[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1746 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1746

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster mitigation program of 
                the Federal Emergency Management Agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 26, 2009

  Mr. Oberstar (for himself, Mr. Mica, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Mario Diaz-
Balart 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 reauthorize the pre-disaster mitigation program of 
                the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

    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 
2009''.

SEC. 2. PRE-DISASTER 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; or
                            ``(ii) the amount that is equal to one 
                        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 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 2010, 2011, and 2012.''.
    (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 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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