bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
106-hr-5499,106,hr,5499,Windstorm Hazard Reduction Research and Technology Transfer Act ,Emergency Management,2000-10-19,2000-10-27,Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.,House,"Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3]",KS,D,M001140,10,"Windstorm Hazard Reduction Research and Technology Transfer Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency Group to be responsible for the development and implementation of a Federal windstorm hazard reduction research, development, and technology transfer program to achieve major measurable reductions in losses to life and property from windstorms.Establishes a National Advisory Committee to review the program's progress, advise on any improvements, and report to Congress on actions taken to reduce the impacts of windstorm hazards.",2025-08-20T14:20:20Z,
106-hr-4969,106,hr,4969,To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas within a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant.,Emergency Management,2000-07-26,2000-07-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21]",PA,R,E000187,1,"Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, jointly with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other appropriate Federal agencies, to develop, transmit to Congress, and implement a plan for stockpiling potassium iodide tablets in areas within a 50-mile radius of a nuclear power plant which includes a strategy for the storage and delivery of such tablets to persons who may be affected by a disaster at such a plant.",2025-01-02T17:14:52Z,
106-hr-4803,106,hr,4803,National Flood Insurance Program Fairness Act ,Emergency Management,2000-06-29,2000-07-31,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13]",CA,D,S000810,2,"National Flood Insurance Program Fairness Act - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to replace requirements for the notification of changes to flood insurance map panels (thus, repealing them) with the following new requirements for the notification and appeal of such changes.Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide notice of any change to flood insurance map panels, including any change in a letter of map amendment or a letter of map revision by: (1) providing the chief executive officer of each community affected by the change, by registered mail, a copy of the revised maps for such community and a statement explaining the process under this Act to appeal to the Director for changes in such revised maps; and (2) causing notice of such changes to be published in the Federal Register, and a statement explaining the process (under this Act) to appeal to the Director for changes in such revised maps.Allows a community affected by the change to appeal the change.Requires the Director: (1) during a 30-day period that begins upon the receipt of an objection, to determine whether to deny the objection, revise the changes to the panels in response to the objection, or to grant additional time to the community to obtain evidence related to the objection; and (2) to notify the chief executive of the community, in writing and by registered mail, of such determination.Requires the Director, not later than 30 days after any final determination as described by this Act, to provide written notification to each owner of real property affected by the change to panels resulting from such determination.Requires the Director, if an owner of real property affected by a change to panels incurs expense in connection with the services of surveyors, engineers, or similar services (but not legal services) in effecting any appeal of such change to the Director which is successful, to reimburse such individual for such expense.Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to repeal the requirement for the publication or notification of proposed flood elevation determinations to require the Director, in establishing projected flood elevations for land use purposes for any community, to first propose such determinations by: (1) providing the chief executive officer of each community affected by the proposed elevations, by registered mail, notice of the elevations, including a copy of the maps and a statement explaining the process to appeal for changes in such elevations; (2) causing notice of such elevations to be published in the Federal Register, which shall include a statement explaining the process to appeal for changes in such elevations; and (3) publishing the elevations in a prominent local newspaper.",2025-08-20T14:19:52Z,
106-s-2736,106,s,2736,Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act,Emergency Management,2000-06-15,2000-06-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5259-5262),Senate,"Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]",NM,R,D000407,1,"Cerro Grande Fire Assistance Act - Entitles persons suffering injury or loss of property, or personal injury or death, as a result of the Cerro Grande, New Mexico, fire (the fire resulting from the National Park Service's prescribed burn at Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico, on May 4, 2000) to receive from the United States compensation for injury suffered as a result of such fire.Establishes an Office of Cerro Grande Fire Claims within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive, process, and pay claims in accordance with this Act. Authorizes the FEMA Director to appoint an Independent Claims Manager to head the Office and assume the Director's duties under this title.Provides for submission of claims no later than two years after the date regulations are first promulgated under this Act. Requires the Director, on behalf of the United States, to investigate, determine, grant, deny, or settle any claim for money damages asserted by an injured person.Applies the laws of the State of New Mexico to the calculation of damages. Limits payments under thisAct to actual compensatory damages measured by injuries suffered and excludes interest before settlement or payment of a claim or punitive damages.Requires the Director, no later than 180 days after a claim is submitted, to determine and fix the amount to be paid for the claim. Provides for the payment of subrogation claims only after paying claims submitted by injured parties that are not insurance companies seeking payment as subrogees. Requires the Director, to prevent