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                                                 Union Calendar No. 203
110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2775

                          [Report No. 110-322]

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management 
              performance grants, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2007

  Mr. Oberstar (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

                           September 10, 2007

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management 
              performance grants, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Subtitle B of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5197 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 630. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall continue implementation of an 
emergency management performance grants program (in this section 
referred to as the `program') to carry out the provisions of this title 
and section 201.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Federal Share.--Except as otherwise specifically 
provided by this Act, the Federal share of the cost of an activity 
carried out using funds made available under the program shall not 
exceed 50 percent.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(c) Apportionment.--For fiscal year 2009, and each 
fiscal year thereafter, the Administrator shall apportion the amounts 
appropriated to carry out the program among the States as 
follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(1) Baseline amount.--The Administrator shall 
        first apportion 0.25 percent of such amounts to each of 
        American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
        Islands, Guam, and the Virgin Islands and 0.75 of such amount 
        to each of the remaining States.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) Remainder.--The Administrator shall 
        apportion the remainder of such amounts in the ratio that--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) the population of each State; bears 
                to</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) the population of all 
                States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the program $400,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2009, $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $500,000,000 
for fiscal year 2011. Such sums shall remain available until 
expended.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 
              CENTERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c) is amended to read as 
follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``SEC. 614. CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS 
              CENTERS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    ``(a) Grants.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency may make grants to States under this title for 
equipping, upgrading, and constructing emergency operations 
centers.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Federal Share.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of this title, the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out 
using amounts from grants made under this section shall not exceed 75 
percent.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS.

    Subtitle B of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5197 et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 630. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE GRANTS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall continue implementation of an emergency 
management performance grants program (in this section referred to as 
the `program') to carry out the provisions of this title and section 
201.
    ``(b) Federal Share.--Except as otherwise specifically provided by 
this Act, the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out 
using funds made available under the program shall not exceed 50 
percent.
    ``(c) Apportionment.--For fiscal year 2009, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Administrator shall apportion the amounts appropriated 
to carry out the program among the States as follows:
            ``(1) Baseline amount.--The Administrator shall first 
        apportion 0.25 percent of such amounts to each of American 
        Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, 
        and the Virgin Islands and 0.75 of such amounts to each of the 
        remaining States.
            ``(2) Remainder.--The Administrator shall apportion the 
        remainder of such amounts in the ratio that--
                    ``(A) the population of each State; bears to
                    ``(B) the population of all States.
    ``(d) Minimum Apportionment.--If the total amount appropriated to 
carry out the program for a fiscal year equals or exceeds $200,000,000, 
no State shall receive an apportionment under subsection (c) for the 
fiscal year that is less than the amount that the State received in 
emergency management performance grants for fiscal year 2007.
    ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the program $450,000,000 for fiscal year 
2009, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $550,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2011. Such sums shall remain available until expended.''.

SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS.

    Section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 614. CONSTRUCTION OF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTERS.

    ``(a) Grants.--The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency may make grants to States under this title for 
equipping, upgrading, and constructing State and local emergency 
operations centers.
    ``(b) Federal Share.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, the Federal share of the cost of an activity carried out using 
amounts from grants made under this section shall not exceed 75 
percent.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 203

110th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2775

                          [Report No. 110-322]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management 
              performance grants, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 10, 2007

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed