[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 140 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5853]
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SA 3971. Mr. WYDEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. CLEAN AIR REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Clean
Air Refugee Assistance Act of 2018''.
(b) Assistance.--In carrying out the Transitional
Sheltering Assistance Program of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency under section 403 of Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5170b), the President may provide transitional shelter
assistance to individuals living in an area where the air
quality index is determined to be unhealthy for not less than
3 consecutive days as a result of a wildfire declared by the
President to be a major disaster under section 401 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) or declared to be a major disaster by
the Governor of the State in which the individuals are
located.
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