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SEC. 209. COMMUNITY DISASTER LOANS.
Section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) The President’’ and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(b) AMOUNT.—The amount’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Repayment’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(c) REPAYMENT.—
‘‘(1) CANCELLATION.—Repayment’’;
(4) by striking ‘‘(b) Any loans’’ and inserting
the following:
‘‘(d) EFFECT ON OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Any loans’’;
(5) in subsection (b) (as designated by para-
graph (2))—
(A) by striking ‘‘and shall’’ and inserting
‘‘shall’’; and
(B) by inserting before the period at the end
the 
following: 
‘‘, 
and 
shall 
not 
exceed
$5,000,000’’; and
(6) in subsection (c) (as designated by para-
graph (3)), by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(2) CONDITION ON CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—
A local government shall not be eligible for further as-
sistance under this section during any period in
which the local government is in arrears with respect
to a required repayment of a loan under this sec-
tion.’’.
SEC. 210. TEMPORARY HOUSING ASSISTANCE.
Section 408(c) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(c)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘In lieu of’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In lieu of’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the amount of assistance pro-
vided to a household under this subsection shall
not exceed $5,000, as adjusted annually to reflect
changes in the Consumer Price Index for All
Urban Consumers published by the Department
of Labor.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Presi-
dent may provide additional assistance to a
household that is unable to secure temporary
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housing through insurance proceeds or loans or
other financial assistance from the Small Busi-
ness Administration or another Federal agen-
cy.’’.
SEC. 211. INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 411 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5178) is
amended—
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in consultation
and coordination with a State, may make a grant directly,
or through the State, to an individual or a family that is
adversely affected by a major disaster to assist the indi-
vidual or family in meeting disaster-related necessary ex-
penses or serious needs of the individual or family, if the
individual or family is unable to meet the expenses or needs
through—
‘‘(1) assistance under other provisions of this
Act; or
‘‘(2) other means.’’;
(2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—If a State deter-
mines that a grant to an individual or a family under this
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section shall be made through the State, the State shall pay,
without reimbursement from any funds made available
under this Act, the cost of all administrative expenses asso-
ciated with the management of the grant by the State.’’;
(3) by striking subsection (e); and
(4) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection
(e).
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 301. TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF SHORT TITLE.
The first section of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Re-
lief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 note)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This Act may be cited as the ‘Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’.’’.
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.
Section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is
amended—
(1) in each of paragraphs (3) and (4), by strik-
ing ‘‘the Northern’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Pa-
cific Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the
following:
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‘‘(6) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘local gov-
ernment’ means—
‘‘(A) a county, municipality, city, town,
township, local public authority, school district,
special district, intrastate district, council of
governments (regardless of whether the council of
governments is incorporated as a nonprofit cor-
poration under State law), regional or interstate
government entity, or agency or instrumentality
of a local government;
‘‘(B) an Indian tribe or authorized tribal
organization, or Alaska Native village or organi-
zation; and
‘‘(C) a rural community, unincorporated
town or village, or other public entity, for which
an application for assistance is made by a State
or political subdivision of a State.’’; and
(3) in paragraph (9), by inserting ‘‘irrigation,’’
after ‘‘utility,’’.
SEC. 303. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN
FEDERAL AND STATE EMPLOYEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1204 of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796b)
is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(7) ‘public safety officer’ means—
‘‘(A) an individual serving a public agency
in an official capacity, with or without com-
pensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a fire-
fighter, or as a member of a rescue squad or am-
bulance crew;
‘‘(B) an employee of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency who is performing official
duties of the Agency in an area, if those official
duties—
‘‘(i) are related to a major disaster or
emergency that has been, or is later, de-
clared to exist with respect to the area
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.); and
‘‘(ii) are determined by the Director of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency
to be hazardous duties; or
‘‘(C) an employee of a State or local emer-
gency management or civil defense agency who is
performing official duties in cooperation with
the Federal Emergency Management Agency in
an area, if those official duties—
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‘‘(i) are related to a major disaster or
emergency that has been, or is later, de-
clared to exist with respect to the area
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.); and
‘‘(ii) are determined by the head of the
agency to be hazardous duties.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) applies only to employees described in subpara-
graphs (B) and (C) of section 1204(7) of the Omnibus
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (as amended
by subsection (a)) who are injured or who die in the line
of duty on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 304. DISASTER GRANT CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES.
Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 705. DISASTER GRANT CLOSEOUT PROCEDURES.
‘‘(a) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), no administrative action to recover any
payment made to a State or local government for dis-
aster or emergency assistance under this Act shall be
initiated in any forum after the date that is 3 years
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after the date of transmission of the final expenditure
report for the disaster or emergency.
‘‘(2) FRAUD EXCEPTION.—The limitation under
paragraph (1) shall apply unless there is evidence of
civil or criminal fraud.
‘‘(b) REBUTTAL OF PRESUMPTION OF RECORD MAIN-
TENANCE.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In any dispute arising
under this section after the date that is 3 years after
the date of transmission of the final expenditure re-
port for the disaster or emergency, there shall be a
presumption that accounting records were maintained
that adequately identify the source and application of
funds provided for financially assisted activities.
‘‘(2) AFFIRMATIVE EVIDENCE.—The presumption
described in paragraph (1) may be rebutted only on
production of affirmative evidence that the State or
local government did not maintain documentation de-
scribed in that paragraph.
‘‘(3) INABILITY TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTATION.—
The inability of the Federal, State, or local govern-
ment to produce source documentation supporting ex-
penditure reports later than 3 years after the date of
the transmission of the final expenditure report shall
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not constitute evidence to rebut the presumption de-
scribed in paragraph (1).
‘‘(4) RIGHT
OF
ACCESS.—The period during
which the Federal, State, or local government has the
right to access source documentation shall not be lim-
ited to the required 3-year retention period referred to
in paragraph (3), but shall last as long as the records
are maintained.
‘‘(c) BINDING NATURE OF GRANT REQUIREMENTS.—
A State or local government shall not be liable for reim-
bursement or any other penalty for any payment made
under this Act if—
‘‘(1) the payment was authorized by an ap-
proved agreement specifying the costs;
‘‘(2) the costs were reasonable; and
‘‘(3) the purpose of the grant was accom-
plished.’’.
SEC. 305. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
Title II of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5131 et seq.) is
amended by striking the title heading and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘TITLE II—DISASTER PREPARED-
NESS AND MITIGATION AS-
SISTANCE’’.
Attest:
Secretary.
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