S.Amdt. 3389

SA 3389. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 38, strike lines 3 through 10 and insert the following:

“(d) Expedited Procedures.--

“(1) In general.--For the purpose of providing assistance under this section, the President shall ensure that--

“(A) adequate resources are devoted to ensuring that applicable environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act and historic preservation reviews under the National Historic Preservation Act are completed on an expeditious basis; and

“(B) the shortest existing applicable process under the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historic Preservation Act shall be utilized.

“(2) Authority for other expedited procedures.--The President may utilize expedited procedures in addition to those required under paragraph (1) for the purpose of providing assistance under this section, such as those under the Prototype Programmatic Agreement of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, for the consideration of multiple structures as a group and for an analysis of the cost-effectiveness and fulfillment of cost-share requirements for proposed hazard mitigation measures.”.