[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7218 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7218

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management 
performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective 
    response to the catastrophic incidents, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2008

 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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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 to provide for domestic preparedness and collective 
    response to the catastrophic incidents, 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. 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 establish 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 to address domestic 
preparedness and collective response to a catastrophic incident.
    ``(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 amount 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) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the program $535,000,000 for fiscal year 
2009, $680,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $815,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2011. Such sums shall remain available until expended.
    ``(e) Catastrophic Incident Defined.--In this section the term 
`catastrophic incident' has the meaning given such term in section 
501(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311(3)).''.

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 emergency operations centers for 
domestic preparedness and collective response to a catastrophic 
incident.
    ``(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.
    ``(c) Catastrophic Incident Defined.--In this section the term 
`catastrophic incident' has the meaning given such term in section 
501(3) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 311(3)).''.
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