[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4898 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4898

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
  Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major 
                               disaster.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 31, 2024

   Ms. Rosen 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 include extreme heat in the definition of a major 
                               disaster.

    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 ``Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 
2024''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF MAJOR DISASTER.

    Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended by inserting 
``extreme heat,'' before ``or drought''.
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