S. 1090

Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015

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One Hundred Fourteenth Congress of the United States of America

1st Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen

S. 1090

AN ACT

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide eligibility for broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015.

2.

Eligibility of broadcasting facilities for certain disaster assistance

(a)

Private nonprofit facility defined

Section 102(11)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(11)(B)) is amended by inserting broadcasting facilities, after workshops,.

(b)

Critical services defined

Section 406(a)(3)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking communications, and inserting communications (including broadcast and telecommunications),.

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate