[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1486 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1486

  To provide relocation assistance in connection with flooding in the 
                    Midwest, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 22 (legislative day, September 7), 1993

Mr. Harkin (for himself, Mr. Daschle, and Mr. Grassley) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide relocation assistance in connection with flooding in the 
                    Midwest, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Cost Effective 
Relocation Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION.

    (a) Federal Share.--Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended by 
striking ``50 percent'' and inserting ``75 percent''.
    (b) Total Contributions.--Section 404 of such Act is further 
amended by striking ``10 percent'' and inserting ``15 percent''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to any major disaster declared on or after June 10, 1993.

SEC. 3. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IN CONNECTION WITH MIDWEST FLOODING.

    (a) Increase in Federal Share.--In providing hazard mitigation 
assistance under section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act in connection with flooding in the Midwest 
occurring in the 1-year period beginning on April 13, 1993, the 
President, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, may contribute 90 percent of the cost of relocation 
projects which meet the requirements of subsection (b).
    (b) Terms and Conditions.--A relocation project shall be eligible 
for funding under subsection (a) only if--
            (1) the recipient of such funding is an eligible applicant 
        under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program established under 
        section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act;
            (2) the recipient of such funding enters into an agreement 
        with the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
        under which the recipient provides assurances that--
                    (A) properties acquired under the project will be 
                dedicated in perpetuity to uses which are compatible 
                with accepted flood plain management practices; and
                    (B) new structures will not be erected on the flood 
                plain other than (i) public facilities which are open 
                on all sides and functionally related to a designated 
                open space, (ii) rest rooms, and (iii) structures which 
                are approved prior to construction in writing by the 
                Director; and
            (3) the recipient of such funding demonstrates that 
        relocation assistance is unavailable from other sources.
    (c) Funding.--For the purpose of funding relocation projects under 
subsection (a), the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
is authorized to waive the limitation on total contributions for hazard 
mitigation measures established by section 404 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as amended by 
this Act, except that in no case may such contributions exceed 10 
percent of the estimated total amount of Federal disaster assistance to 
be provided under such Act in connection with flooding described in 
subsection (a).

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