recovery by a claimant in excess of actual compensatory damages, to reduce the amount to be paid for the claim by an amount equal to the total of insurance benefits or other payments or settlements to be paid with respect to the claim. Authorizes a claimant, if a partial payment is received, but further payment on a claim is denied, to seek judicial review and keep any received payment unless the claimant was ineligible for, or fraudulently procured, the compensation.Describes allowable damages, including uncompensated property, business, and financial losses.Requires the acceptance by a claimant of any payment under thisAct (except a partial or advance payment) to: (1) be final and conclusive on the claimant with respect to claims relating to the same subject matter; and (2) constitute a complete release of claims against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act or any other Federal or State law.Provides for promulgation and publication of regulations and dissemination of information on the rights conferred under this Act and regulatory requirements through newspapers and other media.Authorizes injured persons to elect to seek compensation from the United States for injuries resulting from the Cerro Grande fire by: (1) submitting a claim under this Act; (2) filing a claim or bringing a civil action under the Federal Tort Claims Act; or (3) bringing a civil action under any other law. Makes such election final and conclusive on the claimant with respect to all such injuries suffered.Requires the Director to establish procedures under which a dispute regarding a claim may be settled by arbitration. Provides that arbitration shall be binding and preclude any exercise of the right to judicial review of a claim.Authorizes civil actions to be brought in the district court for New Mexico by claimants aggrieved by the Director's final decision under this Act.Limits attorney's or agent fees to ten percent of the amount of any payment on a claim for services rendered in connection with a claim. Provides for fines for violations of such limitation.Provides that State or local projects carried out in response to the Cerro Grande fire under any Federal program that applies to an area affected by the fire shall not be subject to matching fund requirements. Makes the Federal cost share of such projects 100 percent.Describes requirements for compensation to Indians and Indian tribes under this title, including that Indians shall be entitled to proceed in the same manner as any other injured person and that the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall have no responsibility to restore land damaged by the fire except land that is the subject of the claim.Requires the Director to report annually to Congress on claims submitted under this Act.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:19:02Z,
106-hr-4452,106,hr,4452,Making emergency supplemental appropriations for wildland fire management for fiscal year 2000.,Emergency Management,2000-05-15,2000-05-16,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3052-3053),House,"Rep. Dicks, Norman D. [D-WA-6]",WA,D,D000327,2,"Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY 2000 for: (1) the Department of the Interior for the Bureau of Land Management, wildland fire management, for emergency rehabilitation and wildfire suppression activities; and (2) the Department of Agriculture for the Forest Service, wildland fire management, for emergency rehabilitation, presuppression, and wildfire suppression.",2025-01-02T17:13:59Z,
106-s-2543,106,s,2543,"To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term ""major disaster"".",Emergency Management,2000-05-11,2000-05-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT]",VT,R,J000072,1,Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to revise the definition of major disaster to include airplane or rail accidents.,2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
106-s-2389,106,s,2389,21st Century Fire and Emergency Services Act of 2000,Emergency Management,2000-04-11,2000-04-11,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2531-2532),Senate,"Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE]",DE,R,R000460,0,"21st Century Fire and Emergency Services Act of 2000 - Establishes within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the Burn Services Grant Program. Authorizes the Director of FEMA to make Program grants to: (1) experienced safety organizations to conduct or augment burn safety programs; (2) hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn care research; and (3) governmental or nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn treatment and counseling to burn victims.Requires the Director to establish within FEMA a Fire Services Grant Program to award grants to volunteer, paid, and combined volunteer-paid departments that provide fire and emergency medical services.Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out certain cooperative forestry assistance with respect to rural fire prevention and control.",2025-08-20T14:20:36Z,
106-hr-4210,106,hr,4210,Preparedness Against Terrorism Act of 2000,Emergency Management,2000-04-06,2000-07-26,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4]",FL,R,F000328,39,"Preparedness Against Terrorism Act of 2000 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to include snow droughts, acts of terrorism or other catastrophic events within its definition of ""major disaster"" for purposes of authorized disaster relief.(Sec. 4) Requires the President (current law authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA Director)) to be responsible for carrying out Federal emergency preparedness plans and programs. Includes as a covered hazard a domestic terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction.(Sec. 6) Requires the President to ensure that Federal response plans and programs are adequate to respond to the consequences of terrorism directed against a target in the United States, including weapons of mass destruction. Includes the development of equipment, clothing, and facilities within authorized preparedness measures.(Sec. 7) Repeals provisions of the Act which: (1) allow State preparedness funds to be used to prepare for hazards and for providing emergency assistance in response to hazards; and (2) require the FEMA Director to establish emergency preparedness security regulations.