1.This Act may be cited as the Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Enhancement Act of 2009
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Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Major disaster and emergency assistance administration
Sec. 101. Pre-disaster hazard mitigation.
Sec. 102. Health benefits for temporary employees.
Sec. 103. Disposal of excess property to assist other disaster survivors.
Sec. 104. National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.
Sec. 105. Disaster Relief Fund.
Title II—Major disaster and emergency assistance programs
Sec. 201. Additional mitigation assistance.
Sec. 202. Temporary mortgage and rental payments.
Sec. 203. Clarification of grant authority.
Sec. 204. Case management services.
Sec. 205. Household pets and service animals.
Sec. 206. Storage, sale, transfer, and disposal of housing units.
Sec. 207. Other methods of disposal.
Sec. 208. Establishment of criteria relating to administration of hazard mitigation assistance by States.
Sec. 209. Use of financial assistance to disseminate information regarding cost-effective mitigation technologies.
Title III—Other matters
Sec. 301. Emergency management assistance compact grants.
Sec. 302. Authority to accept and use gifts.
Sec. 303. Individual assistance factors.
Sec. 304. Technical corrections to references.
Sec. 305. Functions of Federal coordinating officer.
Sec. 306. Federal interagency disaster recovery task force.
Sec. 307. Debris removal.
Sec. 308. Review of regulations and policies.
Sec. 309. Appeals process.
Sec. 310. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities.
Sec. 311. Special procedures for widespread damage.
<enum>I</enum><header>Major disaster and emergency assistance administration</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFEC2F1AD3C7B4A83A71BF8492BAFF39C"><enum>101.</enum><header>Pre-disaster hazard mitigation</header>
<subsection id="H654CEE809523402CAFE2F65A40EADBEB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text>
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<subsection id="HEEF3047D27954F8EA504971609E582C8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header>
<paragraph id="HBC0A46E0326045D99A5F3E0AE00F7E89"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall award financial assistance under this section on a competitive basis and in accordance with the criteria in subsection (g).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9985EB1AA43C4440A1FBA0A89EAEC449"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum and maximum amounts</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5E054547E0248418715DD944D041479"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not less than the lesser of—</text>
<clause id="HFA13FC27C5A445BAA4189E771F5BD1F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$575,000; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H787F0BEC62A542CEBC4D34827AD185E8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount that is equal to one percent of the total funds appropriated to carry out this section for the fiscal year; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB9EF3517C19A454CA8A6742B3FF3C028"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HDAE84D4E37864571925DDE03FC4E870C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203(m) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H2E3580DFDF304CDF804051A3F8E55F56"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HCE7241D49BBB438997D880FC619D9C10"><enum>(c)</enum><header>References</header><text>Section 203 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H11C037D7A3B246B9A8D77428531F0BA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Predisaster</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Pre-Disaster</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0CE9C4F7DDD64458B02CD663DE04B0B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the subsection heading for subsection (i) by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Predisaster</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Pre-Disaster</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DFEE036840846A4B776BBC879DC0AD7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Predisaster</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Pre-Disaster</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCFC3A8A30F424E089496E22A158C0E29"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>predisaster</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>pre-disaster</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HDD170A7325A34C919D4D1FF8221798D9"><enum>102.</enum><header>Health benefits for temporary employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5149) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HA7F5220B47C840B290F32A975EE48B3B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Health benefits</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBF8227C6D85C415EA1A4E24FC3777E84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any provision of title 5, United States Code, or related regulations limiting or prohibiting the provision of health benefits for temporary or intermittent employees, personnel appointed under subsection (b)(1) shall be eligible to enroll in the Federal Employees Health Benefits plan or any successor health benefits plan approved and administered by the Office of Personnel Management under terms and conditions set by the agency appointing the temporary personnel.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCBBE7EA6A66D4A6186A65CE1D1092CE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the implementation of this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H684730908405488C9D05BAF672F5B408" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Disposal of excess property to assist other disaster survivors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HE88A6E22B1DC4C58B9B74A5B7F958991"><enum>327.</enum><header>Disposal of excess materials, supplies, and equipment</header>
<subsection id="HD9D317237C59448C9311C0CBA151B5D6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the President determines that materials, supplies, or equipment acquired by the President pursuant to title IV or V for response or recovery efforts in connection with a major disaster or emergency is in excess of the amount needed for those efforts, the President may transfer the excess materials, supplies, or equipment, by sale, at a price that is fair and equitable, directly to a State, local government, or relief or disaster assistance organization for the purpose of—</text>
<paragraph id="H686DA072A1034809BE1A3B8337FB1A38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assisting disaster survivors in other major disasters and emergencies; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE291CF471237406C903A17D3342F845A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assisting survivors in incidents caused by a hazard that do not result in a declaration of a major disaster or emergency if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02C836AA6D084A528773E31868A973EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governor of the affected State certifies that—</text>
<clause id="H1C1DBD68084E49CF829261744B895279"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there is an urgent need for the materials, supplies, or equipment; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEE8C15E8F61D451C91F2C0ECE5783D87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State is unable to provide the materials, supplies, or equipment in a timely manner; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB107A5C874414091BFA3A59C5E14C046"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President determines that the materials, supplies, or equipment is not readily available from commercial sources, except that this subparagraph shall not apply in the case of a transfer of perishable supplies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H696891F1CD9540858A6EDAD9F68141A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposit of proceeds</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any proceeds received under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the appropriate Disaster Relief Fund account.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCA5E48E706B04731B253036FE33ADC50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Hazard defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>hazard</term> has the meaning given that term by section 602.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="HDFF1FC092D6E404DB78C6D5767453CD7"><enum>104.</enum><header>National Urban Search and Rescue Response System</header>
<subsection id="HE27E2C3607E84569A854DC9D11AF712E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H6722F05671144972B729F6B0A56130D1"><enum>328.</enum><header>National Urban Search and Rescue Response System</header>
<subsection id="H84859428A254450E8936C716BA06AB9E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="HD6EC63ED60BF41AFB54BA474596C3474"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38938AA0D1EC43F2BA496BDAA2BAAD61"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agency</header><text>The term <term>Agency</term> means the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E53E16D11B64A9E84069CB7A470A94E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hazard</header><text>The term <term>hazard</term> has the meaning given that term by section 602.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCAC9E8AE4BED40269D7EDE406B1258A9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Non-employee System member</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘non-employee System member’ means a System member not employed by a sponsoring agency or participating agency.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68884F90F02B42ACA754505C8FFA19AD"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Participating agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>participating agency</term> means a State or local government, nonprofit organization, or private organization that has executed an agreement with a sponsoring agency to participate in the System.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94FF7ADEE71440B2BF8FD8CBA2078E61"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Sponsoring agency</header><text>The term <term>sponsoring agency</term> means a State or local government that is the sponsor of a task force designated by the Administrator to participate in the System.