[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3071 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3071

  To amend section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
  Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and 
Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use 
   of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery 
                               projects.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 18, 2023

  Ms. Hassan (for herself and Mr. Lankford) 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 section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
  Emergency Assistance Act to incentivize States, Indian Tribes, and 
Territories to close disaster recovery projects by authorizing the use 
   of excess funds for management costs for other disaster recovery 
                               projects.

    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 ``Disaster Management Costs 
Modernization Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF EXCESS FUNDS FOR MANAGEMENT COSTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 324 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2)--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
                clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and adjusting the 
                margins accordingly; and
                    (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), as so 
                redesignated, by striking ``provide the following 
                percentage rates'' and inserting ``provide--
                    ``(A) excess funds for management costs as 
                described in subsection (c); and
                    ``(B) the following percentage rates'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Use of Excess Funds for Management Costs.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `excess 
        funds for management costs' means the difference between--
                    ``(A) the amount of the applicable specific 
                management costs authorized under subsection (b)(1) and 
                subsection (b)(2)(B); and
                    ``(B) as of the date on which the grant award is 
                closed, the amount of funding for management costs 
                activities expended by the grantee or subgrantee 
                receiving the financial assistance for costs described 
                in subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Availability of excess funds for management costs.--
        The President may make available to a grantee or subgrantee 
        receiving financial assistance under section 403, 404, 406, 
        407, or 502 any excess funds for management costs.
            ``(3) Use of funds.--Excess funds for management costs made 
        available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph (2) may be 
        used for--
                    ``(A) activities associated with building capacity 
                to prepare for, recover from, or mitigate the impacts 
                of a major disaster or emergency declared under section 
                401 or 501, respectively; and
                    ``(B) management costs associated with any--
                            ``(i) major disaster;
                            ``(ii) emergency;
                            ``(iii) disaster preparedness measure; or
                            ``(iv) mitigation activity or measure 
                        authorized under section 203, 204, 205, or 404.
            ``(4) Availability.--Excess funds for management costs made 
        available to a grantee or subgrantee under paragraph (2) shall 
        remain available to the grantee or subgrantee until the date 
        that is 5 years after the date on which the excess funds for 
        management costs are made available under paragraph (2).''.
    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to any grant award in relation to a major disaster 
or emergency declared under section 401 or 501, respectively, of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170, 5191)--
            (1) the declaration of which is open on, or made on or 
        after, the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) that is funded with amounts appropriated on or after 
        the date of enactment of this Act.
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