[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1132 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1132

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
 to establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center 
    hospitals and airports to withstand earthquakes, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2011

   Mr. Cohen (for himself, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Wu, and Ms. 
   Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
 to establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center 
    hospitals and airports to withstand earthquakes, 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 ``Critical Infrastructure Earthquake 
Preparedness Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST TRAUMA CENTER HOSPITALS AND AIRPORTS TO 
              WITHSTAND EARTHQUAKES.

    (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency shall establish a program under which the 
Administrator is authorized to make grants to State and local 
governments to assist projects that improve the ability to withstand an 
earthquake of one or both of the following facilities:
            (1) A trauma center hospital in a hazardous seismic zone.
            (2) An airport in a hazardous seismic zone.
    (b) Grant Priorities.--In making a grant under subsection (a), the 
Administrator shall consider, with respect to a proposed project, the 
following:
            (1) The vulnerability to an earthquake of the facility to 
        be improved.
            (2) The size of the population served by the facility to be 
        improved.
            (3) The availability of similar facilities in the area 
        surrounding the facility to be improved.
            (4) The ability to withstand an earthquake of the facility 
        to be improved, if the proposed project is not carried out.
            (5) The ability of the proposed project to be carried out 
        without Federal assistance.
    (c) Federal Share.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using grant 
        funds made available under subsection (a) may not exceed 90 
        percent.
            (2) Exception.--The Administrator may treat, with respect 
        to a project, the percentage specified in paragraph (1) as 100 
        percent, if--
                    (A) the Administrator determines there is 
                substantial need for the project; and
                    (B) the Administrator determines that the project 
                will not otherwise be carried out.
    (d) Comprehensive Strategic Response Plan.--The Administrator shall 
require each State and local government that receives a grant under 
subsection (a), as a condition of the grant, to submit to the 
Administrator a comprehensive strategic earthquake response plan for 
the facility with respect to which the grant was made. Each State and 
local government may use not more than 5 percent of grant funds made 
available under subsection (a) to meet the requirement of this 
subsection.
    (e) Report on Use of Grant Funds.--The Administrator shall require 
each State and local government that receives a grant under subsection 
(a), as a condition of the grant, to submit to the Administrator each 
fiscal year during which grant funds are received a report that--
            (1) lists and describes the activities carried out using 
        grant funds; and
            (2) describes and analyzes the impact of the activities.
    (f) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions apply:
            (1) Airport.--The term ``airport'' has the meaning given 
        that term under section 47102(2) of title 49, United States 
        Code, except that the term is limited to airports located in 
        the United States.
            (2) Hazardous seismic zone.--The term ``hazardous seismic 
        zone'' means an area determined by the Administrator, in 
        consultation with the Director of the United States Geological 
        Survey, to have a high probability of experiencing a severe 
        earthquake.
            (3) Trauma center hospital.--The term ``trauma center 
        hospital'' means a medical facility determined by the 
        Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services, to--
                    (A) provide surgical care to trauma patients;
                    (B) be located in the United States;
                    (C) be obligated to treat all patients without 
                regard to ability to pay; and
                    (D) provide care to more than 2,000 individuals 
                admitted for shock trauma each year.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Administrator to carry out this section such sums 
as may be necessary.
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