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EB6B91AD2C9416EA2F4A26FFE7694F7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>System</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>System</term> means the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System to be administered under this section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE61B718D99A744569DCB75B7ADB1EB89"><enum>(8)</enum><header>System member</header><text>The term <term>System member</term> means an individual who is not a full-time employee of the Federal Government, who serves on a task force or on a System management or other technical team.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FF4F2E60D224E9992CCD90CA08D2030"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Task force</header><text>The term <term>task force</term> means an urban search and rescue team designated by the Administrator to participate in the System.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1C0B0AE1037E414B98F27877A4483FE6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General authority</header><text>Subject to the requirements of this section, the Administrator shall continue to administer the emergency response system known as the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4022B0F125924F5D8A92318BE2980B06"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Functions</header><text>In administering the System, the Administrator shall provide for a national network of standardized search and rescue resources to assist States and local governments in responding to hazards.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HFBD05443AA9840DAAB013CA6DEFD636D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Task forces</header>
<paragraph id="H1DFB99DA1C4C471590D4094152815150"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Administrator shall designate task forces to participate in the System. The Administrator shall determine the criteria for such participation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD38DFA2AA7A4E0EB4BBD5E7EBAC8903"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sponsoring agencies</header><text>Each task force shall have a sponsoring agency. The Administrator shall enter into an agreement with the sponsoring agency of each task force with respect to the participation of the task force in the System.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5F7E067726D476BAD18F76428AFABC6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Composition</header>
<subparagraph id="HD2B84E0F6E0B4EEBB17196064E6F79B3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Participating agencies</header><text>A task force may include, at the discretion of the sponsoring agency of the task force, one or more participating agencies. The sponsoring agency of a task force shall enter into an agreement with each participating agency of the task force with respect to the participation of the participating agency on the task force.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48D6D3A4437F4293863BE33A315CB8CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other individuals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A task force may also include, at the discretion of the sponsoring agency of the task force, other individuals not otherwise associated with the sponsoring agency or a participating agency of the task force. The sponsoring agency of a task force may enter into a separate agreement with each such individual with respect to the participation of the individual on the task force.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3AF45117576347B3AB2EBBE86AC26F65"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Management and technical teams</header><text>The Administrator shall maintain such management teams and other technical teams as the Administrator determines are necessary to administer the System.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H6D1EAC445C634D178C41FA4040715C61"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appointment of system members into Federal service</header>
<paragraph id="H13123258DD6549C59B36079E9DB26252"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may appoint a System member into Federal service for a period of service to provide for the participation of the System member in exercises, preincident staging, major disaster and emergency response activities, and training events sponsored or sanctioned by the Administrator.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7C98F178B1B469B94B5732F500C53E4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonapplicability of certain civil service laws</header><text>The Administrator may make appointments under paragraph (1) without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD88E8C63FE14AE48CEBDFE398AE01D3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Relationship to other authorities</header><text>The authority of the Administrator to make appointments under this subsection shall not affect any other authority of the Administrator under this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H199E6E14661A43E4BFB8F4B05CA8F103"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A System member who is appointed into Federal service under paragraph (1) shall not be deemed an employee of the United States for purposes other than those specifically set forth in this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD607DABEA7124479BB16546827E269D5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Compensation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H71AED242F5304302A9AA340100D23120"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pay of System members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may impose by regulation, the Administrator shall make payments to the sponsoring agency of a task force—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74D7BD41CC6948F999FCFADE954C5AE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to reimburse each employer of a System member on the task force for compensation paid by the employer to the System member for any period during which the System member is appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H06D90E6F2E1C45B491C7464912F63602"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to make payments directly to a non-employee System member on the task force for any period during which the non-employee System member is appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H641DCCFD514C436B9C2AD95401333F58"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reimbursement for employees filling positions of System members</header>
<subparagraph id="H31BAD11E3C1644DB913DD9C8D628A588"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may impose by regulation, the Administrator shall make payments to the sponsoring agency of a task force to reimburse each employer of a System member on the task force for compensation paid by the employer to an employee filling a position normally filled by the System member for any period during which the System member is appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88AC461FB15D4774850E7DA039498B1F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Costs incurred by an employer shall be eligible for reimbursement under subparagraph (A) only to the extent that the costs are in excess of the costs that would have been incurred by the employer had the System member not been appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF32A1AA5E8F6428A9B9EADF00863157A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Method of payment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A System member shall not be entitled to pay directly from the Agency for a period during which the System member is appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB277B974E9964775AF89FD828A45E142"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Personal injury, illness, disability, or death</header>
<paragraph id="H7A7E55A1F4D74C7FB9BD26D41FE27E8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A System member who is appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1) and who suffers personal injury, illness, disability, or death as a result of a personal injury sustained while acting in the scope of such appointment shall, for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, be treated as though the member were an employee (as defined by section 8101 of that title) who had sustained the injury in the performance of duty.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBCA4BF297CA34D0690C6B2E2EFEDE022"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election of benefits</header>
<subparagraph id="HE4911C67B2484A43883D2C15D5BF3E89"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a System member (or, in the case of the death of the System member, the System member’s dependent) is entitled—</text>
<clause id="HEC6F6373487145C080D7262A1FCF21E6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>under paragraph (1) to receive benefits under subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, by reason of personal injury, illness, disability, or death, and</text></clause>
