I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1746 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act of 2009.

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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.