[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3804 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3804

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to make beach nourishment projects eligible for 
  inclusion in mitigation plans and for hazard mitigation assistance.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2004

 Mr. Brown of South Carolina 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 beach nourishment projects eligible for 
  inclusion in mitigation plans and for hazard mitigation assistance.

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

SECTION 1. MITIGATION PLANNING.

    Section 322 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(f) Eligibility of Beach Nourishment Projects.--Beach nourishment 
projects that meet such standards as the Secretary of the Army may 
establish shall be eligible for inclusion in a mitigation plan as an 
action to mitigate hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities identified under 
a mitigation plan developed under this section.''.

SEC. 2. HAZARD MITIGATION.

    Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Eligibility of Beach Nourishment Projects.--Beach nourishment 
projects that meet such standards as the Secretary of the Army may 
establish shall be treated for purposes of this section as hazard 
mitigation measures which are cost effective and substantially reduce 
the risk of future damage, hardship, loss or suffering in an area 
affected by a major disaster and shall be eligible for assistance under 
this section.''.
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