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113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3646 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to give priority to projects and studies 
for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 4, 2013 
Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to give priority to 
projects and studies for hurricane and storm damage 
risk reduction, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extreme Weather Miti-
gation Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK REDUCTION 
PRIORITIZATION. 
(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are— 
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(1) to provide adequate levels of protection to 
communities impacted by natural disasters, includ-
ing hurricanes, tropical storms, and other related ex-
treme weather events; and 
(2) to expedite critical water resources projects 
in communities that have historically been and con-
tinue to remain susceptible to extreme weather 
events. 
(b) PRIORITY.—For authorized projects and ongoing 
feasibility studies with a primary purpose of hurricane and 
storm damage risk reduction, the Secretary of the Army 
shall give funding priority to projects and ongoing studies 
that— 
(1) address an imminent threat to life and 
property; 
(2) prevent storm surge from inundating popu-
lated areas; 
(3) prevent the loss of coastal wetlands that 
help reduce the impact of storm surge; 
(4) protect emergency hurricane evacuation 
routes or shelters; 
(5) prevent adverse impacts to publicly owned 
or funded infrastructure and assets; 
(6) minimize disaster relief costs to the Federal 
Government; and 
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(7) address hurricane and storm damage risk 
reduction in an area for which the President de-
clared a major disaster in accordance with section 
401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 
(c) EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CURRENTLY AU-
THORIZED PROJECTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall— 
(1) submit to the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives a list of all— 
(A) ongoing hurricane and storm damage 
reduction feasibility studies that have signed 
feasibility cost share agreements and have re-
ceived Federal funds since 2009; and 
(B) authorized hurricane and storm dam-
age reduction projects that— 
(i) have been authorized for more 
than 20 years but are less than 75 percent 
complete; or 
(ii) are undergoing a post-authoriza-
tion change report, general reevaluation re-
port, or limited reevaluation report; 
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(2) identify those projects on the list required 
under paragraph (1) that meet the criteria described 
in subsection (b); and 
(3) provide a plan for expeditiously completing 
the projects identified under paragraph (2), subject 
to available funding. 
(d) PRIORITIZATION OF NEW STUDIES FOR HURRI-
CANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK REDUCTION.—In select-
ing new studies for hurricane and storm damage reduction 
to propose to Congress, the Secretary shall give priority 
to studies— 
(1) that— 
(A) have been recommended in a com-
prehensive hurricane protection study carried 
out by the Corps of Engineers; or 
(B) are included in a State plan or pro-
gram for hurricane, storm damage reduction, 
flood control, coastal protection, conservation, 
or restoration that is created in consultation 
with the Corps of Engineers or other relevant 
Federal agencies; and 
(2) for areas for which the President declared 
a major disaster in accordance with section 401 of 
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the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170). 
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