[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2706 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2706

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to provide snow removal assistance to Indian tribes 
     under a Federal emergency declaration, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 18, 2018

  Mr. Tester 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 snow removal assistance to Indian tribes 
     under a Federal emergency declaration, 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. SNOW REMOVAL ASSISTANCE.

    Section 502(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following:
            ``(9) provide snow assistance, including snow removal, de-
        icing, salting, snow dumps, and sanding of roads and other 
        facilities, and search and rescue, sheltering, and other 
        emergency protective measures, to an Indian tribe that makes a 
        request for a declaration that an emergency exists because of a 
        snowstorm or severe winter storm.''.
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