[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 764 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 764

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act, to increase the maximum amount of assistance to 
                      individuals and households.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 1, 2009

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
    Assistance Act, to increase the maximum amount of assistance to 
                      individuals and households.

    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 ``Disaster Rebuilding Assistance Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. DISASTER RELIEF.

    (a) In General.--Section 408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (h)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting 
                ``$50,000''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``, except that the President may increase 
                the amount of financial assistance that may be received 
                under this section for an individual or household 
                residing in a State with a high cost of living (as 
                determined by the President)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(k) Eligibility.--An individual or household may not receive 
assistance under this section if the adjusted gross income of that 
individual or household was more than $100,000 during the most recent 
taxable year before the date of the applicable major disaster.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply to 
any major disaster (as that term is defined in section 102 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122)) declared on or after October 21, 2007.
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