A bill to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire.

Bill: 113-s-1396
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]
Introduced: 2013-07-30
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Fires

Forests, forestry, trees
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide: (1) hazard mitigation assistance in any area in which fire management assistance was provided, whether or not a major disaster had been declared; and (2) fire management assistance in any area in which hazard mitigation assistance was provided.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1396 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 30, 2013 Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Inhofe ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires.

1. Wildfire mitigation assistance (a) In general Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: (d) Post disaster mitigation assistance The President may provide hazard mitigation assistance in accordance with section 404 in any area in which assistance was provided under this section, whether or not a major disaster had been declared. . (b) Conforming amendments The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 404(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 5170c(a) )— (A) by inserting before the first period , or any area in which assistance was provided under section 420 ; and (B) in the third sentence, by inserting or event under section 420 after major disaster each place that term appears; and (2) in section 322 (e)(1) ( 42 U.S.C. 5165(e)(1) ), by inserting or event under section 420 after major disaster each place that term appears.