II 109th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 805 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Offshore Infrastructure Emergency Relief Act of 2005 .

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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.