(2) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para-
graph (13); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(12) and prioritize communities that are in 
high hazard risk communities, environmental justice 
communities, communities with low tax revenue base 
per capita, and communities with a low rate of code 
adoption and enforcement and infrastructure main-
tenance expenditures (the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency shall establish 
guidelines to develop measurable criteria to deter-
mine such priority for high hazard risk communities 
and integrate the data into a tool such as the Na-
tional Risk Index and use the Resilience Analysis 
and Planning Tool to help target the communities 
with the greatest need of assistance); and’’. 
SEC. 5. FEDERAL SHARE. 
Section 203(h)(2)) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(h)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) SMALL IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES AND 
ENVIRONMENT
JUSTICE
COMMUNITIES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), the President may con-
tribute up to 90 percent of the total cost of a miti-
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gation activity carried out in a small impoverished 
community or an environmental justice commu-
nity.’’. 
SEC. 
6. 
NATIONAL 
PUBLIC 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
PREDISASTER MITIGATION ASSISTANCE. 
Section 203(i)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(i)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘6 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘15 
percent’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘From 
such total amount made available from the Disaster 
Relief Fund, with respect to each major disaster, the 
President may set aside 2 percent of the estimated 
aggregate amount of the grants to be made pursu-
ant to sections 403, 406, 407, 408, 410, 416, and 
428 for the major disaster for community planning 
and capacity building assistance.’’. 
SEC. 7. COMMUNITY OUTREACH. 
Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASSISTANCE.—The 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, in collaboration with organizations, such as the 
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United States Cooperative Extension System and the Ex-
tension Disaster Education Network, shall provide com-
munity outreach to communities under this section, with 
a goal of increasing applications from communities with 
high hazard risk, environmental justice communities, com-
munities with low tax revenue base per capita, and com-
munities with a low rate of code adoption and enforcement 
and infrastructure maintenance expenditures, regarding 
how to plan and prioritize projects based on current cli-
mate conditions, future hazard risk, and social vulner-
ability assessments as well as how to successfully develop, 
submit, and administer a grant under this section.’’. 
SEC. 8. IMPROVED DATA COLLECTION. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall establish a central Federal 
database at the Agency, in coordination with the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, the Environ-
ment Protection Agency, the Economic Development Ad-
ministration, the Small Business Administration, the 
Army Corps of Engineers, and any other relevant agencies 
the Administrator chooses to include, to consolidate fund-
ing data collected by all local, State, and Federal agencies 
involved in post-disaster response and predisaster mitiga-
tion spending and categorize the data by type of project, 
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funding source, and hazard types using an user friendly 
database and interactive map. Such database shall also in-
clude— 
(1) the collection and posting of census track 
data and post aggregate demographic data, pursuant 
to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.) as well as any future guidance by such office 
on data equity on the impact of natural disaster and 
Federal recovery efforts to better allocate and trace 
funds; and 
(2) post-project evaluations by the Agency to 
analyze disaster spending and report findings on 
what may have been saved by proper predisaster 
mitigation. 
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