[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1090 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1090

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 27, 2015

 Mr. Booker (for himself and Mr. Cruz) 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 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 2015''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY OF 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 ``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),''.
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