<clause id="H40FDC68444124B078E6E351152EF42F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to receive benefits from a State or local government by reason of the same personal injury, illness, disability, or death,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">the System member or dependent shall elect to receive either the benefits referred to in clause (i) or (ii).</continuation-text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5242891DCEA741E7935C1E21C4755648"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>A System member or dependent shall make an election of benefits under subparagraph (A) not later than one year after the date of the personal injury, illness, disability, or death that is the reason for the benefits or until such later date as the Secretary of Labor may allow for reasonable cause shown.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F6DA16A41D243C6835A35511126CF35"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect of election</header><text>An election of benefits made under this paragraph is irrevocable unless otherwise provided by law.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1691E6EE66A847C4B091E36F77896A32"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reimbursement for State or local benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may impose by regulation, in the event that a System member or dependent elects benefits from a State or local government under paragraph (2)(A), the Administrator shall reimburse the State or local government for the value of those benefits.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H87CC6B3A2EB34B99BBE2546D06830828"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Liability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A System member appointed into Federal service under subsection (f)(1), while acting within the scope of the appointment, is deemed an employee of the Government under section 1346(b) of title 28, United States Code, and chapter 171 of that title, relating to tort claims procedure.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H22DA6294462C4AF68EAB6D0576CE460F"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Employment and reemployment rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a System member who is not a regular full-time employee of a sponsoring agency or participating agency, the following terms and conditions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H6566EB67D7B6457EA418F07A93E8E144"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Service as a System member shall be deemed <quote>service in the uniformed services</quote> for purposes of chapter 43 of title 38, United States Code, relating to employment and reemployment rights of individuals who have performed service in the uniformed services (regardless of whether the individual receives compensation for such participation). All rights and obligations of such persons and procedures for assistance, enforcement, and investigation shall be as provided for in such chapter.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H319D4C4DE9EF471FB1787A5837A8302E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Preclusion of giving notice of service by necessity of appointment under this section shall be deemed preclusion by <quote>military necessity</quote> for purposes of section 4312(b) of title 38, United States Code, pertaining to giving notice of absence from a position of employment. A determination of such necessity shall be made by the Administrator and shall not be subject to judicial review.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7899E270B8BD466C8F37FF46F3548093"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Licenses and permits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a System member holds a valid license, certificate, or other permit issued by any State or other governmental jurisdiction evidencing the member’s qualifications in any professional, mechanical, or other skill or type of assistance required by the System, the System member shall be deemed to be performing a Federal activity when rendering aid involving such skill or assistance during a period of appointment into Federal service under subsection (f)(1).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAEC71F4A3F94402783C2677476035D3F"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Advisory committee</header>
<paragraph id="H383FBD48C33344F6B43395BBCFCB2880"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall establish and maintain an advisory committee to provide expert recommendations to the Administrator in order to assist the Administrator in administering the System.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H082833A809DC4CF69EBBEEE590CF3AA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The advisory committee shall be composed of members from geographically diverse areas, and shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6D7D47B497E4FFE91D793A5410C7C03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the chief officer or senior executive from at least 3 sponsoring agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2FAEB19CE4C2481A9CB67F3D1673FBEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the senior emergency manager from at least 2 States that include sponsoring agencies; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6BAF1804B84540448080F5726EA38FFB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>at least one representative recommended by the leaders of the task forces.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43D0E99194DA488C8F829439EEB54E8C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Inapplicability of termination requirement</header><text>Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the advisory committee under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H60ACEF05CB8D450B85A47F41AAAC05BC"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Preparedness cooperative agreements</header>
<paragraph id="H8FF4FF02009946048DB0C93EA080698C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Administrator shall enter into an annual preparedness cooperative agreement with each sponsoring agency. Amounts made available to a sponsoring agency under such a preparedness cooperative agreement shall be for the following purposes:</text>
<subparagraph id="H01D0FB302BBF48D8A07DEAEBF5DB2218"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Training and exercises, including training and exercises with other Federal, State, and local government response entities.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H969B05D2B64C47EC92CAAC44120A22DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Acquisition and maintenance of equipment, including interoperable communications and personal protective equipment.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D76742FFE3E4A42AFC17472227708E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Medical monitoring required for responder safety and health in anticipation of and following a major disaster, emergency, or other hazard, as determined by the Administrator.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6597D7CA00FF46D5B56E44953140A503"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of appropriations</header><text>Notwithstanding section 1552(b) of title 31, United States Code, amounts made available for cooperative agreements under this subsection that are not expended shall be deposited in an Agency account and shall remain available for such agreements without fiscal year limitation.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H98031B4A13664AF6A406D86C30D48DEA"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Response cooperative agreements</header><text>The Administrator shall enter into a response cooperative agreement with each sponsoring agency, as appropriate, under which the Administrator agrees to reimburse the sponsoring agency for costs incurred by the sponsoring agency in responding to a major disaster or emergency.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEED4D45C92024B1CBCBF4F01CE8E0B70"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Obligations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may incur all necessary obligations consistent with this section in order to ensure the effectiveness of the System.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H297F05D0F47D4F979313FC96C5694C3B"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H68F2C30ACFA84631AC8CFE20226BFA95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $52,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012. Such sums shall be in addition to amounts made available from the Disaster Relief Fund for response cooperative agreements entered into under subsection (n).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H26B9C6A4ECFA41F69B8CDD7E1A6E4737"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may use not to exceed 6 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1) for salaries, expenses, and other administrative costs incurred by the Administrator in carrying out this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H7E2CA06AEC8F4C87B822BFC93FB0C99E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HFA62A388147348158D300F7A1CC92D0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability of title 5, United States Code</header><text>Section 8101(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55734E9BB5F14D628D1C61940804B8DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) by striking “and” at the end;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AB588CB227F48AF9A60CC33237CA82D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by moving subparagraph (F) to appear after subparagraph (E);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F3F194B7F8E4E58B8521EFA33ED9135"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F) by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90CC5FFE916045448D4F00E86A6C7A97"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H9DFB54880D4D4613971A17F0D185B922"><enum>(G)</enum><text>an individual who is a System member of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System during a period of appointment into Federal service pursuant to section 328 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A3F9A783264464DAA0E41508F7E5EA4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion as part of uniformed services for purposes of USERRA</header><text>Section 4303 of title 38, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H03611B3726DE41BFBF1734F27B664FB6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (13) by inserting <quote>, a period for which a System member of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System is absent from a position of employment due to an appointment into Federal service under section 328 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act</quote> before <quote>, and a period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD323AC0A68A74FF38BAFE4617C6FFE52"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (16) by inserting after <quote>Public Health Service,</quote> the following: <quote>System members of the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System during a period of appointment into Federal service under section 328 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A5136134266429AA328A23980EE0537" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Disaster Relief Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H82E4DC74CADA4B9B967B9AA10A1B0B76"><enum>329.</enum><header>Disaster Relief Fund</header>
<subsection id="HF0A062E3ED4D4576B109C9C72B652B2B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is in the Treasury a fund known as the Disaster Relief Fund.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAD6CC10CBD464B71AF0939566CBC27F0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposits and credits</header><text>The Fund shall consist of amounts appropriated and credited to the Fund pursuant to this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3F6169E27E914C80A620B75E21F49564"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible uses of fund</header><text>Amounts in the Fund shall be available to the President, as provided in advance in appropriations Acts—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CD8109EFCF44BB7AA75BF031F8534EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency pursuant to titles IV and V; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D19225D7CF44CCC83C83532F6C9AD16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for programs and activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency that support the provision of such assistance, including readiness and other programs and activities that are not readily attributable to a single major disaster or emergency.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7646E1D4BB43414A8FC82AD6B20A295A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Amounts made available from the Fund for programs and activities referred to in subsection (c)(2) may not exceed $350,000,000 in any fiscal year.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA8863828EA8343F990CDF69AAE59E46F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>On or before the date on which the President submits the budget of the United States to the Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the President shall submit each year to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the uses of the Fund in the previous fiscal year.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2145081859554790853CAF43924F869E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Fund such sums as may be necessary.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H824F0344A3DA42CCA9C0FC22D6D5FF71"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Availability of amounts</header><text>Amounts in the Fund shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Major disaster and emergency assistance programs</header>
<section id="HEACEADCA723B4479915D67D3A15925D5" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>201.</enum><header>Additional mitigation assistance</header>
<subsection id="HD5692CD87E9345E8903173886675BC9A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H3A3E3A7F15C442AB8C67BF8BE4579048"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional mitigation assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H3D3EBEA06C6E4022A4FAC64126253197"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If, as of the date of the declaration of a major disaster, the Governor of the affected State has submitted to the President a certification under paragraph (2), and the State is in compliance with updating procedures established under paragraph (3), the President may increase the maximum total of contributions under this section for the major disaster, as specified in subsection (a) and section 322(e), by an amount equal to 4 percent of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made (less any associated administrative costs) under this Act with respect to the major disaster.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD6CEFE8ED8E4A19B37F01773AF784C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission of certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for increased contributions under paragraph (1), a State shall submit to the President, subject to the approval of the President, a certification that the State’s building code—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B6A44359DE3443D89635D1A27FC3876"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CAC08CD7D08407E8C4490320E4CA6FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been adopted by the State within 6 years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized model building code;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF53DE469732A462CB1A5BEF7D8A2D7CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>uses the nationally recognized model building code as a minimum standard; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D76C3C5F6B24328AC0EA655485DBAAA"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is being actively enforced by the State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3008EFA517724036883F68DD4BD3AFB0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Periodic updates</header>
<subparagraph id="HF028AA42B66E4BE89E8377163269513F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A Governor of a State that has submitted a certification under paragraph (2) shall update the State’s building code and resubmit a certification under paragraph (2) at least once every 6 years.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC44D1A4A42A84236B29BE6F17152C2D3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall issue regulations establishing procedures for State compliance with the requirements of subparagraph (A). The procedures shall be consistent with requirements related to mitigation planning under section 322.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5064EBD49A534A578C4EBD8B913FA893"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection, the following definitions apply:</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A2D40661E534D4EA4E2F0528D846D6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Actively enforce</header><text>The term <term>actively enforce</term> means jurisdictional execution of all phases of a State building code in the process of examination and approval of construction plans, specifications, and technical data and the inspection of new construction or renovation with respect to natural hazards.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1606B4B1AFE4236828C7419C8A11851"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nationally recognized model building code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>nationally recognized model building code</term> means a building code for residential and commercial construction and construction materials that—</text>
<clause id="H955E40E1F37C40B3BCF0E91017B63D07"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has been developed and published by a code organization in an open consensus type forum with input from national experts; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H53B5CD65BD5C49DC8026EC24359151E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is based on national structural design standards that establish minimum acceptable criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of residential and commercial buildings for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the building’s users against natural disasters.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF2FC3BBD6DD4446D91CF70D48B1B9B1F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>State building code</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State building code</term> means requirements and associated standards for residential and commercial construction and construction materials that are implemented on a statewide basis by ordinance, resolution, law, housing or building code, or zoning ordinance. At a minimum, such requirements and associated standards shall apply—</text>
<clause id="HF6CAE0BA83EB45158A951F3E7CB88133"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to construction-related activities of residential building contractors applicable to single-family and 2-family residential structures; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H7E4A25239D3141DAAB04F1B8B11DB8C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to construction-related activities of engineers, architects, designers, and commercial building contractors applicable to the structural safety, design, and construction of commercial, industrial, and multifamily structures.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H135C4BB8612E42489EB66DFAB9FF06E8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H3CAFE45EC9724399BB87F20DB1BD7E27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Criteria for assistance awards</header><text>Section 203(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA831A995BB514CA497E3DFD4CC5687C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (9);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA07542004761423C9D0D7A36C4D67901"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCA03186C58047C88DC1000865604FA4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4B8ACC3138614A47A7016C191241D964" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H187EB9DDBAE640FBB2AEF0345B0314A5"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a State, whether the State has in effect and is actively enforcing a State building code in a manner consistent with section 404(d); and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HDEEA2C61F4464F5F869FEC328412BEF7"><enum>202.</enum><header>Temporary mortgage and rental payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(c) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H61339F05C6E940A2924C5DE90A46EA6D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Temporary mortgage and rental payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may provide assistance on a temporary basis in the form of mortgage or rental payments to or on behalf of individuals and families who, as a result of financial hardship caused by a major disaster, are at imminent risk of dispossession or eviction from a residence by reason of foreclosure of any mortgage or lien, cancellation of any contract for sale, or termination of any lease, entered into prior to such disaster. Such assistance shall be provided for the duration of the period of financial hardship, but not to exceed 18 months of assistance or the maximum amount of assistance that is authorized to be provided pursuant to subsection (h).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H703BDBEBA4314DDB9920DB215CECC313" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Clarification of grant authority</header>
<subsection id="H6C8FC803ACBE45C188DF1348890A1C00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section 418</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 418 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5185) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC61A79676F04322A142344AD7131BB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and all that follows though <quote>The President</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="H1AE3104C34D54CB8AD7D3C40A25464FF"><enum>418.</enum><header>Emergency communications</header>
