[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5690 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5690

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve 
 industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster 
                              assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2002

Mr. Waxman (for himself and Mr. Sherman) 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 make private, nonprofit medical facilities that serve 
 industry specific clients eligible for hazard mitigation and disaster 
                              assistance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 102(9) of 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(9)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: ``and includes a facility that (A) provides 
medical services to a specific occupational or industry segment of the 
general public, and (B) is operated by an organization described in 
subsection (c) or (d) of section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 (26 U.S.C. 501) and exempt from taxation under subsection (a) of 
such section.''.
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