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HR 6109 EHRFS
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6109
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24 (legislative day, June 23), 2008
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster hazard mitigation program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
SEC. 2. PRE-DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.
(a) Allocation of Funds- Section 203(f) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(f)) is amended to read as follows:
‘(f) Allocation of Funds-
‘(1) BASE AMOUNT- The amount of financial assistance made available to a State (including amounts made available to local governments of the State) under this section for a fiscal year--
‘(A) shall be not less than the lesser of--
‘(i) $575,000; or
‘(ii) the amount that is equal to 1.0 percent of the total funds appropriated to carry out this section for the fiscal year; and
‘(B) shall be subject to the criteria specified in subsection (g).
‘(2) COMPETITIVE PROGRAM- Other than the amounts described in paragraph (1), financial assistance made available to a State (including amounts made available to local governments of the State) under this section shall be awarded on a competitive basis subject to the criteria in subsection (g).
‘(3) MAXIMUM AMOUNT- The amount of financial assistance made available to a State (including amounts made available to local governments of the State) for a fiscal year shall not exceed 15 percent of the total amount of funds appropriated to carry out this section for the fiscal year.’.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 203(m) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to read as follows:
‘(m) Authorization of Appropriations- There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011.’.
(c) References- Section 203 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended--
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘predisaster’ and inserting ‘pre-disaster’;
(2) in the subsection heading for subsection (i) by striking ‘Predisaster’ and inserting ‘Pre-Disaster’;
(3) by striking ‘Predisaster’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Pre-Disaster’; and
(4) by striking ‘predisaster’ each place it appears and inserting ‘pre-disaster’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2008.
Attest:
Clerk.110th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6109AN ACTTo amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster hazard mitigation program, and for other purposes
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.6109 as Referred in Senate Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act of 2008
