SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF PRIVATE NONPROFIT FACIL-
ITY.—Section 102(11)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122(11)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The term also includes any facilities (including 
roads, walkways, bridges, culverts, canals, sewer and 
wastewater systems, hazard mitigation systems, power, 
and other critical community infrastructure) owned or op-
erated by a common interest community that provide es-
sential services of a governmental nature.’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 102 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(13) COMMON
INTEREST
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘common interest community’ means— 
‘‘(A) any nonprofit mandatory membership 
organization comprised of owners of real estate 
(other than a condominium or housing coopera-
tive) described in a declaration or created pur-
suant to a covenant or other applicable law with 
respect to which a person, by virtue of the per-
son’s ownership of a unit, is obligated to pay 
for a share of real estate taxes, insurance pre-
miums, maintenance, or improvement of, or 
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services or other expenses related to, common 
elements, other units, or any other real estate 
other than that unit described in the declara-
tion; and 
‘‘(B) a condominium project— 
‘‘(i) comprised entirely of detached 
single family units; or 
‘‘(ii) comprised of four or more multi- 
unit housing structures, that owns or oper-
ates facilities (including roads, walkways, 
bridges, culverts, canals, sewer and waste-
water systems, hazard mitigation systems, 
power, or other critical community infra-
structure) that provide essential services of 
a governmental nature. 
‘‘(14) CONDOMINIUM.—The term ‘condomini-
um’ means a multi-unit housing project in which 
each dwelling unit is separately owned, and the re-
maining portions of the real estate are designated 
for common ownership solely by the owners of those 
units, each owner having an undivided interest in 
the common elements, and which is represented by 
a condominium association consisting exclusively of 
all the unit owners in the project, which is, or will 
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be responsible for the operation, administration, and 
management of the project. 
‘‘(15) 
HOUSING
COOPERATIVE.—The 
term 
‘housing cooperative’ means a multi-unit housing 
project in which each dwelling unit is subject to sep-
arate use and possession by one or more cooperative 
members whose interest in such unit, and in any un-
divided assets of the cooperative association that are 
appurtenant to such unit, is evidenced by a member-
ship or share interest in a cooperative association 
and a lease or other document of title or possession 
granted by such cooperative as the owner of all coop-
erative property.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONDOMINIUMS AND HOUSING COOPERATIVES 
DAMAGED BY A MAJOR DISASTER. 
(a) INDIVIDUALS
AND HOUSEHOLDS PROGRAM.— 
Section 408(b)(1) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(b)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The President’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) CONDOMINIUMS
AND
HOUSING
CO-
OPERATIVES.—For purposes of providing finan-
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cial assistance under subsections (c)(2) and 
(c)(3) with respect to residential elements that 
are the legal responsibility of an association for 
a condominium or housing cooperative, the 
terms ‘individual’ and ‘household’ include the 
association for the condominium or housing co-
operative.’’. 
(b) MAXIMUM AMOUNT
OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 
408(h) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(h)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR CONDOMINIUMS AND 
HOUSING COOPERATIVES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the limit es-
tablished under paragraph (1), the maximum 
amount of assistance that an association for a 
condominium or housing cooperative may re-
ceive under this section with respect to a single 
disaster shall be an amount to be determined by 
the President by regulation. 
‘‘(B) 
ADJUSTMENT
OF
LIMIT.—The 
amount determined by the President under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be adjusted annually in ac-
cordance with paragraph (2).’’. 
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SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to a 
major disaster or emergency declared by the President 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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