[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1384 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1384

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to expand the definition of the term ``major disaster'' 
 to include an application of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 that 
                    causes severe economic hardship.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2001

Mr. Smith of Oregon 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 expand the definition of the term ``major disaster'' 
 to include an application of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 that 
                    causes severe economic hardship.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITION OF MAJOR DISASTER.

    Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``means any natural'' and inserting the 
        following: ``means--
                    ``(A) any natural'';
            (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; 
        and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) any application of the Endangered Species Act 
                of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) that, in the 
                determination of the President, causes economic 
                hardship of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
                warrant major disaster assistance under this Act.''.
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