[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1413 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1413

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to impose a limitation on State eligibility for major 
disaster and emergency assistance to ensure that States repay loans and 
                     advances made under that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 1995

   Mr. Peterson of Florida introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to impose a limitation on State eligibility for major 
disaster and emergency assistance to ensure that States repay loans and 
                     advances made under that Act.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR MAJOR DISASTER AND EMERGENCY 
              ASSISTANCE.

    Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141-5164) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 322. LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) In General.--A State shall not be eligible for assistance 
under this Act, other than essential assistance under section 402, if--
            ``(1) the State has received a loan or advance under 
        section 319 and the State is not in compliance with the 
        repayment terms of such loan or advance; and
            ``(2) the State has enacted, in the 2-year period preceding 
        the date of application for such assistance, laws that have 
        reduced or are likely to reduce annual tax revenues received by 
        the State by 1 percent or more.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The President shall issue regulations to carry 
out this section.
    ``(c) Applicability.--This section shall not preclude a State from 
receiving assistance under this Act for a major disaster or emergency 
occurring before the date of the enactment of this Act.''.
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