[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4324 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4324

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster mitigation program, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2005

  Mr. Shuster (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Young of Alaska, and Mr. 
  Oberstar) 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 reauthorize the predisaster mitigation program, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Predisaster Mitigation Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

    Section 203(m) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended by striking 
``December 31, 2005'' and inserting ``September 30, 2008''.

SEC. 3. STUDY REGARDING COST REDUCTION.

    Section 209 of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 5121 
note; 114 Stat. 1571) is amended by striking ``3 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``September 30, 2007''.
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