[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office]
[H.R. 6109 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
2d Session
H. R. 6109
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 24 (legislative day, June 23), 2008
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
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AN ACT
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster hazard mitigation
program, and for other purposes.
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 ``Pre-Disaster Mitigation Act of
2008''.
SEC. 2. PRE-DISASTER 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) Base amount.--The amount of financial assistance made
available to a State (including amounts made available to local
governments of the State) under this section for a fiscal
year--
``(A) shall be not less than the lesser of--
``(i) $575,000; or
``(ii) the amount that is equal to 1.0
percent of the total funds appropriated to
carry out this section for the fiscal year; and
``(B) shall be subject to the criteria specified in
subsection (g).
``(2) Competitive program.--Other than the amounts
described in paragraph (1), financial assistance made available
to a State (including amounts made available to local
governments of the State) under this section shall be awarded
on a competitive basis subject to the criteria in subsection
(g).
``(3) Maximum amount.--The amount of financial assistance
made available to a State (including amounts made available to
local governments of the State) for a fiscal year shall not
exceed 15 percent of the total amount of funds appropriated to
carry out this section for the fiscal year.''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 203(m) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 5133(m)) is amended to read as follows:
``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 2009, 2010, and 2011.''.
(c) References.--Section 203 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5133) is
amended--
(1) in the section heading by striking ``predisaster'' and
inserting ``pre-disaster'';
(2) in the subsection heading for subsection (i) by
striking ``Predisaster'' and inserting ``Pre-Disaster'';
(3) by striking ``Predisaster'' each place it appears and
inserting ``Pre-Disaster''; and
(4) by striking ``predisaster'' each place it appears and
inserting ``pre-disaster''.
Passed the House of Representatives June 23, 2008.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.