I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3969 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act to authorize the President to dispose of excess materials, supplies, 
and equipment acquired pursuant to that Act to assist victims of major 
disasters, emergencies, and incidents, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 25, 2007 
Mr. MICA (for himself and Mr. ROSS) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act to authorize the President to dis-
pose of excess materials, supplies, and equipment ac-
quired pursuant to that Act to assist victims of major 
disasters, emergencies, and incidents, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, 
AND EQUIPMENT. 
Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 327. DISPOSAL OF EXCESS MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, 
AND EQUIPMENT. 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 
President determines that materials, supplies, or equip-
ment acquired by the President pursuant to title IV or 
V for response or recovery efforts in connection with a 
major disaster or emergency are in excess of the amount 
needed for those efforts, the President may transfer the 
excess materials, supplies, or equipment, by sale, donation, 
or otherwise, directly to a State or other governmental en-
tity or to a voluntary organization for the purpose of as-
sisting disaster victims in other major disasters and emer-
gencies and in incidents that do not result in a declaration 
of a major disaster or emergency.’’. 
SEC. 2. DISPOSAL OF TEMPORARY HOUSING UNITS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy has a large number of temporary housing units 
that are underutilized. 
(2) These units could be helpful to States in 
their efforts to assist disaster victims in incidents 
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that do not result in a Federal declaration of a 
major disaster or emergency. 
(b) DISPOSAL.—Section 408(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(d)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 
‘‘victims in major disasters and emergencies’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘victims in major disasters and emergencies and in 
incidents that do not result in a declaration of a major 
disaster or emergency’’. 
(c) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of an unused tem-
porary housing unit described in section 689k of the Post- 
Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109–295; 120 Stat. 1456), the President may 
dispose of the unit in accordance with the requirements 
of 
that 
section 
or 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
408(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and 
Emergency 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
5174(d)(2)(B)(ii)), as amended by this section. 
SEC. 3. INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE FACTORS. 
In order to provide more objective criteria for evalu-
ating the need for assistance to individuals and to speed 
a declaration of a major disaster or emergency under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
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of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in co-
operation with representatives of State and local emer-
gency management associations, shall review, update, and 
revise through rulemaking the factors considered under 
section 206.48 of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, 
to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a dis-
aster. 
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