[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4324 Referred in Senate (RFS)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4324


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 12, 2005

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
     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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 2005.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.