Hazard Mitigation and Relocation Assistance Act of 1993
PL 103-181 (S.1670), enacted 12/03/1993

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PUBLIC LAW 103-181—DEC. 3, 1993 
Public Law 103-181 
103d Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 3, 1993 
[S. 1670] 
Hazard 
Mitigation and 
Relocation 
Assistance 
Act of 1993. 
42 u s e 5121 
note. 
42 use 5170c 
note. 
To improve hazard mitigation and relocation assistance in connection with flooding, 
and for other ptirposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Hazard Mitigation and Relocation 
Assistance Act of 1993". 
SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION. 
(a) FEDERAL SHARE AND TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 404 
of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking "50 percent" and insert-
ing "75 percent"; and 
(2) in the last sentence, by striking "10 percent" and all 
that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting 
"15 percent of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to 
be made (less any associated administrative costs) under this 
Act with respect to the major disaster.". 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—^The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any major disaster declared by the President pursuant 
to The Robert T. Stafford Disaster ReUef and Emergency Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) on or after June 10,1993. 
SEC. 3. PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. 
Section 404 of The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(a) IN GENERAL.—" before "The President"; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(b) PROPERTY ACQUISITION AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE.— 
"(1) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—In providing hazard mitigation 
assistance under this section in connection with flooding, the 
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may 
provide property acquisition and relocation assistance for 
projects that meet the requirements of paragraph (2). 
"(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—An acquisition or relocation 
project shall be eligible to receive assistance pursuant to para-
graph (1) only if— 
"(A) the applicant for the assistance is otherwise 
eligible to receive assistance under the hazard mitigation 
grant program estabUshed under subsection (a); and 
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"(B) on or after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the applicant for the assistance enters into an agreement 
with the Director that provides assurances that— 
"(i) any property acquired, accepted, or from which 
a structure will be removed pursuant to the project 
will be dedicated and maintained in perpetuity for 
a use that is compatible with open space, recreational, 
or wetlands management practices; 
"(ii) no new structure will be erected on property 
acquired, accepted or from which a structure was 
removed under the acquisition or relocation program 
other than— 
"(I) a public facility that is open on all sides 
and functionally related to a designated open 
space; 
"(II) a rest room; or 
"(III) a structure that the Director approves 
in writing before the commencement of the 
construction of the structure; and 
"(iii) after receipt of the assistance, with respect 
to any property acquired, accepted or from which a 
structure was removed under the acquisition or reloca-
tion program— 
"(I) no subsequent application for additional 
disaster assistance for any purpose will be made 
by the recipient to any Federal entity; and 
"(II) no assistance referred to in subclause (I) 
will be provided to the applicant by any Federal 
source. 
"(3) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection 
is intended to alter or otherwise affect an agreement for an 
acquisition or relocation project carried out pursuant to this 
section that was in effect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of this subsection.". 
SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF REAL PROPERTY BUYOUT PROGRAMS. 
42 USC 4601 
(a) INAPPLICABILITY OF URA.—^The purchase of any real prop-
erty under a qualified buyout program shall not constitute the 
maJdng of Federal financial assistance available to pay all or part 
of the cost of a program or project resulting in the acquisition 
of real property or in any owner of real property being a displaced 
person (within the meaning of the Uniform Relocation Assistance 
and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970). 
(b) DEFINITION OF "QUALIFIED BUYOUT PROGRAM".—For pur-
poses of this section, the term "qualified buyout program" means 
any program that— 
(1) provides for the purchase of only property damaged 
by the major, widespread flooding in the Midwest during 1993; 
(2) provides for such purchase solely as a result of such 
flooding; 
(3) provides for such acquisition without the use of the 
power of eminent domain and notification to the seller that 
acquisition is without the use of such power; 
(4) is carried out by or through a State or unit of general 
local government; and 
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(5) is being assisted with amounts made available for— 
(A) disaster relief by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency; or 
(B) other Federal financial assistance programs. 
V 
Approved December 3, 1993. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1670: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 139 (1993): 
Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate. 
Nov. 20, considered and passed House. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 29 (1993): 
Dec. 3, Presidential statement.