[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3032 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3032

    To assist State and local governments in recovering from recent 
                               disasters.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 1996

  Mr. Kanjorski (for himself, Mr. McDade, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Coyne, Mr. 
  Gekas, Mr. Holden, Mr. McHale, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Mascara, and Mr. 
    Doyle) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
    Committee on Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To assist State and local governments in recovering from recent 
                               disasters.

    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 ``Fiscal Year 1996 Disaster Recovery 
Flexibility Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER AUTHORITY.

    Except as provided in section 3 and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development may 
waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of any 
statute or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection with 
the obligation by the Secretary or the use by any recipient of any 
funds or loan guarantees appropriated or made available to the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development for fiscal year 1996, but 
only upon a finding by the Secretary that such waiver--
            (1) is required to facilitate the obligation or use of such 
        funds or guarantees for activities in an area for which the 
        President has declared a major disaster under the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and
            (2) would not be inconsistent with the overall purposes of 
        the statute or regulation.
Any such waiver shall apply only to such funds or guarantees that are 
used for activities in such a disaster area.

SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS.

    The Secretary may not waive or specify alternative requirements 
under this Act for any requirements of any statute or regulation 
relating to fair housing or nondiscrimination, the environment, or 
labor standards.
                                 <all>