S.Amdt. 3394

SA 3394. Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Mr. Tester) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

Sec. ___. (a) As used in this section--

(1) the term “applicant” means an entity that is eligible to apply for assistance under a State public assistance grant under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) or the rules issued under that Act, as a result of the major disaster declaration of June 17, 2011 (44032 Federal Register (July 22, 2011)); and

(2) the terms “FEMA” and “Administrator” mean the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Administrator thereof, respectively.

(b) FEMA shall obligate such Federal funds as are necessary, not later than 30 days after the date of submission of one or more Project Worksheets by an applicant, for engineering services related to the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of a public facility damaged or destroyed by a major disaster and for associated expenses incurred by the applicant on or after April 3, 2011.

(c) FEMA shall make final payment of the Federal share of projects submitted on Project Worksheets by applicants, other than the Worksheets identified in subsection (b), as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act.

(d) Nothing in this section circumvents requirements to determine eligibility for funding under Part 206 of title 44, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.