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                                                      Calendar No. 1040
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3175

                          [Report No. 110-479]

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation 
   program, to make technical corrections to that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 20 (legislative day, June 19), 2008

Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. Akaka) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
               Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

           September 22 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

               Reported by Mr. Lieberman, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through 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 reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation 
   program, to make technical corrections to that Act, 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 ``Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

    (a) Allocation of Funds.--Section 203(f) of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(f)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Allocation of Funds.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall award financial 
        assistance under this section on a competitive basis and in 
        accordance with the criteria in subsection (g).
            ``(2) Minimum and maximum amounts.--In providing financial 
        assistance under this section, the President shall ensure that 
        the amount of financial assistance made available to a State 
        (including amounts made available to local governments of the 
        State) for a fiscal year--
                    ``(A) is not less than the lesser of--
                            ``(i) $575,000; and
                            ``(ii) the amount that is equal to 1 
                        percent of the total funds appropriated to 
                        carry out this section for the fiscal year; and
                    ``(B) does not exceed the amount that is equal to 
                15 percent of the total funds appropriated to carry out 
                this section for the fiscal year.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 203(m) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5133(m)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
        <DELETED>    ``(1) $160,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(2) $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(3) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.</DELETED>
            ``(1) $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2009;
            ``(2) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
            ``(3) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
            ``(4) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2012; and
            ``(5) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.''.

SEC. 3. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 204(b) (42 U.S.C. 5134(b)), by striking 
        ``Director'' and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (2) in section 303(b) (42 U.S.C. 5144(b)), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (3) in section 326(c)(3) (42 U.S.C. 5165d(c)(3)), by 
        striking ``Director'' and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (4) in section 404(b) (42 U.S.C. 5170c(b)), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (5) in section 406 (42 U.S.C. 5172), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (6) in section 602(a) (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a))--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Director'' and 
                inserting ``Administrator''; and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(7) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.'';
            (7) in sections 603 through 613 (42 U.S.C. 5195b et seq.), 
        by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (8) in sections 616 and 621 (42 U.S.C. 5196f and 5197), by 
        striking ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator'';
            (9) in section 622 (42 U.S.C. 5197a)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``Director'' 
                each place it appears and inserting ``Administrator'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``Director'' and 
                inserting ``Administrator''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by striking ``Director'' the first 
                        place it appears and inserting 
                        ``Administrator''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``Director of the Federal 
                        Emergency Management Agency'' each place it 
                        appears and inserting ``Administrator'';
            (10) in sections 623 and 624 (42 U.S.C. 5197b and 5197c), 
        by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator''; and
            (11) in section 629 (42 U.S.C. 5197h), by striking 
        ``Director'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Administrator''.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.

    Section 203(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(e)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Flood control projects.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A State may use not more than 25 
                percent of the financial assistance under this section 
                made available to the State in a fiscal year (including 
                any such financial assistance made available to local 
                governments of the State) for flood control projects.
                    ``(B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                `flood control project'--
                            ``(i) means--
                                    ``(I) a project relating to the 
                                construction, demolition, repair, or 
                                improvement of a dam, dike, levee, 
                                floodwall, seawall, groin, jetty, or 
                                breakwater;
                                    ``(II) a waterway channelization; 
                                or
                                    ``(III) an erosion project relating 
                                to beach nourishment or renourishment; 
                                and
                            ``(ii) does not include any project the 
                        maintenance of which is the responsibility of a 
                        Federal department or agency, including the 
                        Corps of Engineers.''.
                                                      Calendar No. 1040

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3175

                          [Report No. 110-479]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation 
   program, to make technical corrections to that Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

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           September 22 (legislative day, September 17), 2008

                        Reported with amendments