[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6859 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6859

To alter the Federal share of certain disaster assistance provided with 
 respect to Puerto Rico in connection with Hurricanes Irma and Maria, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2018

   Mr. Serrano (for himself, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Ms. 
   Velazquez, and Mr. Soto) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To alter the Federal share of certain disaster assistance provided with 
 respect to Puerto Rico in connection with Hurricanes Irma and Maria, 
                        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 ``Continuing Our Mission in Puerto 
Rico to Optimize and Modernize Infrastructure and Sustain Obligations 
Act'' or the ``COMPROMISO Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL SHARE.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including any agreement, the Federal share of assistance, including 
direct Federal assistance, provided with respect to Puerto Rico in 
connection with Hurricanes Irma and Maria under sections 403, 404, 406, 
407, 408, and 428 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5170c, 5172, 5173, 5174, and 
5189f) shall be 100 percent.
    (b) Applicability.--The Federal share provided under subsection (a) 
shall apply to assistance applied for before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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