[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 144 (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S6012]
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  SA 3750. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Fetterman) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. PROMOTING RESILIENT BUILDINGS.

       (a) Predisaster Hazard Mitigation.--Section 203(a) of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended--
       (1) by striking the subsection heading and inserting 
     ``Definitions'';
       (2) by striking ``In this section, the term'' and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(2) Small impoverished community.--The term''; and
       (3) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so designated, 
     ``In this section:
       ``(1) Latest published editions.--The term `latest public 
     editions' means the 2 most recently published editions of 
     relevant consensus-based codes, specifications, and 
     standards.''.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section or the 
     amendments made by this section shall be construed to affect 
     any program other than the predisaster hazard mitigation 
     program established under section 203 of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5133).
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