[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 151 (Tuesday, September 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4605-S4606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1265. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Sullivan, and Ms. Hirono) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1092 
proposed by Mrs. Murray (for herself and Ms. Collins) to the bill H.R. 
4366, making appropriations for military construction, the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2024, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV of division C, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may 
     adjust the limit established under section 408(h)(1) of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

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     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(h)(1)) with respect 
     to a major disaster declared under section 401 of that Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 5170) outside the continental United States after 
     August 1, 2023, based on appropriate economic indicators 
     demonstrating high local repair and construction costs.  
     Provided, that such amounts are designated by Congress as 
     being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 951(b)(2)(A)(i)).
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