<subsection id="H8F6CC977E7E54D5B84411C58E293D212"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81C6A87FE92A4944808ACDD0BCFFD688"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to provide assistance, including financial assistance, equipment, supplies, and personnel, in order</quote> before <quote>to establish</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H616D835862014B0AAC9D6B2ACE989DA7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H372F876368DA4CAAB51FF20172A3E351"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of assistance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of such assistance.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A090DC6F323477290487B0ECDEDE908"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Section 419</header><text>Section 419 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5186) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBAD39FF39E36486F93A2AE9720905BE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the section heading and all that follows through <quote>The President</quote> inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="HF04674DEEF004F1CA4CC93EF5F946C04"><enum>419.</enum><header>Emergency public transportation</header>
<subsection id="HAEAB72FCEDF64572979ED10318D5B094"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00DA44B6E75C45D197717A254B8F5610"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>to provide assistance to a State or local government, including financial assistance, equipment, supplies, and personnel, in order</quote> before <quote>to provide</quote> the first place it appears;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA877A1536A5C47F0802B087610CAEF08"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>a major</quote> and inserting <quote>an emergency or major</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H79B43430E6E142438A88C6BBE53992C4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H118CDB6DED83445FB513BE097F32F032" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H87EB4B1679B649ED84EBCF2CA0C3B831"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of assistance under this section shall be not less than 75 percent of the eligible cost of such assistance.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE82F1C48030549A593779FC7FF847775"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Section 309</header><text>Section 309(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5152(b)) is amended by inserting “, including grant agreements,” after “agreements”.</text></subsection> </section>
<section id="H967A0ECB95A94473B82D44F714871900" commented="no"><enum>204.</enum><header>Case management services</header>
<subsection id="H0C128E91BB5D4A8BBB95FDBD9EFF1328" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Case management services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H184D99F128E347E499EFD4460A424939" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>qualified private organizations</quote> and inserting <quote>qualified relief or disaster assistance organizations</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE753698E66EE4D31B0A83767885A43A8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>services, to victims</quote> and inserting <quote>services to survivors</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1A01C0C914CA450AAC55FB7BA23A1020" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Case management plan</header>
<paragraph id="H7F40D3CD843F480A9C8DA3C0129243FA" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall implement a plan to ensure that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is the lead Federal agency in coordinating and managing case management services referred to in section 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189d) for survivors of a major disaster. To assist in providing such case management services, the Administrator may use State or local government agencies or qualified relief or disaster assistance organizations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3584F41865D548F48D97003D7E3DBBB0" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that reviews in detail the actions the Administrator is taking—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE4501FE27CD46518466944390545948" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to ensure that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is the lead agency in coordinating and managing case management services for survivors of a major disaster; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F89230A7F524C3794240B07EF6CB073" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to involve qualified relief or disaster assistance organizations referred to in section 426 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189d) to assist in providing case management services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H32D1414810AA4A41BDC786D84A2EC89D"><enum>205.</enum><header>Household pets and service animals</header>
<subsection id="HEA6869B237334619B00B76AB66C97318"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BF23421567A4EA8B63F89C37B1F108A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (7);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97C2F7E3E8494D0885A3F1B1E88192BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HACBACA3D5A3948C6B3F27690B4E0D82C"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF3E7B7FAFB184A65877292FCA39E24B3"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide assistance for rescue, care, shelter, and essential needs—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF3EADB7A8B3D49B88220E6E2496A5A37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to individuals with household pets and service animals; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB258047C26F64CFF8571C56E6D10337A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to such pets and animals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8225648516CF4FEABE594E681A9275F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><text>Section 403(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b(a)(3)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6251C677A7674E1A8F0DC2BC1DD5DB06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>medical equipment,,</quote> and inserting <quote>medical equipment,</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71BA5A8BB11442B08CA99E5ECC836922"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the second subparagraph (J), as added by section 4 of Public Law 109–308 (120 Stat. 1726).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3A0BF6B25AD4ED595CE17297C3AB9B8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><header>Storage, sale, transfer, and disposal of housing units</header>
<subsection id="H4E50A45AB07F4B1C8655BB4C3A2D0580"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H16C825B609894BCAAB59BEAAA8BAA843"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of FEMA.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9F31532E6544EFE80C661CE3562B818"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emergency; major disaster</header><text>The terms <term>emergency</term> and <term>major disaster</term> have the meanings given such terms in section 102 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H009ED733B34E4B24B4527DB5D5513ED9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>FEMA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>FEMA</term> means the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H662AFFA07DC7419EBC834641A7E0F939"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hazard</header><text>The term <term>hazard</term> has the meaning given such term in section 602 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5195a).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H874FB44D2E0543CABC856E4CB2160B95"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Suitable condition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>suitable condition</term> means, with respect to a temporary housing unit, a unit that satisfies, as determined by the Administrator, the criteria of disposal condition code 1, 4, or 7 under section 102–36.240 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6CA2DD3863B463CBC59D3B555C1AC02"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Stafford Act</header><text>The term <term>Stafford Act</term> means the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF9C10CC4A13C47E9ABC75FBF1C34859B" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Needs assessment; establishment of criteria</header><text>Not later than 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HFF3866EBFC574B1F98EC92DC944CAF76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete an assessment to determine the number of temporary housing units that FEMA needs to maintain in stock to respond appropriately to emergencies or major disasters occurring after the date of enactment of this Act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD67AE0804D1C448EAE4F2868B1E3589A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish criteria for determining whether the individual temporary housing units stored by FEMA are in suitable condition.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3500A5B208AA4C6EA396D9FDACBCFDE1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plan</header>
<paragraph id="HD9018F7A49ED4556B94687FA51BCF11F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall establish a plan for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42101D96AB8E4E7A86775F1CF1A0D7F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>storing the number of temporary housing units that FEMA needs to maintain in stock, as determined by the Administrator under subsection (b)(1);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCFB47778F15B477BA30DB34C3F31E55A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>selling, transferring, donating, or otherwise disposing of the temporary housing units in the inventory of FEMA, as of the date of enactment of this Act, that—</text>
<clause id="H06C25CE0FA7D4472AFA734E67E34FF01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are in excess of the number of temporary housing units that FEMA needs to maintain in stock, as determined by the Administrator under subsection (b)(1); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4CD024E93C644388A51F076E8518D9E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are in suitable condition, as determined by the Administrator based on the criteria established under subsection (b)(2); and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H968D96C93B7D437D85040A1D96E1F2F0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>disposing of temporary housing units in the inventory of FEMA, as of the date of enactment of this Act, that the Administrator determines are not in suitable condition, as determined by the Administrator based on the criteria established under subsection (b)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB47CA4C8490448E2B400E8D3979A1BE0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Method for disposal of temporary housing units that are not in suitable condition</header><text>Disposals of temporary housing units pursuant to paragraph (1)(C) shall be made by the Administrator of General Services in a manner that ensures that the trailers are not able to be used for housing and are salvaged or scraped.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B5467E5FA744C4D8C8438C007BFC760"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subparagraph id="H3677686AA59C4A9AA7B6F8D491656761"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall begin to implement the plan established under paragraph (1). </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83F800AD68664FE09B6CF032CD30D40F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Completion of disposal of units</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the sale, transfer, donation, or other disposal of all units under paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C) that the Administrator has determined are not necessary to maintain in stock shall be completed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F227B9C02724ADCA2F93E206661CF82"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header>
<subparagraph id="H1FB70AB1C16749B199DD332F6117E413"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 months thereafter until the sale, transfer, donation, or other disposal of all units under paragraphs (1)(B) and (1)(C) is complete, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the actions that the Administrator has taken to establish and implement the plan established under paragraph (1). </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB19FA429A52412CB25DB44D228F8D39"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Required information</header><text>In each report submitted under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall document the number of temporary housing units remaining in the inventory of FEMA and the number of units sold, transferred, donated, and otherwise disposed of pursuant to this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A0889F45DF74002B241647FF4CC0F44"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Update</header><text>The Administrator shall update the plan established under paragraph (1) as necessary to ensure that the Administrator maintains in the inventory of FEMA only those temporary housing units that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0E078486E8F64E4BABE2B3C93F776237"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are needed to respond appropriately to emergencies or major disasters; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4D195C73D094AD7875901062D0CD529"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are in suitable condition.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3ED0861D97564D078E4FA6E2F1052F2D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer of temporary housing units to States</header>
<paragraph id="H6FB961CE7DCB4AAFB5FE1E23C43357A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 408(d)(2) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(d)(2)), and subject to the requirements of paragraph (2), the Administrator may transfer or donate to States, on a priority basis, pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(B), excess temporary housing units in the inventory of FEMA that are in suitable condition.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24EB17DCABCB4163AC3F4D24AAF35FF6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State requests</header>
<subparagraph id="H2B972EF69C5F489F846F66D300677A05"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, a State may submit to the Administrator a request to receive excess temporary housing units under paragraph (1). </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H243DB5B3A8DA4A8B9BE9815B94F7B993"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>A State shall be eligible to receive excess temporary housing units under paragraph (1) if the State agrees—</text>
<clause id="H9D270E8897E342B999A0EA45FBB72D7F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to use the units to provide temporary housing to survivors of incidents that are caused by hazards and that the Governor of the State determines require State assistance; </text></clause>
<clause id="HE3A6972167B043ADA3338A9C88C84707"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to pay to store and maintain the units in suitable condition;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD6A5CBF6F435433EB4206252D8EB92CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to test the units for formaldehyde;</text></clause>
<clause id="HF8BFFDAF9C384E499985D2D8B1B05C13"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to ensure that the formaldehyde levels of the units do not exceed the threshold determined acceptable by the State before making the units available to house survivors of an incident;</text></clause>
<clause id="H91BFDC25BC98487B8690CA99674D7371"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the event of a major disaster or emergency declared for the State by the President under the Stafford Act, to make the units available to the President or to use the units to provide housing directly to survivors of the major disaster or emergency in the State;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD3EE5348528848BC8EC83BC4986A4344"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>to comply with the nondiscrimination provisions of section 308 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5151); and</text></clause>
<clause id="HC76B89426E004E299F0AC42B574D4065"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>to obtain and maintain hazard and flood insurance on the units.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8160E57626AB4745835D7ADA92B72C0E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Incidents</header><text>The incidents referred to in subparagraph (B)(i) may include incidents that do not result in a declaration of a major disaster or emergency by the President under the Stafford Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4B4D750AA8B49D0AE22ADE0EF14102D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Distribution</header>
<subparagraph id="HA8FBE2962B614E458A56942119E08AF8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment of process</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a process—</text>
<clause id="HA08379EB8E4C47A9B14C00899936C2B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to review requests submitted by States under paragraph (2); and</text></clause>
<clause id="H03F6FDF8D8CF487CA87A721E9EDE813A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to distribute excess temporary housing units that are in the inventory of FEMA that are in suitable condition.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC98436FF6B0E4278929289E340C3E514"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>If the number of temporary housing units requested by States under paragraph (2) exceeds the number of excess temporary housing units available, the Administrator shall allocate the available units among the States that have submitted a request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C002A07BB724FB6B1F5116A4502FB55"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Remaining temporary housing units</header><text>Temporary housing units that are not transferred or donated under the process established under paragraph (1) shall be sold, transferred, donated, or otherwise disposed of subject to the requirements of section 408(d)(2) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(d)(2)) and other applicable provisions of law.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10DC71AAEF494312BE39C6CD30FDCE3A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation on statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect section 689k of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (120 Stat. 1456). For purposes of that section, a transfer or donation to a State of a temporary housing unit under paragraph (1) shall be treated as a disposal to house individuals or households under section 408 of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. 5174).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H2BDA0F930053413CAADC68A3CA118855"><enum>207.</enum><header>Other methods of disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(d)(2)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(d)(2)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H38C9F73950DC4CDAA2D23D12738D5A94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i) by striking <quote>or</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39C33AFB439B460EA006094CDF873187"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65A082616F18424EAE5752B9DDD1C2A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="H9AF29C11C8F94CE1999762FFE7B691EC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be sold directly to a State or other governmental entity or to a voluntary organization for the sole purpose of providing temporary housing to disaster victims in disasters and incidents caused by a hazard (as such term is defined in section 602) that do not result in a declaration of a major disaster or emergency if, as a condition of the sale, the State, other governmental agency, or voluntary organization agrees—</text>
<subclause id="H4A65AA4D55E142E9BADD79A965C28941"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to comply with the nondiscrimination provisions of section 308; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H77EC53D496BB43A09FC7E09A89A15202"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to obtain and maintain hazard and flood insurance in the housing units.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H7C5D53F06300438688836F3E334AA22C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><header>Establishment of criteria relating to administration of hazard mitigation assistance by States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall establish the criteria required under section 404(c)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(c)(2)).</text></section>
<section id="H2A574425063A41378FC86EF681B50631"><enum>209.</enum><header>Use of financial assistance to disseminate information regarding cost-effective mitigation technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(e)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(e)(2)) is amended by inserting after “10 percent” the following: <quote>(or up to 15 percent if approved by the President)</quote>.</text></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Other matters</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A932BB2779F4ED9AF4CBD1FF2376790" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Emergency management assistance compact grants</header>
<subsection id="H2C759CD645EC4F0E8EB7B33B969E8B23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H9D813BB590674A16A1D85E7F07657200"><enum>617.</enum><header>Emergency management assistance compact grants</header>
<subsection id="H58CE94E646E6432E91F6BDC291973E10"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator may make grants to provide for implementation of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact consented to by Congress in the joint resolution entitled <quote>Joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact</quote> (Public Law 104–321; 110 Stat. 3877).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE8017B47968648BD8251BB3F0EC0385B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible grant recipients</header><text>States and the Administrator of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact shall be eligible to receive grants under subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9DB940EB7B8142C7BB0A6819DCE852BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>A grant received under this section shall be used—</text>
<paragraph id="H8ECFA57670414BE3853F061366502F5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to carry out recommendations identified in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact after-action reports for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D606675C58A4AEB9289B70CF18DC61F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to administer compact operations on behalf of States, as such term is defined in the compact, that have enacted the compact;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0B0C248E5FB4587AA922185AE8F5DC8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to continue coordination with the Agency and appropriate Federal agencies;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07C7A0B86986482EAA0CFC1CF9B24FB7"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to continue coordination with States and local governments and their respective national organizations; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EB987E15CB8472CA7EFD117856ABF5F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to assist State and local governments, emergency response providers, and organizations representing such providers with credentialing the providers and the typing of emergency response resources.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF3D62DFD67E648969DFF2AF519FCA56B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Administrator shall consult with the Administrator of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact to ensure effective coordination of efforts in responding to requests for assistance.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H70041D81656044D68E6CF5A9BE1B467B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010, 2011, and 2012. Such sums shall remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H79161A72E90543D59ACD10CC1C4E7E21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 661 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 761) is repealed.</text></subsection></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE993BFD1B2F4A14AC06EA27496DE6BC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header>Authority to accept and use gifts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The first sentence of section 701(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5201(b)) is amended by inserting <quote>, through any means including grants,</quote> before <quote>bequests</quote>.</text></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7A784F4C2C0E41A2A9DA47CB4EC5CABF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header>Individual assistance factors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to provide more objective criteria for evaluating the need for assistance to individuals and to speed a declaration of a major disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in cooperation with representatives of State and local emergency management agencies, shall review, update, and revise through rulemaking the factors considered under section 206.48 of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster.</text></section>
<section id="H799A64269E23432A911946CCC58C150B"><enum>304.</enum><header>Technical corrections to references</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD8A3BC2E8474054A704EF840C40E420"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the second section 425 (as added by section 607 of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (120 Stat. 1941)) as section 427;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6101DEC60A894685A68A3026F142DC69"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 602(a) by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H77B89AEB66C849229D7AEF39ACD182AE"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35187A71E3584A63882422A306534712"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Director</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Administrator</quote>, except—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE555316879F448819409A5CE384D8FA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the second and fourth places it appears in section 622(c); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H026B8C128B4F40519D7FE49CD97D5146"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 626(b).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9EE8D315480446B8A5D2890F619BB084"><enum>305.</enum><header>Functions of Federal coordinating officer</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5143(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A04FF22E5BE45E3AFCC2838A17D2AC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51F363E13DBD435BA710C4DB27EA8424"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FB4AAE6A28740D0A4839CF2BEFBED8D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HA304080C5DED40A0A284E363905C8A7E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than one month after the date of the declaration of a major disaster or emergency, make an initial appraisal of the types of recovery assistance needed that incorporates, as appropriate, recommendations of the Federal interagency disaster recovery task force established under section 330;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08FC596C4D0442519984253A1E04AECA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>coordinate with State government officials the establishment of detailed short-term and long-term recovery plans and methods for implementation of such plans; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HE8F5584B9B334B1EB4DDD04E7B57473D"><enum>306.</enum><header>Federal interagency disaster recovery task force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title III of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5141 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H4B2F129A2144410BACAC48458FEE322C"><enum>330.</enum><header>Federal interagency disaster recovery task force</header>
<subsection id="H57BD9C2017584A3BA39F9B35C092B59F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall establish a Federal interagency disaster recovery task force (hereinafter referred to in this section as the <quote>task force</quote>) to carry out the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H22B4CC51EB854FF7B0AAB9E1A18229D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Identify, maintain a catalogue of, and submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate at least annually a report describing the Federal programs that may be used to assist in recovery efforts after a major disaster or emergency and make such report available to the public on the Internet.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7252D75095A45C78F270EA1529B96F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Ensure ongoing communication between the Federal departments and agencies determined by the President to administer the Federal programs referred to in paragraph (1) to enhance and expedite the recovery efforts of the Federal Government with respect to a major disaster or emergency.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA14A8E13EFB84B59B83F6CFC1DA90AE3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall serve as the chairperson of the task force.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3D56D8303D5D445A80705696A5BE3499"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The task force shall include a representative of each Federal department and agency determined by the President to administer a program that may be used to assist in recovery efforts after a major disaster or emergency.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HE6623637BA364DB590716D1ECF7AC26C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meeting frequency</header><text>The task force shall meet at least once each year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H953F88D385AC4E58BEF6F5E01269D556"><enum>307.</enum><header>Debris removal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 407(d) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5173(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The Federal share shall be increased by 5 percent for States and local governments that (1) have a debris management plan approved by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and (2) have prequalified 2 or more debris and wreckage removal contractors before the date of declaration of the major disaster. To qualify for the increased Federal share under the preceding sentence, a debris management plan shall be resubmitted to the Administrator for approval every 4 years.</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H9AF7D56F353A44228FFD2F37B4CD6E6F"><enum>308.</enum><header>Review of regulations and policies</header>
<subsection id="HF35BFE810F094BD4957E481AF28317A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall review regulations and policies relating to Federal disaster assistance to eliminate regulations the President determines are no longer relevant, to harmonize contradictory regulations, and to simplify and expedite disaster recovery and assistance.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2EFB618432E64D9F8EB94D81A7ED946D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report describing changes made to regulations as a result of the review required under subsection (a), together with any legislative recommendations relating thereto.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HF97E809823754DA2B7790FB85102F5B6"><enum>309.</enum><header>Appeals process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 423(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5189a(b)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HAE900AABF1034F4C910487D503EFB7EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Period for Decision</header>
<paragraph id="H5B4CEE564DEB4B81AE18648E203BD8FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A decision regarding an appeal under subsection (a) shall be rendered within 60 days after the date on which the Federal official designated to administer such appeal receives notice of such appeal.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C623A26F7524ED2B9E1B6687CABA94E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to satisfy deadline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Federal official fails to satisfy the requirement under paragraph (1), the Federal official shall provide a written explanation of such failure to the applicant. The President shall transmit quarterly to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on such failures.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="H238A9BDCB9244F05840B5A7F8E7B77E7"><enum>310.</enum><header>Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities</header>
<subsection id="H215BC6DAAD8D4F57A064A57EC88CE5B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amount regarding notification and reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 406(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF9C4A41CCA64A3D917F69E6119194EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>$20,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H196F7CE18B4E45668E61B1CEF623DE7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCBDF7A14EA41410388C755B6D2CF6B68"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Contribution status reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less frequently than every 180 days, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the status of applications, obligations, and contributions under this section with respect to each major disaster for which, on the date of the transmission of such report, a contribution is eligible to be requested or made under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7FB87311E360413A9585133D494721CB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Issuance of regulations relating to eligible costs</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall issue and begin to implement the regulations required by section 406(e)(3)(C) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(e)(3)(C)) to provide for cost estimation procedures that expedite recovery and to reduce the costs and time for completion of recovery projects through the creation of financial and performance incentives</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HC8FC02061B43490EAB58FCFBAD25C0DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>311.</enum><header>Special procedures for widespread damage</header>
<subsection id="HECCD4C9F530543C1AC438336C35C0459"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172) is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HB48515DEB2804A62B5B9C9D14A5295CE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Special procedures for widespread damage</header>
<paragraph id="H3259A74B5A1E4DFE981B50CCA32C94CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, at the request of the Governor of a State, the President makes a determination that a major disaster has caused extensive and widespread damage and destruction in the State and that utilizing special procedures to expedite the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of eligible facilities under this section is in the public interest, the President may provide assistance under this section in connection with the major disaster utilizing the special procedures.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC895719D0CC3491CB71E3DFD0FA9212F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions for assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="H147961AD11884BFFA26C5C7361E4BD1F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance under the special procedures authorized by this subsection, the President may provide such assistance subject to any limitations or other conditions the President establishes by regulation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB68C96BA9D0448D29638960978DDA7BF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Facility recovery spending plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for assistance under the special procedures authorized by this subsection, a State shall submit to the President a facility recovery spending plan. Receipt of assistance under the special procedures shall be conditioned on a determination by the President that the plan is consistent with the requirements under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CED5EEA363C41AA9533DD9750BBED48"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Planning assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="HE854E957EDF9434895217586DB366813"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10 days after the date the President makes an affirmative determination, at the request of a State, under paragraph (1) (or at a later date if requested by the Governor of the State), the President shall provide the State with assistance to develop a plan under paragraph (2)(B).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBA258CE7E64490C9A58940E9E4E3B90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Types of Assistance</header>
<clause id="HA9196AA29FA84720AB8A4188E1F85ABE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Financial assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President may provide financial assistance to a State to assist the development of a plan under paragraph (2)(B).</text></clause>
<clause id="HDE66CCE480124589B52FB417BBBF016A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The President may provide, as appropriate, technical assistance to a State to assist the development of a plan under paragraph (2)(B).</text></clause>
<clause id="H1A43E96852214ACA83BD209EB802B742"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Emergency Management Assistance Compact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance to develop a plan under paragraph (2)(B) may include assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact described in section 617.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5AD0D5A558E45AEAD94B6458AAD29B2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Large in-lieu contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance under the special procedures authorized by this subsection, notwithstanding the percentages specified in subsections (c)(1)(A) and (c)(2)(A), the President may make a contribution to a State or local government or person that owns or operates a private nonprofit facility for the purposes described in such subsections in an amount up to 100 percent of the Federal share of the Federal estimate of the cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a facility if the President determines a contribution in that amount is in the public interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HA14A4BB3F9924A108F3A5E478DDEB0DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="H3295F20485F64EB494D9FBA513BE4649"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Interim final rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall issue an interim final rule to establish special procedures under section 406(f) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as added by subsection (a). To the extent practicable, the Administrator shall consult with State and local emergency management agencies during the development of the interim final rule.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCD8930AE3CE4A3E90BABA32616C01A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date the interim final rule described in paragraph (1) takes effect, the President shall issue a final rule to establish special procedures under section 406(f) of such Act, as added by subsection (a). In issuing the final rule, the President shall consider public comments, including the comments of State and local emergency management agencies, and the findings of the Inspector General under subsection (c).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AB7A595CB27401181A003FA87251B50"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the regulations under this subsection, the Administrator shall consider, at a minimum, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B6FB2A878904256AA0E6EF4D1F78761"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority and procedures used by the Administrator to carry out sections 406(c), 406(e)(1), and 422 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(c), 5172(e)(1), and 5189).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA08ECE7D7944FBD98541B22A35AAAD4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whether modifications of or alternatives to procedures under section 406 of such Act are warranted in the event of widespread and extensive damage and destruction to expedite the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of eligible facilities and to assist a State in implementing a plan under subsection (f)(2)(B) of such section, as added by subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H04D238B833964CF4A023FB46A12E0218"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inspector General report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date the interim final rule issued under subsection (b)(1) takes effect, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency a report on the implementation of section 406(f) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as added by subsection (a). The Inspector General may submit additional reports, as appropriate, including reports after the President utilizes the authority under such section. The reports shall include, as appropriate, recommendations on improved implementation of such section and any recommendations for legislation.</text></subsection></section>
July 22, 2010
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed