[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 280 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 280

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to provide that the definition of ``local government'' 
  includes certain nonprofit camp meeting associations that maintain 
               public facilities, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 26 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

 Mr. Lautenberg (for himself and Mr. Bradley) 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 amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to provide that the definition of ``local government'' 
  includes certain nonprofit camp meeting associations that maintain 
               public facilities, 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. DEFINITION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

    Section 102(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(6)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``government' means (A) any'' and inserting 
        the following: ``government'--
                    ``(A) means any'';
            (2) by striking ``organization, and (B) includes any'' and 
        inserting the following: ``organization; and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) any'';
            (3) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) any nonprofit camp meeting 
                        association, in existence on the date of 
                        enactment of this clause, that maintains 1 or 
                        more public facilities.''.
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