[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 6109 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6109

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster hazard mitigation 
                    program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2008

   Mr. Oberstar (for himself, Mr. Mica, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Graves) 
 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 reauthorize the pre-disaster hazard mitigation 
                    program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. PRE-DISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

    (a) Allocation of Funds.--Section 203(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(f)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Allocation of Funds.--
            ``(1) Base amount.--The amount of financial assistance made 
        available to a State (including amounts made available to local 
        governments of the State) under this section for a fiscal 
        year--
                    ``(A) shall be not less than the lesser of--
                            ``(i) $575,000; or
                            ``(ii) the amount that is equal to 1.0 
                        percent of the total funds appropriated to 
                        carry out this section for the fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) shall be subject to the criteria specified in 
                subsection (g).
            ``(2) Competitive program.--Other than the amounts 
        described in paragraph (1), financial assistance made available 
        to a State (including amounts made available to local 
        governments of the State) under this section shall be awarded 
        on a competitive basis subject to the criteria in subsection 
        (g).
            ``(3) Maximum amount.--The amount of financial assistance 
        made available to a State (including amounts made available to 
        local governments of the State) for a fiscal year shall not 
        exceed 15 percent of the total amount of funds appropriated to 
        carry out this section for the fiscal year.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 203(m) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2009, 2010, and 2011.''.
    (c) References.--Section 203 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is 
amended--
            (1) in the section heading by striking ``predisaster'' and 
        inserting ``pre-disaster'';
            (2) in the subsection heading for subsection (i) by 
        striking ``Predisaster'' and inserting ``Pre-Disaster'';
            (3) by striking ``Predisaster'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``Pre-Disaster''; and
            (4) by striking ``predisaster'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``pre-disaster''.
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