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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Health Empowerment Zone Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings.
Sec. 4. Designation of health empowerment zones.
Sec. 5. Assistance to those seeking designation.
Sec. 6. Benefits of designation.
Sec. 7. Definition.
Sec. 8. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following:
            (1) Numerous studies and reports, including the National 
        Healthcare Disparities Report and Unequal Treatment, the 2002 
        Institute of Medicine Report, document the extensiveness to 
        which health disparities exist across the country.
            (2) These studies have found that, on average, racial and 
        ethnic minorities are disproportionately afflicted with chronic 
        and acute conditions--such as cancer, diabetes, and 
        hypertension--and suffer worse health outcomes, worse health 
        status, and higher mortality rates than their White 
        counterparts.
            (3) Several recent studies also show that health 
        disparities are a function of not only access to health care, 
        but also the social determinants of health--including the 
        environment, the physical structure of communities, nutrition 
        and food options, educational attainment, employment, race, 
        ethnicity, geography, and language preference--that directly 
        and indirectly affect the health, health care, and wellness of 
        individuals and communities.
            (4) Integrally involving and fully supporting the 
        communities most affected by health inequities in the 
        assessment, planning, launch, and evaluation of health 
        disparity elimination efforts is among the leading 
        recommendations made to adequately address and ultimately 
        reduce health disparities.
            (5) Recommendations also include supporting the efforts of 
        community stakeholders from a broad cross section--including, 
        but not limited to local businesses, local departments of 
        commerce, education, labor, urban planning, and transportation, 
        and community-based and other nonprofit organizations--to find 
        areas of common ground around health disparity elimination and 
        collaborate to improve the overall health and wellness of a 
        community and its residents.

SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF HEALTH EMPOWERMENT ZONES.

    (a) In General.--At the request of an eligible community 
partnership, the Secretary may designate an eligible area as a health 
empowerment zone.
    (b) Eligibility Criteria.--
            (1) Eligible community partnership.--A community 
        partnership is eligible to submit a request under this section 
        if the partnership--
                    (A) demonstrates widespread public support from key 
                individuals and entities in the eligible area, 
                including State and local governments, nonprofit 
                organizations, and community and industry leaders, for 
                designation of the eligible area as a health 
                empowerment zone; and
                    (B) includes representatives of--
                            (i) a broad cross section of stakeholders 
                        and residents from communities in the eligible 
                        area experiencing disproportionate disparities 
                        in health status and health care; and
                            (ii) organizations, facilities, and 
                        institutions that have a history of working 
                        within and serving such communities.
            (2) Eligible area.--An area is eligible to be designated as 
        a health empowerment zone under this section if one or more 
        communities in the area experience disproportionate disparities 
        in health status and health care. In determining whether a 
        community experiences such disparities, the Secretary shall 
        consider the data collected by the Department of Health and 
        Human Services focusing on the following areas:
                    (A) Access to high-quality health services.
                    (B) Arthritis, osteoporosis, and chronic back 
                conditions.
                    (C) Cancer.
                    (D) Chronic kidney disease.
                    (E) Diabetes.
                    (F) Injury and violence prevention.
                    (G) Maternal, infant, and child health.
                    (H) Medical product safety.
                    (I) Mental health and mental disorders.
                    (J) Nutrition and overweight.
                    (K) Disability and secondary conditions.
                    (L) Educational and community-based health 
                programs.
                    (M) Environmental health.
                    (N) Family planning.
                    (O) Food safety.
                    (P) Health communication.
                    (Q) Health disease and stroke.
                    (R) HIV/AIDS.
                    (S) Immunization and infectious diseases.
                    (T) Occupational safety and health.
                    (U) Oral health.
                    (V) Physical activity and fitness.
                    (W) Public health infrastructure.
                    (X) Respiratory diseases.
                    (Y) Sexually transmitted diseases.
                    (Z) Substance abuse.
                    (AA) Tobacco use.
                    (BB) Vision and hearing.
    (c) Procedure.--
            (1) Request.--A request under subsection (a) shall--
                    (A) describe the bounds of the area to be 
                designated as a health empowerment zone and the process 
                used to select those bounds;
                    (B) demonstrate that the partnership submitting the 
                request is an eligible community partnership described 
                in subsection (b)(1);
                    (C) demonstrate that the area is an eligible area 
                described in subsection (b)(2);
                    (D) include a comprehensive assessment of 
                disparities in health status and health care experience 
                by one or more communities in the area;
                    (E) set forth--
                            (i) a vision and a set of values for the 
                        area; and
                            (ii) a comprehensive and holistic set of 
                        goals to be achieved in the area through 
                        designation as a health empowerment zone; and
                    (F) include a strategic plan for achieving the 
                goals described in subparagraph (E)(ii).
            (2) Approval.--Not later than 60 days after the receipt of 
        a request for designation of an area as a health empowerment 
        zone under this section, the Secretary shall approve or 
        disapprove the request.
    (d) Minimum Number.--The Secretary--
            (1) shall designate not more than 110 health empowerment 
        zones under this section; and
            (2) shall designate at least one health empowerment zone in 
        each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each 
        territory or possession of the United States.

