[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 983 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 983

     To amend The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to provide disaster assistance for costs of operation of 
               a transit system during a major disaster.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 1993

Mr. Lipinski (for himself, Mr. Dellums, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Blackwell) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to provide disaster assistance for costs of operation of 
               a transit system during a major disaster.

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

SECTION 1. DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSIT SYSTEM OPERATIONS.

    (a) Contributions.--Section 406(a)(1) of The Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(a)(1)) is 
amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: ``and for 
revenue lost due to the inability of the State or local government to 
operate a transit system as a result of the major disaster''.
    (b) Community Disaster Loans.--The first sentence of section 417(a) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5184(a)) is amended by inserting before the 
comma the following: ``(including losses associated with the operation 
of a transit system)''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to a 
major disaster occurring on or after January 1, 1989.

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