S.Amdt. 3298

SA 3298. Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Welch,
Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Cassidy) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 9747, making continuing
appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2025, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. __.  For ``Community Planning and Development,
Community Development Fund'', there is appropriated
$5,600,000,000 for an additional amount for fiscal year 2025,
to remain available until expended, for the same purposes and
under the same terms and conditions as funds appropriated
under such heading in title VIII of the Disaster Relief
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-43; 135
Stat. 355), except that such amounts shall be for major
disasters that occurred in 2023 or 2024 and the fourth, 20th,
and 21st provisos under such heading in such Act shall not
apply:  Provided, That of the amounts made available under
this section, no less than $3,500,000,000 shall be allocated
for declared major disasters that occurred in 2023 within 30
days of the date of enactment of this Act:  Provided further,
That of the amounts made available under this section,
$25,000,000 shall be made available for capacity building and
technical assistance, including assistance on contracting and
procurement processes, to support recipients of allocations
for major disasters from this, prior, or future Acts,
including likely recipients, as determined by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development, of allocations that may
become available with respect to major disasters in future
years:  Provided further, That of the amounts made available
under this section, $25,000,000 shall be transferred, in
aggregate, to ``Department of Housing and Urban Development--
Program Office Salaries and Expenses--Community Planning and
Development'' for necessary costs, including information
technology costs, of administering and overseeing the
obligation and expenditure of amounts made available under
this section or any Act enacted before or after the date of
enactment of this Act that makes amounts available for
purposes related to major disasters under the heading
"Community Planning and Development, Community Development
Fund" and for additional information technology and other
costs related to Department of Housing and Urban Development-
wide or program specific disaster coordination and response:
Provided further, That of the amounts made available in this
section, $5,000,000 shall be transferred in aggregate under
the heading ``Department of Housing and Urban Development--
Office of Inspector General'' for necessary costs of
overseeing and auditing funds amounts made available under
the heading ``Community Development Fund'' in this Act or any
Act enacted before or after the date of enactment of this Act
that makes amounts available for purposes related to major
disasters under such heading:  Provided further, That amounts
made available under this section and under the heading
"Community Planning and Development, Community Development
Fund" in any such Act may be used by a grantee to assist
utilities as part of a disaster-related eligible activity
under section 105(a) of the Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)):  Provided further, That such
amount is designated by the 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. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)).
Sec. __.  For ``Federal Emergency Management Agency--
Disaster Relief Fund'', there is appropriated
$10,000,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year
2025, to remain available until expended, of which
$9,500,000,000 shall be for major disasters declared pursuant
to the Robert T. Stafford

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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121
et seq.):  Provided, That such amount is designated by the
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.
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