a grant under 
subsection (a), the Administrator shall consider, with re-
spect to a proposed project, the following: 
(1) The vulnerability to an earthquake of the 
facility to be improved. 
(2) The size of the population served by the fa-
cility to be improved. 
(3) The availability of similar facilities in the 
area surrounding the facility to be improved. 
(4) The ability to withstand an earthquake of 
the facility to be improved, if the proposed project 
is not carried out. 
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(5) The ability of the proposed project to be 
carried out without Federal assistance. 
(c) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Federal share of the cost of a project 
carried out using grant funds made available under 
subsection (a) may not exceed 90 percent. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The Administrator may treat, 
with respect to a project, the percentage specified in 
paragraph (1) as 100 percent, if— 
(A) the Administrator determines there is 
substantial need for the project; and 
(B) the Administrator determines that the 
project will not otherwise be carried out. 
(d) 
COMPREHENSIVE
STRATEGIC
RESPONSE 
PLAN.—The Administrator shall require each State and 
local government that receives a grant under subsection 
(a), as a condition of the grant, to submit to the Adminis-
trator a comprehensive strategic earthquake response plan 
for the facility with respect to which the grant was made. 
Each State and local government may use not more than 
5 percent of grant funds made available under subsection 
(a) to meet the requirement of this subsection. 
(e) REPORT ON USE OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Ad-
ministrator shall require each State and local government 
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that receives a grant under subsection (a), as a condition 
of the grant, to submit to the Administrator each fiscal 
year during which grant funds are received a report that— 
(1) lists and describes the activities carried out 
using grant funds; and 
(2) describes and analyzes the impact of the ac-
tivities. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) AIRPORT.—The term ‘‘airport’’ has the 
meaning given that term under section 47102(2) of 
title 49, United States Code, except that the term is 
limited to airports located in the United States. 
(2) HAZARDOUS
SEISMIC
ZONE.—The term 
‘‘hazardous seismic zone’’ means an area determined 
by the Administrator, in consultation with the Direc-
tor of the United States Geological Survey, to have 
a high probability of experiencing a severe earth-
quake. 
(3) TRAUMA
CENTER
HOSPITAL.—The term 
‘‘trauma center hospital’’ means a medical facility 
determined by the Administrator, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
to— 
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(A) provide surgical care to trauma pa-
tients; 
(B) be located in the United States; 
(C) be obligated to treat all patients with-
out regard to ability to pay; and 
(D) provide care to more than 2,000 indi-
viduals admitted for shock trauma each year. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to 
carry out this section such sums as may be necessary. 
Æ 
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