[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 1632 Referred in House (RFH)]

  2d Session
                                S. 1632


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 2002

     Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act to extend the deadline for submission of State 
    recommendations of local governments to receive assistance for 
predisaster hazard mitigation and to authorize the President to provide 
      additional repair assistance to individuals and households.

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

SECTION 1. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF STATE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 
              PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

    Section 203(d)(1)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(d)(1)(B)) is amended by 
striking ``not later than'' and all that follows and inserting the 
following: ``not later than--
                            ``(i) in the case of fiscal year 2002, 60 
                        days after the date on which funds are made 
                        available to carry out the program established 
                        under this section; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of each fiscal year 
                        thereafter, October 1 or such later date as the 
                        President may determine.''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REPAIR ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS.

    Section 408(c)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(c)(2)) is amended by striking 
subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:
                    ``(B) Initial assistance.--
                            ``(i) Relationship to other assistance.--A 
                        recipient of initial assistance described in 
                        subparagraph (A) shall not be required to show 
                        that the need for the initial assistance cannot 
                        be met through other means, except that a 
                        recipient shall be required to show that the 
                        need cannot be met through insurance proceeds.
                            ``(ii) Maximum amount of initial 
                        assistance.--The amount of initial assistance 
                        provided to a household under this subparagraph 
                        shall not exceed $5,000, as adjusted annually 
                        to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index 
                        for All Urban Consumers published by the 
                        Department of Labor.
                    ``(C) Additional assistance.--Subject to subsection 
                (h), the President may provide additional repair 
                assistance to an individual or household that is unable 
                to complete the repairs described in subparagraph 
                (A)(i) through use of insurance proceeds, loans, or 
                other means, including assistance from the Small 
                Business Administration.''.

            Passed the Senate October 15, 2002.

            Attest:

                                                  JERI THOMSON,

                                                             Secretary.