[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11850]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION ACT OF 2010

  Mr. CASEY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to Calendar No. 440, S. 3249.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the title of the bill.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3249) to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
     Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the 
     predisaster hazard mitigation program and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, with an amendment.

                                S. 3249

     SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.

       Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(n) Prohibition on Earmarks.--
       ``(1) In general.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available to carry out this section may be 
     used for congressionally directed spending, as defined under 
     rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
       ``(2) Report to congress.--If grants are awarded under this 
     section using procedures other than competitive procedures, 
     the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     shall submit to Congress a report explaining why competitive 
     procedures were not used.''.

  Mr. CASEY. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and 
passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table without 
intervening action or debate, and that any statements related to the 
bill be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 3249), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 3249

       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 ``Predisaster Hazard 
     Mitigation Act of 2010''.

     SEC. 2. PREDISASTER HAZARD MITIGATION.

       (a) Allocation of Funds.--Section 203(f) of the Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5133(f)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(f) Allocation of Funds.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President shall award financial 
     assistance under this section on a competitive basis and in 
     accordance with the criteria in subsection (g).
       ``(2) Minimum and maximum amounts.--In providing financial 
     assistance under this section, the President shall ensure 
     that the amount of financial assistance made available to a 
     State (including amounts made available to local governments 
     of the State) for a fiscal year--
       ``(A) is not less than the lesser of--
       ``(i) $575,000; or
       ``(ii) the amount that is equal to 1 percent of the total 
     funds appropriated to carry out this section for the fiscal 
     year; and
       ``(B) does not exceed the amount that is equal to 15 
     percent of the total funds appropriated to carry out this 
     section for the fiscal year.''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 203(m) of the 
     Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are 
     authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section--
       ``(1) $180,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
       ``(2) $190,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
       ``(3) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
       ``(4) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2014; and
       ``(5) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2015.''.
       (c) Technical Corrections to References.--The Robert T. 
     Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
     U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 602(a) (42 U.S.C. 5195a(a)), by striking 
     paragraph (7) and inserting the following:
       ``(7) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
     Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.''; 
     and
       (2) by striking ``Director'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``Administrator'', except--
       (A) in section 622 (42 U.S.C. 5197a)--
       (i) in the second and fourth places it appears in 
     subsection (c); and
       (ii) in subsection (d); and
       (B) in section 626(b) (42 U.S.C. 5197e(b)).

     SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON EARMARKS.

       Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
     Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``(n) Prohibition on Earmarks.--
       ``(1) In general.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available to carry out this section may be 
     used for congressionally directed spending, as defined under 
     rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
       ``(2) Report to congress.--If grants are awarded under this 
     section using procedures other than competitive procedures, 
     the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
     shall submit to Congress a report explaining why competitive 
     procedures were not used.''.

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