[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3437 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3437

 To amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to 
direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
   develop lifecycle plans and tracking procedures for housing units 
 provided to individuals and households to respond to disaster-related 
                 housing needs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 2009

 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 
  addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to 
direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
   develop lifecycle plans and tracking procedures for housing units 
 provided to individuals and households to respond to disaster-related 
                 housing needs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Smart Housing in Disasters Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MAJOR DISASTER.

    Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended by inserting 
``catastrophic incident (as defined in section 501 of the Homeland 
Security Act (6 U.S.C. 311),'' before ``, or, regardless of cause''.

SEC. 3. LIFECYCLE AND TRACKING PLAN.

    Section 683 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 
2006 (6 U.S.C. 772) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Annex to National Disaster Housing Strategy.--
            ``(1) Development of lifecycle and tracking plan.--The 
        Administrator shall develop a lifecycle and tracking plan for 
        housing units provided to individuals and households affected 
        by an emergency or major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford 
        Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et 
        seq.) that establishes polices for procurement, delivery, 
        installation, maintenance, deactivation, and disposal of the 
        units.
            ``(2) Contents.--The plan shall--
                    ``(A) emphasize the acquisition of housing units 
                that can be recycled and reused for multiple 
                emergencies or major disasters; and
                    ``(B) include a process for the Administrator to 
                track each housing unit from the date of acquisition of 
                the unit through the date of disposal of the unit.
            ``(3) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after 
        the date of enactment of this subsection, the Administrator 
        shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
        of Representatives a report containing the plan.''.

SEC. 4. DISPOSAL OF HOUSING UNITS UNSUITABLE FOR HABITATION.

    Section 408(d)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(d)(2)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
                    ``(C) Disposal of housing units unsuitable for 
                habitation.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If the President 
                        determines that a housing unit is unsuitable 
                        for habitation, before disposal of the unit 
                        through sale to a recycler or other purchaser, 
                        the President shall alter the unit in a manner 
                        that will prevent the unit from being used for 
                        habitation.
                            ``(ii) Relationship to other laws.--Nothing 
                        in this subparagraph shall affect the 
                        President's ability to dispose of surplus real 
                        property in accordance with section 545(b)(8) 
                        of title 40, United States Code.''.
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