[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1819 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1819

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
     Assistance Act to provide eligibility for public broadcasting 
   facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            December 12 (legislative day, December 11), 2013

  Mr. Begich 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 provide eligibility for public broadcasting 
   facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, 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 ``Emergency Information Improvement 
Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING FACILITIES FOR CERTAIN 
              DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Private Nonprofit Facility Defined.--Section 102(11)(B) of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5122(11)(B)) is amended by inserting ``public broadcasting 
facilities,'' after ``workshops,''.
    (b) Critical Services Defined.--Section 406(a)(3)(B) of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5172(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``communications,'' and inserting 
``communications (including broadcast and telecommunications),''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 
et seq.) on or after October 28, 2012.
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