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suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
SEC. 1091. For fiscal year 2013, upon request by a 
public housing agency and supported by documentation as 
required by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment that demonstrates that the need for the adjustment 
is due to the disaster, the Secretary may make temporary 
adjustments to the section 8 housing choice voucher an-
nual renewal funding allocations and administrative fee 
eligibility determinations for public housing agencies in an 
area for which the President declared a disaster during 
such fiscal year under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170 et seq.), to avoid significant adverse funding impacts 
that would otherwise result from the disaster. 
SEC. 1092. The Departments of Transportation and 
Housing and Urban Development shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate within 45 days after the date of 
the enactment of this division a plan for implementing the 
provisions in this chapter, and updates to such plan on 
a biannual basis thereafter. 
SEC. 1093. None of the funds provided in this chap-
ter to the Department of Transportation or the Depart-
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ment of Housing and Urban Development may be used 
to make a grant unless the Secretary of such Department 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate not less than 3 full 
business days before any project, State or locality is se-
lected to receive a grant award totaling $1,000,000 or 
more is announced by either Department or a modal ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 1094. This chapter shall apply in place of title 
VIII of this division, and such title shall have no force 
or effect. 
SEC. 1095. The amounts otherwise provided by this 
division are revised by reducing the amount made available 
for ‘‘Small Business Administration—Disaster Loans Pro-
gram Account’’ for administrative expenses to carry out 
the direct loan program authorized by section 7(b) of the 
Small Business Act (and within such amount, the amount 
made available for direct administrative expenses of loan 
making and servicing to carry out such program), and in-
creasing the amount made available for ‘‘Department of 
Veterans Affairs—National Cemetery Administration’’, by 
$1,000,000. 
SEC. 1096. None of the funds provided in this divi-
sion shall be used for land acquisition by the Secretary 
of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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This division may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Relief Ap-
propriations Act, 2013’’. 
DIVISION B—SANDY RECOVERY 
IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2013 
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 
‘‘Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this division is as follows: 
Sec. 1101. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 1102. Public assistance program alternative procedures. 
Sec. 1103. Federal assistance to individuals and households. 
Sec. 1104. Hazard mitigation. 
Sec. 1105. Dispute resolution pilot program. 
Sec. 1106. Unified Federal review. 
Sec. 1107. Simplified procedures. 
Sec. 1108. Essential assistance. 
Sec. 1109. Individual assistance factors. 
Sec. 1110. Tribal requests for a major disaster or emergency declaration under 
the Stafford Act. 
Sec. 1111. Recommendations for reducing costs of future disasters. 
SEC. 1102. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ALTERNATIVE 
PROCEDURES. 
Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating the second section 425 (re-
lating to essential service providers) as section 427; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 428. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ALTERNATIVE 
PROCEDURES. 
‘‘(a) APPROVAL OF PROJECTS.—The President, act-
ing through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, may approve projects under the al-
ternative procedures adopted under this section for any 
major disaster or emergency declared on or after the date 
of enactment of this section. The Administrator may also 
apply the alternate procedures adopted under this section 
to a major disaster or emergency declared before enact-
ment of this Act for which construction has not begun as 
of the date of enactment of this Act. 
‘‘(b) ADOPTION.—The Administrator, in coordination 
with States, tribal and local governments, and owners or 
operators of private nonprofit facilities, may adopt alter-
native procedures to administer assistance provided under 
sections 403(a)(3)(A), 406, 407, and 502(a)(5). 
‘‘(c) GOALS OF PROCEDURES.—The alternative pro-
cedures adopted under subsection (a) shall further the 
goals of— 
‘‘(1) reducing the costs to the Federal Govern-
ment of providing such assistance; 
‘‘(2) increasing flexibility in the administration 
of such assistance; 
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‘‘(3) expediting the provision of such assistance 
to a State, tribal or local government, or owner or 
operator of a private nonprofit facility; and 
‘‘(4) providing financial incentives and disincen-
tives for a State, tribal or local government, or 
owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility for 
the timely and cost-effective completion of projects 
with such assistance. 
‘‘(d) PARTICIPATION.—Participation in the alter-
native procedures adopted under this section shall be at 
the election of a State, tribal or local government, or 
owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility consistent 
with procedures determined by the Administrator. 
‘‘(e) MINIMUM PROCEDURES.—The alternative pro-
cedures adopted under this section shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) For repair, restoration, and replacement of 
damaged facilities under section 406— 
‘‘(A) making grants on the basis of fixed 
estimates, if the State, tribal or local govern-
ment, or owner or operator of the private non-
profit facility agrees to be responsible for any 
actual costs that exceed the estimate; 
‘‘(B) providing an option for a State, tribal 
or local government, or owner or operator of a 
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