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        <fullName>Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, in a major disaster, to utilize federal equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other non-monetary resources to assist a qualified utility company (a private, for-profit entity that provides essential service and is contributing to efforts to recover from the effects of a major disaster), in exchange for reasonable compensation. Directs the President to establish a mechanism to set reasonable compensation for the provision of such assistance.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>A bill to authorize the President to utilize Federal equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other non-monetary resources to assist utility companies that contribute to recovery efforts from the effects of a major disaster.</title>
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