[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4935 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4935

To allow regional directors of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to extend temporarily the Provisional Accredited Levee period if a good 
 faith effort to upgrade a levee to the accredited level is being made.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2010

  Mr. Tiahrt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow regional directors of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to extend temporarily the Provisional Accredited Levee period if a good 
 faith effort to upgrade a levee to the accredited level is being made.

    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 ``PAL Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PROVISIONAL ACCREDITED LEVEE PERIOD.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding title 44 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations or any procedural memorandum issued by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, a regional director of such Agency may 
extend the Provisional Accredited Levee period in accordance with 
subsection (b).
    (b) Good Faith Effort.--
            (1) In general.--A regional director of the Federal 
        Emergency Management Agency may extend, for a period not to 
        exceed 24 months from the date of the expiration of the 
        original Provisional Accredited Levee (referred to in this Act 
        as ``PAL)'' period of 24 months, such PAL period if such 
        director determines that the community, levee owner, or 
        individual responsible for upgrading the levee has applied for 
        a waiver and is making a good faith effort as defined in 
        paragraph (2) to complete such upgrade to the accredited level.
            (2) Good faith effort defined.--For purposes of this Act, 
        the term ``good faith effort'' means a community, levee owner, 
        or individual responsible for upgrading the levee provides 
        evidence to the regional director that it--
                    (A) has adequate funds available to upgrade such 
                levee; and
                    (B) has a contract with a qualified private 
                contractor or an appropriate Federal agency to verify 
                the certification of the levee.

SEC. 3. NO MAPPING DURING EXTENSION PERIOD.

    After a community, levee owner, or individual responsible applies 
for a waiver and during any extension period granted, the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall suspend any mapping activities in the 
area surrounding the levee.
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