SEC. 5. ASSISTANCE TO THOSE SEEKING DESIGNATION.

    At the request of any organization or entity seeking to submit a 
request under section 4(a), the Secretary shall provide technical 
assistance, and may award a grant, to assist such organization or 
entity--
            (1) to form an eligible community partnership described in 
        subsection (b)(1);
            (2) to complete a health assessment, including an 
        assessment of health disparities under subsection (c)(1)(D); or
            (3) to prepare and submit a request, including a strategic 
        plan, in accordance with section 4.

SEC. 6. BENEFITS OF DESIGNATION.

    (a) Priority.--In awarding any competitive grant, a Federal 
official shall give priority to any applicant that--
            (1) meets the eligibility criteria for the grant;
            (2) proposes to use the grant for activities in a health 
        empowerment zone; and
            (3) demonstrates that such activities will directly and 
        significantly further the goals of the strategic plan approved 
        for such zone under section 4.
    (b) Grants for Initial Implementation of Strategic Plan.--
            (1) In general.--Upon designating an eligible area as a 
        health empowerment zone at the request of an eligible community 
        partnership, the Secretary shall, subject to the availability 
        of appropriations, make a grant to the community partnership 
        for implementation of the strategic plan for such zone.
            (2) Grant period.--A grant under paragraph (1) for a health 
        empowerment zone shall be for a period of 2 years and may be 
        renewed, except that the total period of grants under paragraph 
        (1) for such zone may not exceed 10 years.
            (3) Limitation.--In awarding grants under this subsection, 
        the Secretary shall not give less priority to an applicant or 
        reduce the amount of a grant because the Secretary rendered 
        technical assistance or made a grant to the same applicant 
        under section 5.
            (4) Reporting.--The Secretary shall require each recipient 
        of a grant under this subsection to report to the Secretary not 
        less than every 6 months on the progress in implementing the 
        strategic plan for the health empowerment zone.

SEC. 7. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health 
Resources and Services Administration and the Director of the Office of 
Minority Health, and in cooperation with the Director of the Office of 
Community Services and the Director of the National Center for Minority 
Health and Health Disparities.

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    To carry out this Act, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.

Output: Health Empowerment Zone Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), at the request of a broad-based community partnership, to designate a community that experiences disproportionate disparities in health status and health care as a health empowerment zone. Requires federal officials to give priority in awarding competitive grants to grants used in or benefiting a health empowerment zone.

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) technical assistance (or grants) to entities seeking to form a community partnership or obtain a health empowerment zone designation for a community; and (2) grants to community partnerships for implementation of the strategic plan for a health empowerment zone.


