[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4237 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4237

To ensure that local governments can function in the case of a declared 
                      emergency or major disaster.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 4, 2005

Mr. Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To ensure that local governments can function in the case of a declared 
                      emergency or major disaster.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preservation of Local Government 
Act''.

SEC. 2. LOCAL RECOVERY.

    Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170a et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 424 the following:

``SEC. 425. LOCAL RECOVERY.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal 
law, the President, acting through the Director, may provide an 
eligible local government with financial assistance to enable such 
government to pay all or part of the expenses necessary to pay its 
local public employees. The Director may provide such assistance for a 
period of up to 6 months, or longer if the Director determines that 
such local government is unable to generate enough revenue to pay such 
expenses.
    ``(b) Eligibility.--For a local government to be eligible to 
receive assistance under this section, such government shall--
            ``(1) be located in an area declared as an emergency or 
        major disaster; and
            ``(2) certify to the Director that it is unable to generate 
        enough revenue to pay expenses referred to in subsection 
        (a).''.
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