[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5650 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5650

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to limit the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or 
   replacement of certain property and to discontinue large in-lieu 
                             contributions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2008

Mr. Miller 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 limit the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or 
   replacement of certain property and to discontinue large in-lieu 
                             contributions.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN PROPERTY.

    Section 406(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting 
        ``Except as provided in paragraph (4), the''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Limitation on certain property.--The President may 
        not contribute Federal funds to a State or local government or 
        private nonprofit organization for the repair, restoration, 
        reconstruction, or replacement of real property, donated to a 
        State or local government or private nonprofit organization, 
        that the Director determines is not critical to the public 
        welfare.''.

SEC. 2. DISCONTINUE LARGE IN-LIEU CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act is amended by striking subsection (c).
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