Input: Consider Input: That section 4 of 
Public Law 94-456 (43 U.S.C. 1611 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``subsection (a)'' in subsection (c) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``subsections (a) and (d)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d)(1) In order to convey to the Village Corporations named in 
this subsection certain lands the Villages have selected under section 
12(a) of the Settlement Act, the Secretary shall convey all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to the surface estate 
of the lands described in paragraph (2) to the Village Corporations 
within Cook Inlet Region named in paragraph (2) in partial satisfaction 
of each Village Corporation's statutory entitlement under section 12(a) 
of the Settlement Act. Conveyances shall be made pursuant to sections 
12(a) and 14(f) of the Settlement Act. The conveyances described in 
paragraph (2) shall be made within 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this subsection.
    ``(2) The lands described in this paragraph are to be conveyed to 
Village Corporations as follows:
    To Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 24, 25, and 36 (fractional).
    To Knikatnu, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 1 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 3 (fractional);
                    Sections 4 and 9.
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 9 (fractional).
    To Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 29 and 32 (fractional).
            Township 2 South, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 6 and 18 (fractional).
            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 1 (fractional);
                    Sections 6 and 14;
                    Sections 23, 24, and 26 (fractional);
                    Sections 32 and 33;
                    Sections 34 and 35 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 10 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 13 and 19 through 24, inclusive;
                    Section 25 (fractional);
                    Sections 32 and 34 (fractional).
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 6 through 8 (fractional), inclusive;
                    Section 16;
                    Sections 22 and 23 (fractional);
                    Section 26.
            Township 4 North, Range 19 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 20 and 36.
    To Seldovia Native Association, Inc.:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 13 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 7 and 8;
                    Section 16 (fractional);
                    Sections 17 and 18;
                    Sections 19 and 20 (fractional).
    To Tyonek Native Corporation:

                        seward meridian, alaska

            Township 1 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 2 (fractional);
                    Section 3.
            Township 2 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 36.
            Township 2 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 12 (fractional);
                    Section 31.
            Township 3 South, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Sections 15, 21, and 30 (fractional).
            Township 3 South, Range 21 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 26;
                    Sections 27 and 28 (fractional);
                    Sections 29 through 31 (fractional), inclusive;
                    Sections 33, 35, and 36 (fractional).
            Township 1 North, Range 20 West (Unsurveyed)
                    Section 15 (fractional);
                    Section 35.
Aggregating approximately 29,900 acres, more or less.
    ``(3) No later than 180 days following the completion of the 
conveyances required by paragraph (1), Cook Inlet Region, Inc., shall 
convey to each of the Village Corporations referred to in paragraph (2) 
the surface estate in such lands described in Appendix A of that 
certain Agreement dated August 31, 1976, known as the Deficiency 
Agreement, as the Village Corporations have identified, and in the 
order they identified in their priority selection rounds, to satisfy 
each Village Corporation's section 12(a) entitlement under the 
Settlement Act.
    ``(4) If the Secretary does not convey the lands in paragraph (2) 
within 90 days of the date of the enactment of this subsection, then 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
surface estate of such lands shall nevertheless pass immediately to the 
Village Corporations named in paragraph (2).
    ``(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to increase or 
decrease the entitlement under the Settlement Act of any of the Village 
Corporations named in this subsection or of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.''.

