Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
Bill: S.4654 | Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood (D-NH)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Disaster Management Costs Modernization Act
This bill authorizes the use of excess funds for management costs for certain disaster recovery projects.
Specifically, excess funds for management costs made available to a grantee or subgrantee may be used for activities associated with building capacity to respond to or recover from incidents. Such funds may also be used to provide such assistance, including for providing training and other activities associated with any major disaster or emergency declaration, or to otherwise prepare for such an incident.

To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
  Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and 
Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use 
   of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery 
                               projects.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Management Costs 
Modernization Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT COSTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--Section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b) is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
        (d); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
        following:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Use of Excess Funds for Management Costs.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        `excess funds for management costs' means the difference 
        between--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the amount of the applicable 
                specific management costs authorized under subsection 
                (b); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) as of the date on which the incident 
                is closed, the amount of funding for management costs 
                activities expended by the grantee or subgrantee 
                receiving the financial assistance for costs described 
                in subparagraph (A).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Availability of excess funds for management 
        costs.--The President may make available to a grantee or 
        subgrantee receiving financial assistance under section 403, 
        404, 406, 407, or 502 any excess funds for management 
        costs.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) Use of funds.--Excess funds for management 
        costs made available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph 
        (2) may be used for activities associated with building 
        capacity to respond to or recover from the types of incidents 
        for which assistance may be made available under section 403, 
        404, 406, 407, or 502 and to provide such assistance, including 
        for providing training and other activities associated with any 
        major disaster or emergency declaration, or to otherwise 
        prepare for such an incident.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Availability.--Excess funds for management 
        costs made available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph 
        (2) shall remain available to the grantee or subgrantee until 
        the date that is 5 years after the date on which the excess 
        funds for management costs are made available under paragraph 
        (2).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to any incident for which a major disaster or 
emergency is declared under section 401 or 501, respectively, of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170, 5191) that is open on, or occurs on or after, the date of 
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disaster Management Costs 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Use of Excess Funds for Management Costs.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `excess 
        funds for management costs' means the difference between--
                    ``(A) the amount of the applicable specific 
                management costs authorized under subsection (b); and
                    ``(B) as of the date on which the grant award is 
                closed, the amount of funding for management costs 
                activities expended by the grantee or subgrantee 
                receiving the financial assistance for costs described 
                in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Availability of excess funds for management costs.--
        The President may make available to a grantee or subgrantee 
        receiving financial assistance under section 403, 404, 406, 
        407, or 502 any excess funds for management costs.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--Excess funds for management costs made 
        available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph (2) may be 
        used for activities associated with building capacity to 
        respond to or recover from the types of incidents for which 
        assistance may be made available under section 403, 404, 406, 
        407, or 502 and to provide such assistance, including for 
        providing training and other activities associated with any 
        major disaster or emergency declaration, or to otherwise 
        prepare for such an incident.
            ``(4) Availability.--Excess funds for management costs made 
        available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph (2) shall 
        remain available to the grantee or subgrantee until the date 
        that is 5 years after the date on which the excess funds for 
        management costs are made available under paragraph (2).''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any grant award in relation to a major disaster 
or emergency declared under section 401 or 501, respectively, of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170, 5191) that is open on, or made on or after, the date of 
enactment of this Act.
                                                       Calendar No. 649

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4654

                          [Report No. 117-258]

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