[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 383 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 383

 To require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
 provide funds for compensation for expenses incurred by the State of 
  New York, Nassau County and Suffolk County, New York, and New York 
 City, New York, as a result of the crash of flight 800 of Trans World 
                               Airlines.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 1997

  Mr. D'Amato 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 require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
 provide funds for compensation for expenses incurred by the State of 
  New York, Nassau County and Suffolk County, New York, and New York 
 City, New York, as a result of the crash of flight 800 of Trans World 
                               Airlines.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT TO THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the limitation under subsection (b), 
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (referred to in 
this section as the ``Director'') shall pay, from funds available to 
the Director, to the State of New York an amount determined by the 
Director, in consultation with the units of government referred to in 
paragraphs (1) through (3), to be equal to the aggregate amount of the 
expenses incurred (but not reimbursed by the Federal Government under 
other law) as a result of the crash of flight 800 of Trans World 
Airlines on July 17, 1996, off the coast of Long Island, New York, by--
            (1) the State of New York;
            (2) Nassau County and Suffolk County, New York; and
            (3) New York City, New York.
    (b) Limitation.--The total amount paid by the Director to the State 
of New York under subsection (a) shall not exceed $20,000,000.

SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.

    (a) Distribution by State of New York.--The Governor of the State 
of New York (in this section referred to as the ``Governor'') shall use 
the amount paid to the State of New York under section 1--
            (1) as reimbursement for expenses incurred by the State as 
        a result of the crash referred to in section 1(a); and
            (2) to make payments to the units of government specified 
        in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1(a).
    (b) Requests for Compensation.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Solicitation of requests.--The Governor shall 
                solicit requests for compensation for expenses referred 
                to in section 1(a) from the units of government 
                referred to in subsection (a)(2).
                    (B) Requirements for requests.--Each request made 
                under this subsection shall--
                            (i) be in writing;
                            (ii) contain appropriate documentation; and
                            (iii) be submitted in such form, and in 
                        such manner, as the Governor may specify.
            (2) Delegation of authority.--If the Governor determines 
        that the review of the requests by the Director of Emergency 
        Management of the State of New York is appropriate, the 
        Governor may delegate the review of the requests to the 
        Director of Emergency Management.
            (3) Review of requests.--The Governor or the Director of 
        Emergency Management, as the case may be, shall review each 
        request submitted under paragraph (1).
            (4) Payments.--If, on completion of a review under 
        paragraph (3)--
                    (A) the Governor determines that a request is 
                appropriate and accurate, the Governor shall make a 
                payment under subsection (a)(2) to the unit of 
                government that submitted the request; or
                    (B) the Director of Emergency Management determines 
                that a request is appropriate and accurate, the 
                Director of Emergency Management shall inform the 
                Governor of the results of the review, and the Governor 
                shall make a payment under subsection (a)(2) to the 
                unit of government that submitted the request.
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