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To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program, to make technical corrections to that Act, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

June 20 (legislative day, June 19), 2008CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself and, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. AKAKA) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental AffairsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program, to make technical corrections to that Act, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2008’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. PREDISASTER 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:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(f) Allocation of Funds-CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- The President shall award financial assistance under this section on a competitive basis and in accordance with the criteria in subsection (g).CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM AMOUNTS- In providing financial assistance under this section, the President shall ensure that the amount of financial assistance made available to a State (including amounts made available to local governments of the State) for a fiscal year--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) is not less than the lesser of--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) $575,000; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) the amount that is equal to 1 percent of the total funds appropriated to carry out this section for the fiscal year; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) does not exceed the amount that is equal to 15 percent of the total funds appropriated to carry out this section for the fiscal year.’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Authorization of Appropriations- Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to read as follows:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(m) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) $16210,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) $17220,000,000 for fiscal year 2010; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) $18230,000,000 for fiscal year 2011; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) $19240,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) $2050,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in section 204(b) (42 U.S.C. 5134(b)), by striking ‘Director’ and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in section 303(b) (42 U.S.C. 5144(b)), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in section 326(c)(3) (42 U.S.C. 5165d(c)(3)), by striking ‘Director’ and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) in section 404(b) (42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) in section 406 (42 U.S.C. 5172), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) in section 602(a) (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a))--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘Director’ and inserting ‘Administrator’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(7) ADMINISTRATOR- The term ‘Administrator’ means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) in sections 603 through 613 (42 U.S.C. 5195b et seq.), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) in sections 616 and 621 (42 U.S.C. 5196f and 5197), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) in section 622 (42 U.S.C. 5197a)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘Director’ and inserting ‘Administrator’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in subsection (c)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) by striking ‘Director’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) by striking ‘Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’;CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) in sections 623 and 624 (42 U.S.C. 5197b and 5197c), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) in section 629 (42 U.S.C. 5197h), by striking ‘Director’ each place it appears and inserting ‘Administrator’.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink