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113TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION S.

llTo authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation

financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfires.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Mr. UDALL of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was read twiceand referred to the Committee onllllllllll

A BILL

To authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency

to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas

affected by wildfires.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. WILDFIRE MITIGATION ASSISTANCE.3

(a) IN GENERAL.Section 420 of the Robert T.4

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act5

(42 U.S.C. 5187) is amended6

(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-7

section (e); and8

(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-9

lowing:10

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(d) POST DISASTER MITIGATION ASSISTANCE.1

The President may provide hazard mitigation assistance2

in accordance with section 404 in any area in which assist-3

ance was provided under this section, whether or not a4

major disaster had been declared..5

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.The Robert T.6

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act7

(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) is amended8

(1) in section 404(a) (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a))9

(A) by inserting before the first period ,10

or any area in which assistance was provided11

under section 420; and12

(B) in the third sentence, by inserting or13

event under section 420 after major disaster14

each place that term appears; and15

(2) in section 322 (e)(1) (42 U.S.C.16

5165(e)(1)), by inserting or event under section17

420 after major disaster each place that term18

appears.19