[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1396 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1396

     To authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award 
mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2013

   Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 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 authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award 
mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires.

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

SECTION 1. WILDFIRE MITIGATION ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 420 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5187) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Post Disaster Mitigation Assistance.--The President may 
provide hazard mitigation assistance in accordance with section 404 in 
any area in which assistance was provided under this section, whether 
or not a major disaster had been declared.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a))--
                    (A) by inserting before the first period ``, or any 
                area in which assistance was provided under section 
                420''; and
                    (B) in the third sentence, by inserting ``or event 
                under section 420'' after ``major disaster'' each place 
                that term appears; and
            (2) in section 322 (e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 5165(e)(1)), by 
        inserting ``or event under section 420'' after ``major 
        disaster'' each place that term appears.
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