[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2335 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2335

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
      Assistance Act to provide adequate case management services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2007

 Ms. Landrieu introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
      Assistance Act to provide adequate case management services.

    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 ``Case Management Services Improvement 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--Section 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189d) is amended by 
striking ``qualified private organizations'' and inserting ``nonprofit 
or faith-based organizations with experience in case management 
services''.
    (b) Applicability.--Section 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189d), as amended by 
this Act, shall apply to any major disaster (as that term is defined in 
section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) declared on or after January 1, 2005.
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