[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4517 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4517

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to restore Federal aid for the repair, restoration, and 
   replacement of private nonprofit educational facilities that are 
               damaged or destroyed by a major disaster.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 2005

Mr. Meek of Florida (for himself, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. 
  Jindal, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Ms. Corrine 
Brown of Florida, Ms. Kilpatrick of Michigan, Mr. Owens, Mr. Payne, and 
  Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida) 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 restore Federal aid for the repair, restoration, and 
   replacement of private nonprofit educational facilities that are 
               damaged or destroyed by a major disaster.

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

SECTION 1. REPAIR, RESTORATION, AND REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED PRIVATE 
              NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 406(a)(3)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) is 
amended by inserting ``education,'' after ``communications,''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to a major disaster declaration made on or after 
August 28, 2005.
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