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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2704 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 13, 2007 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself and Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To give the consent of Congress to an agreement or compact between Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas for the purpose of establishing an all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery plan, and for other purposes.

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SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the Gulf Coast All-Hazard Readiness Act of 2007.

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CONSENT OF CONGRESS

(a)

Consent

The consent of Congress is given to any number of the Gulf Coast States to negotiate and enter into an agreement or compact that meets the following requirements: (1)The agreement or compact is consented to by the legislatures of each of the participating Gulf Coast States through legislation enacted not later than December 31, 2010. (2)The agreement or compact is entered into primarily for the purpose of establishing a plan for all-hazard mitigation, readiness, response, and recovery. (3)The agreement or compact establishes a multi-state all-hazard fund generated by participating Gulf Coast States to be utilized when a disaster affects those States. (4)The agreement or compact requires each of the participating Gulf Coast States to appoint a commissioner to organize the operation, management, and disbursement of the multi-state all-hazard fund in coordination with the other commissioners. (5)The agreement or compact prohibits participating Gulf Coast States from taking an action prohibited by Federal law at the time of such action. (b)

Gulf Coast States Defined

As used in this section, the term Gulf Coast States means Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.