[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 805 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 805

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to allow the area of a Presidentially declared disaster 
                to include the outer Continental Shelf.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 14, 2005

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to allow the area of a Presidentially declared disaster 
                to include the outer Continental Shelf.

    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 ``Offshore Infrastructure Emergency 
Relief Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTER AREA MAY INCLUDE THE OUTER 
              CONTINENTAL SHELF.

    (a) In General.--Section 102(3) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(3)) is amended by 
inserting ``, and includes the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in 
section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331(a))'' after ``Islands''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to--
            (1) declarations made after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, or
            (2) modifications made after such date with respect to 
        declarations made after December 31, 2003.
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