[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2027 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2027

To make emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for fiscal 
 year 1993 to provide disaster assistance for areas of Florida damaged 
                          by Hurricane Andrew.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1993

  Mrs. Meek introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
To make emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers for fiscal 
 year 1993 to provide disaster assistance for areas of Florida damaged 
                          by Hurricane Andrew.

    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 ``Hurricane Andrew Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1993''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide emergency supplemental 
appropriations for fiscal year 1993:

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                      Farmers Home Administration

                 rural housing for domestic farm labor

    For an additional amount for ``Rural housing for domestic farm 
labor'' for the cost of repair and replacement of uninsured losses 
resulting from Hurricane Andrew in the southern portion of Dade County, 
Florida, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    The Congress hereby designates the entire such amount as an 
emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Such amount shall be available only to the extent of a specific 
dollar amount for such purpose that is included in an official budget 
request submitted by the President to the Congress and that is 
designated as an emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

                  Economic Development Administration

                economic development assistance programs

    For an additional amount for ``Economic development assistance 
programs'' pursuant to the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), to be used for grants to the State of 
Florida and local communities in recovering from the consequences of 
Hurricane Andrew, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    The Congress hereby designates the entire such amount as an 
emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Such amount shall be available only to the extent of a specific 
dollar amount for such purpose that is included in an official budget 
request submitted by the President to the Congress and that is 
designated as an emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

       Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

                 alcohol, drug abuse, and mental health

    For an additional amount for ``Alcohol, drug abuse, and mental 
health'', $20,300,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
amount $16,200,000 shall be available for the continuation of post-
Hurricane Andrew mental health and substance abuse treatment programs 
in Dade County, Florida, $2,500,000 shall be available for a 
comprehensive multidisciplinary drug research, education, and training 
center in the Homestead, Florida, area to carry out a combined 
treatment and assessment program during a 3-year period, and $1,600,000 
shall be available for residential psychiatric services for children in 
the Homestead, Florida, area.
    The Congress hereby designates the entire such amount as an 
emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Such amount shall be available only to the extent of a specific 
dollar amount for such purpose that is included in an official budget 
request submitted by the President to the Congress and that is 
designated as an emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                               Impact Aid

    For an additional amount for ``Impact Aid'' for carrying out 
disaster assistance activities authorized by section 7 of Public Law 
81-874 (20 U.S.C. 241-1) with respect to the Dade County, Florida, 
public schools, $38,000,000, to remain available until expended.
    The Congress hereby designates the entire such amount as an 
emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    Such amount shall be available only to the extent of a specific 
dollar amount for such purpose that is included in an official budget 
request submitted by the President to the Congress and that is 
designated as an emergency requirement for all purposes of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
    The Secretary may waive or modify any requirement of law or 
regulation (except requirements relating to civil rights, 
discrimination, or safety) that the Secretary determines is necessary 
in order to provide such disaster assistance as efficiently and 
expeditiously as possible. Any waiver or modification under the 
preceding sentence with respect to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 shall 
be limited to requirements for the matching of Federal funds, 
maintenance of effort, and the time period for the obligation of 
Federal funds, and may be made only if the recipient demonstrates to 
the satisfaction of the Secretary in its written application that such 
requirements impose a demonstrable barrier to the progress of the 
recipient in overcoming the effects of Hurricane Andrew.

              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

                            Housing Programs

                  home investment partnerships program

                          (transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for the ``HOME investment partnerships 
program'' for use only in areas of Florida damaged by Hurricane Andrew, 
$82,200,000, to remain available until expended, and to be derived by 
transfer of $62,000,000 from the amount made available by the 1st 
paragraph under the heading ``Annual contributions for assisted 
housing'' in Public Law 102-368 (106 Stat. 1157) and by transfer of 
$20,200,000 from the amount made available by the 2d paragraph under 
such heading in such Public Law.
    In administering such funds, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive any provision of any statute or regulation 
administered by the Secretary (except requirements relating to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, the environment, or labor standards) if the 
Secretary finds that the waiver is required to facilitate the 
obligation or use of the funds and is consistent with the general 
purposes of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et 
seq.).
    The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall not, as a 
condition of assisting a participating jurisdiction with such funds, 
require any contribution by or in behalf of such jurisdiction, 
notwithstanding section 220 of the HOME Investment Partnerships Act (42 
U.S.C. 12750).

                   Community Planning and Development

                      community development grants

                          (transfer of funds)

    For an additional amount for ``Community development grants'' for 
use only in Dade County, the City of Homestead, and Florida City, 
Florida, $54,800,000, to remain available until expended, and to be 
derived by transfer from the amount made available by the 2d paragraph 
under the heading ``Annual contributions for assisted housing'' in 
Public Law 102-368 (106 Stat. 1157).
    In administering such funds, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive any provision of any statute or regulation 
administered by the Secretary (except requirements relating to fair 
housing, nondiscrimination, the environment, or labor standards) if the 
Secretary finds that the waiver is required to facilitate the 
obligation or use of the funds and is consistent with the general 
purposes of title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.).

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