I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3089 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 4, 2011 Mr. Murphy of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to make grants to local governments for flood mitigation projects, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Rebuilding the Economy and Limiting the Impacts of Expected Flooding Act of 2011 or the RELIEF Act of 2011.

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FEMA grants for flood mitigation projects

(a)

Authority To make grants

The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may make grants to local governments for flood mitigation projects. (b)

Applications

To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a local government shall submit to the Administrator an application that is in such form and contains such information as the Administrator may require. (c)

Eligible recipients

A local government may apply for a grant under this section on its own, in coordination with other local governments, or in coordination with a State. In each case, a local government shall be the lead applicant for the grant. (d)

Selection of projects

In selecting projects to receive grant assistance under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to— (1)projects that will resolve the greatest safety and property hazards; and (2)projects with significant capacities for job creation. (e)

Consultation

The Administrator may consult with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to a project receiving grant assistance under this section in order to employ any engineering data or design work that has been already been completed with respect to the project. (f)

Federal share

The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out using grant assistance under this section may not exceed 90 percent. (g)

Relationship to other programs

The Administrator may provide grant assistance to a local government for a flood mitigation project under this section without regard to the eligibility of the local government to receive financial assistance for the project under another Federal program. (h)

Limitation on grant amounts

A local government may not receive more than $5,000,000 in grants under this section in a fiscal year. (i)

Local government defined

In this section, the term local government has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122). (j)

Authorization of appropriations

There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.