Output: Amends Federal law to provide for conveyance of certain Alaskan lands under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to:  (1) Chickaloon-Moose Creek Native Association, Inc.; (2) Knikatnu, Inc.; (3) Ninilchik Native Association, Inc.; (4) Seldovia Native Association, Inc.; and (5) Tyonek Native Corporation.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stable Flood Insurance Authorization 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) since the enactment of National Flood Insurance Act of 
        1968, the National Flood Insurance Program has been the primary 
        source of reliable, reasonably priced flood insurance coverage 
        for millions of American homes and businesses;
            (2) today over 5,500,000 homes and businesses in the United 
        States rely on the National Flood Insurance Program to provide 
        a degree of financial security;
            (3) several years of below-average flood claims losses and 
        increased voluntary participation in the National Flood 
        Insurance Program have allowed the program to fully service the 
        debt incurred following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and allowed 
        the program to pay $598,000,000 of the principal of that 
        outstanding debt;
            (4) recent lapses in, and short-term reauthorizations of, 
        the National Flood Insurance Program's ability to write and 
        renew flood insurance coverage are estimated by the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency and The National Realtors 
        Association to have adversely impacted or delayed up to 1,350 
        real estate closings per day;
            (5) though long-term authorization and significant reforms 
        are needed to further improve the financial outlook of the 
        National Flood Insurance Program, while such comprehensive 
        reforms are considered, reliable, annual authorization of the 
        program is an essential element to stabilizing the already 
        fragile United States housing market;
            (6) increased flooding in areas outside designated special 
        flood hazard areas prompted the Executive and the Congress in 
        2002 to begin calling for the National Flood Insurance Program 
        to develop and disseminate revised, updated flood insurance 
        rate maps that reflect the real risk of flooding for properties 
        not previously identified as being located with in a special 
        flood hazard area;
            (7) dissemination of accurate, up-to-date flood risk 
        information remains a primary goal of the National Flood 
        Insurance Program and such information should be disseminated 
        as soon as such information is collected and available; and
            (8) communities should be required to make their residents 
        aware of updated flood-risk data while communities are 
        assessing and incorporating updated flood-risk data into long-
        term community planning.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Program Extension.--Section 1319 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 2008'' and inserting ``September 30, 2010''.
    (b) Financing.--Section 1309(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is 
amended by striking ``September 30, 2008'' and inserting ``September 
30, 2010''.
    (c) Extension of Pilot Program for Mitigation of Severe Repetitive 
Loss Properties.--Section 1361A of the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 (42 U.S.C. 4102a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (k)(1), by striking ``2005, 2006, 2007, 
        2008, and 2009'' and inserting ``2010''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (l).

SEC. 4. CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND IMPROVEMENT 
              OF FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEMS IN DETERMINATION OF FLOOD 
              INSURANCE RATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 1307 of the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4014) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking 
                ``construction of a flood protection system'' and 
                inserting ``construction, reconstruction, or 
                improvement of a flood protection system (without 
                respect to the level of Federal investment or 
                participation)''; and
                    (B) in the second sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``construction of a flood 
                        protection system'' and inserting 
                        ``construction, reconstruction, or improvement 
                        of a flood protection system''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``based on the present 
                        value of the completed system'' after ``has 
                        been expended''; and
            (2) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) in the first sentence in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), by inserting ``(without respect to the 
                level of Federal investment or participation)'' before 
                the period at the end;
                    (B) in the third sentence in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), by inserting ``, whether coastal or 
                riverine,'' after ``special flood hazard''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (1), by striking ``a Federal 
                agency in consultation with the local project sponsor'' 
                and inserting ``the entity or entities that own, 
                operate, maintain, or repair such system''.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall promulgate regulations to carry out the 
amendments made by subsection (a). Section 5 may not be construed to 
annul, alter, affect, authorize any waiver of, or establish any 
exception to, the requirement under the preceding sentence.
    (c) Implementation.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall implement this section and the amendments made 
by this section in a manner that will not materially weaken the 
financial position of the national flood insurance program or increase 
the risk of financial liability to Federal taxpayers.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH PREMIUM RATES BY NOTICE.

    Subsection (a) of section 1308 of the National Flood Insurance Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4015(a)) is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ``or notice'' after ``prescribe by 
regulation''.

SEC. 6. 3-YEAR DELAY IN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MANDATORY PURCHASE 
              REQUIREMENT FOR NEW FLOOD HAZARD AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Section 102 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act 
of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(i) Delayed Effective Date of Mandatory Purchase Requirement for 
New Flood Hazard Areas.--
            ``(1) In general.--In the case of any area that was not 
        previously designated as an area having special flood hazards 
        and that, pursuant to any issuance, revision, updating, or 
        other change in flood insurance maps that takes effect on or 
        after September 1, 2008, becomes designated as an area having 
        special flood hazards, if each State and local government 
        having jurisdiction over any portion of the geographic area has 
        complied with paragraph (2), such designation shall not take 
        effect for purposes of subsection (a), (b), or (e) of this 
        section, or section 202(a) of this Act, until the expiration of 
        the 3-year period beginning upon the date that such maps, as 
        issued, revised, update, or otherwise changed, become 
        effective.
            ``(2) Notice requirements.--A State or local government 
        shall be considered to have complied with this paragraph with 
        respect to any geographic area described in paragraph (1) only 
        if the State or local government has, before the effective date 
        of the issued, revised, updated, or changed maps, and in 
        accordance with such standards as shall be established by the 
        Director--
                    ``(A) developed an evacuation plan to be 
                implemented in the event of flooding in such portion of 
                the geographic area; and
                    ``(B) developed and implemented an outreach and 
                communication plan to advise occupants in such portion 
                of the geographic area of potential flood risks, the 
                opportunity to purchase flood insurance, and the 
                consequences of failure to purchase flood insurance.
            ``(3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in paragraph (1) may 
        be construed to affect the applicability of a designation of 
        any area as an area having special flood hazards for purposes 
        of the availability of flood insurance coverage, criteria for 
        land management and use, notification of flood hazards, 
        eligibility for mitigation assistance, or any other purpose or 
        provision not specifically referred to in paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The second sentence of subsection (h) of 
section 1360 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
4101(h)) is amended by striking ``Such'' and inserting ``Except for 
notice regarding a change described in section 102(i)(1) of the Flood 
Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4012a(i)(1)), such''.
    (c) No Refunds.--Nothing in this section or the amendments made by 
this section may be construed to authorize or require any payment or 
refund for flood insurance coverage purchased for any property that 
covered any period during which such coverage is not required for the 
property pursuant to the applicability of the amendment made by 
subsection (a).

SEC. 7. NOTIFICATION TO HOMEOWNERS REGARDING MANDATORY PURCHASE 
              REQUIREMENT APPLICABILITY AND RATE PHASE-INS.

    Section 201 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4105) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Annual Notification.--The Director, in consultation with 
affected communities, shall establish and carry out a plan to notify 
residents of areas having special flood hazards, on an annual basis--
            ``(1) that they reside in such an area;
            ``(2) of the geographical boundaries of such area;
            ``(3) of the provisions of section 102 requiring purchase 
        of flood insurance coverage for properties located in such an 
        area, including the date on which such provisions apply with 
        respect to such area, taking into consideration section 102(i); 
        and
            ``(4) of a general estimate of what similar homeowners in 
        similar areas typically pay for flood insurance coverage.''.


Output: Stable Flood Insurance Authorization Act of 2010 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend through FY2010 both the National Flood Insurance Program and the Pilot Program for Mitigation of Severe Repetitive Loss Properties.

Repeals the September 30, 2009, termination date for, and thus makes permanent, the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide assistance to any state or community.





Extends eligibility for flood insurance at specified maximum premium rates to any community that has made adequate progress on construction (as under current law), reconstruction, or improvement of a flood protection system which will afford flood protection for the one-hundred year frequency flood (without respect to the level of federal investment or participation).

Revises the requirement that a revised Flood Insurance Rate Map be prepared for the community to delineate as Zone AR the areas of special flood hazard that result from the disaccreditation of the flood protection system. Specifies that the areas of special flood hazard may be either coastal or riverine.

Revises the requirement that a community will be considered to be in the process of restoration if its flood protection system has been deemed restorable by a federal agency in consultation with the local project sponsor. Replaces a federal agency as the deeming authority with the entity or entities that own, operate, maintain, or repair the system.

Directs the Administrator to implement this Act so as not to materially weaken the financial position of the national flood insurance program, or increase the risk of financial liability to federal taxpayers.

Authorizes the Administrator to establish floor insurance premium rates, and related terms and conditions, by notice.

Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to delay the effective date of the mandatory purchase requirement for newly designated special flood hazard areas until expiration of the three-year period beginning upon the date that certain flood insurance maps are either issued, revised, or updated.

Requires the Administrator to notify residents of special flood hazard areas annually that: (1) they reside in such an area; and (2) it is mandatory to purchase flood insurance coverage for their properties. Requires such notice to contain a general estimate of what similar homeowners in similar areas typically pay for such coverage.