(Sec. 9) Establishes the President's Council on Domestic Preparedness to, among other things: (1) establish Federal policies, objectives, and priorities for enhancing the capabilities of State and local emergency preparedness and response personnel in early detection and warning of and response to all domestic terrorist attacks, including those involving weapons of mass destruction; (2) publish a Domestic Terrorism Preparedness Plan and annual strategy for carrying out such Plan; (3) provide for the creation of a State and local advisory group for the Council; (4) establish voluntary guidelines for State and local preparedness programs; (5) coordinate and oversee the implementation of such Federal policies, objectives, and priorities; and (6) make recommendations to the heads of appropriate Federal departments and agencies with regard to implementation of the Plan. Requires the Plan and annual strategy to be transmitted to Congress. Requires any part of a Plan or strategy involving classified information to be presented separately to Congress.Requires the Council, in developing the Plan, to designate an entity to assess the risk of terrorist attacks against transportation facilities, personnel, and passengers. Requires the Council to monitor Plan implementation, including conducting program and performance audits and evaluations.Requires each Federal program manager and department or agency head with responsibilities under the Plan, by specified dates, to transmit to the Council for each fiscal year recommended resource allocations for Plan programs and activities. Requires the Council to recommend for such fiscal years resource allocations with respect to annual strategies, and submit such recommendations to the relevant departments and agencies and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Requires the head of a Federal department or agency to consult with the Council before enhancing the capabilities of State and local emergency preparedness and response personnel with respect to terrorist attacks.Requires the Council to establish voluntary minimum guidelines for preparedness programs in order to provide guidance in the development and implementation of such programs.Authorizes the Council to attend meetings of the National Security Council pertaining to domestic terrorist attack preparedness matters, subject to the direction of the President.Requires the Council to have an Executive Director appointed by the President.Requires cooperation with the Council from each Federal department and agency with responsibilities under the Plan.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2005.",2025-04-07T13:47:06Z,
106-hr-4146,106,hr,4146,Help Emergency Responders Operate Act,Emergency Management,2000-03-30,2000-04-12,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.",House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,11,"Help Emergency Responders Operate Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture for FY 2001 and 2002 for carrying out provisions authorizing the Secretary to: (1) cooperate with State foresters or equivalent State officials in developing systems and methods for the prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on rural lands and in rural communities that will protect human lives, agricultural crops and livestock, property and other improvements, and natural resources; (2) provide financial, technical, and related assistance to such foresters or officials, and through them to other agencies and individuals, for the prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-Federal forest lands and other non- Federal lands; and (3) provide financial, technical, and related assistance to such foresters or officials in cooperative efforts to organize, train, and equip local firefighting forces, including those of Indian tribes or other native groups, to prevent, control, and suppress fires threatening human lives, crops, livestock, farmsteads or other improvements, pastures, orchards, wildlife, rangeland, woodland, and other resources in rural areas.Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), using amounts in an account for the purpose of providing loan guarantees (established under this Act), to guarantee loans to volunteer fire and rescue agencies for the entire principal and interest on the loan for specified volunteer fire and rescue services, including to purchase equipment necessary for proper performance of the agency's duties, to repair, rehabilitate, or otherwise improve the agency's existing facilities, and for carrying out public education programs regarding fire prevention, life safety, and arson. Sets forth loan terms and conditions. Authorizes appropriations.Authorizes appropriations to the Director for FY 2001 and 2002 for making grants directly to local fire and rescue services for equipment, including interoperability radio equipment.Authorizes the Director to make grants on a competitive basis to: (1) safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn safety programs for assisting those organizations in conducting such programs or augmenting existing burn prevention programs; (2) hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn research; and (3) governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims. Creates an office in FEMA to establish specific criteria of grant recipients and to administer such grants. Authorizes appropriations.Requires the Director to establish a program to award grants to volunteer, paid, and combined departments that provide fire and emergency medical services. Permits such grants to be used, among other things, to: (1) acquire personal protective equipment required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and other personal protective equipment for firefighting personnel; (2) acquire additional firefighting equipment, including equipment for communication and monitoring; (3) establish wellness and fitness programs for firefighting personnel to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related to health and conditioning problems; (4) promote professional development of fire code enforcement personnel; (5) integrate computer technology to improve records management and training capabilities; (6) fund fire prevention programs and public education programs about arson prevention and detection, and juvenile fire setter intervention; and (7) modify fire stations, fire training facilities, and other facilities to protect the health and safety of firefighting personnel. Provides for grant recipients to be subject to audits to ensure that the funds are spent for their intended purposes. Authorizes appropriations.Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, in addition to the allocations and assignments otherwise made with respect to new public safety services licenses and commercial licenses, within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, to allocate the electromagnetic spectrum between 139 megahertz and 140.5 megahertz, inclusive, and between 141.5 megahertz and 143 megahertz, inclusive, to interoperability use by public safety services.Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for FY 2001 for the U.S. Geological Survey for the Hazard Support System for system improvements and for operation and maintenance. Directs such Secretary to transmit to Congress a report on the results of a study, carried out in consultation with the National Interagency Fire Center and State fire services, of the best methods of disseminating data from such System to State and local fire mitigation entities for realtime fire detection.Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to include as activities eligible for assistance under the community development block grant program the provision of assistance to local firefighting, emergency medical, or rescue units serving low-income communities for: (1) acquisition, repair, or rehabilitation of equipment or vehicles for firefighting, emergency medical, or rescue services; (2) construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, or improvement of facilities for local  firefighting, emergency medical, or rescue services; or (3) training or planning involved in providing fire fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services. States that such an assisted activity shall be considered to benefit persons of low and moderate income if the service provides such services to low- and moderate-income persons.",2025-08-20T14:18:15Z,
106-hr-4128,106,hr,4128,Help Emergency Responders Operate Act,Emergency Management,2000-03-29,2000-04-10,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.",House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,8,"Help Emergency Responders Operate Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of Agriculture for FY 2001 and 2002 for carrying out provisions authorizing the Secretary to: (1) cooperate with State foresters or equivalent State officials in developing systems and methods for the prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on rural lands and in rural communities that will protect human lives, agricultural crops and livestock, property and other improvements, and natural resources; (2) provide financial, technical, and related assistance to such foresters or officials, and through them to other agencies and individuals, for the prevention, control, suppression, and prescribed use of fires on non-Federal forest lands and other non- Federal lands; and (3) provide financial, technical, and related assistance to such foresters or officials in cooperative efforts to organize, train, and equip local firefighting forces, including those of Indian tribes or other native groups, to prevent, control, and suppress fires threatening human lives, crops, livestock, farmsteads or other improvements, pastures, orchards, wildlife, rangeland, woodland, and other resources in rural areas.Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), using amounts in an account for the purpose of providing loan guarantees (established under this Act), to guarantee loans to volunteer fire and rescue agencies for the entire principal and interest on the loan for specified volunteer fire and rescue services, including to purchase equipment necessary for proper performance of the agency's duties, to repair, rehabilitate, or otherwise improve the agency's existing facilities, and for carrying out public education programs regarding fire prevention, life safety, and arson. Sets forth loan terms and conditions. Authorizes appropriations.Authorizes appropriations to the Director for FY 2001 and 2002 for making grants directly to local fire and rescue services for equipment, including interoperability radio equipment.Authorizes the Director to make grants on a competitive basis to: (1) safety organizations that have experience in conducting burn safety programs for assisting those organizations in conducting such programs or augmenting existing burn prevention programs; (2) hospitals that serve as regional burn centers to conduct acute burn research; and (3) governmental and nongovernmental entities to provide after-burn treatment and counseling to individuals that are burn victims. Creates an office in FEMA to establish specific criteria of grant recipients and to administer such grants. Authorizes appropriations.Requires the Director to establish a program to award grants to volunteer, paid, and combined departments that provide fire and emergency medical services. Permits such grants to be used, among other things, to: (1) acquire personal protective equipment required for firefighting personnel by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and other personal protective equipment for firefighting personnel; (2) acquire additional firefighting equipment, including equipment for communication and monitoring; (3) establish wellness and fitness programs for firefighting personnel to reduce the number of injuries and deaths related to health and conditioning problems; (4) promote professional development of fire code enforcement personnel; (5) integrate computer technology to improve records management and training capabilities; (6) fund fire prevention programs and public education programs about arson prevention and detection, and juvenile fire setter intervention; and (7) modify fire stations, fire training facilities, and other facilities to protect the health and safety of firefighting personnel. Provides for grant recipients to be subject to audits to ensure that the funds are spent for their intended purposes. Authorizes appropriations.Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communications Commission, in addition to the allocations and assignments otherwise made with respect to new public safety services licenses and commercial licenses, within 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, to allocate the electromagnetic spectrum between 139 megahertz and 140.5 megahertz, inclusive, and between 141.5 megahertz and 143 megahertz, inclusive, to interoperability use by public safety services.Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for FY 2001 for the U.S. Geological Survey for the Hazard Support System for system improvements and for operation and maintenance. Directs such Secretary to transmit to Congress a report on the results of a study, carried out in consultation with the National Interagency Fire Center and State fire services, of the best methods of disseminating data from such System to State and local fire mitigation entities for realtime fire detection.Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to include as activities eligible for assistance under the community development block grant program the provision of assistance to local firefighting, emergency medical, or rescue services for: (1) acquisition, repair, or rehabilitation of equipment or vehicles for fire fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services; (2) construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, or improvement of facilities for local fire fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services; or (3) training or planning involved in providing fire fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services. States that such an assisted activity shall be considered to benefit persons of low and moderate income if the service provides such services to all persons in the geographical area served, including any low and moderate income persons.",2025-08-20T14:18:14Z,
106-s-2216,106,s,2216,Federal Emergency Management Agency Buy American Compliance Act,Emergency Management,2000-03-08,2000-03-08,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1319-1320),Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Federal Emergency Management Agency Buy American Compliance Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to require, as a condition of any financial assistance provided by the Agency on a non-emergency basis for a construction project, that the project use only domestic products (products mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States).Provides authorized waivers of such requirement. Prohibits the application of the authorized waivers with respect to a product of a foreign country that is a signatory country to the Agreement on Government Procurement but that has violated such Agreement by discriminating against a covered U.S. product.Prohibits the Director from imposing any assistance limitation that restricts more stringent State Buy American requirements.Makes a person ineligible to enter into a contract or subcontract for a project carried out with financial assistance made available by the Agency if a U.S. court or agency has determined that such person has affixed a ""Made in America"" label to any product used in such a project, or otherwise has represented that a product was produced in the United States, when it was not.",2025-08-20T14:21:01Z,
106-hr-3589,106,hr,3589,Federal Emergency Management Agency Buy American Compliance Act,Emergency Management,2000-02-08,2000-02-09,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3]",GA,R,C000640,2,"Federal Emergency Management Agency Buy American Compliance Act - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to require, as a condition of any financial assistance provided by such agency on a non-emergency basis for a construction project, that the steel, iron, and manufactured products used in the project be produced in the United States.Provides authorized waivers of such requirement.Makes a person ineligible for any such assistance if such person has intentionally affixed a ""Made in America"" label to any product used in such a project, or otherwise has represented that a product was produced in the United States, when it was not.Prohibits the application of the authorized waivers with respect to the products of a foreign country that has violated the terms of a valid trade agreement by discriminating in such country against products produced in the United States.",2025-08-20T14:18:22Z,
106-hr-3479,106,hr,3479,Small Business Disaster Assistance Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-11-18,1999-11-19,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2513),House,"Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19]",NY,R,K000078,4,"Small Business Disaster Assistance Act of 1999 - Authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make grants to small businesses and agricultural enterprises following a natural or other disaster to assist such entities in reopening for business. Limits such grants to $30,000 per entity.Authorizes the SBA to make loans, either directly or through banks or other lending institutions, to small businesses following a natural or other disaster to assist such businesses in reopening. Outlines loan requirements, including requiring businesses operating in flood-prone areas to carry flood insurance.",2025-08-20T14:18:25Z,
106-s-1941,106,s,1941,Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act,Emergency Management,1999-11-17,2000-09-20,"Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.",Senate,"Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT]",CT,D,D000388,35,"Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) make grants on a competitive basis for protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards; and (2) provide assistance for specified fire prevention programs (requiring at least ten percent of grant funds to be used for such programs). Provides a program priority for organizations that focus on prevention of injuries to children from fire.Requires: (1) ten percent non-Federal matching funds; (2) each grantee to report to the Director on grant uses; and (3) grants to be made to a variety of recipients, including paid and volunteer firefighters and urban, suburban, and rural.Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 through 2005.",2025-08-20T14:17:04Z,
106-hr-3303,106,hr,3303,Natural Disaster Insurance Solvency Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-11-10,1999-12-02,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Burr, Richard [R-NC-5]",NC,R,B001135,0,"Natural Disaster Insurance Solvency Act of 1999 - Establishes the Natural Disaster Insurance Solvency Fund (NDISF) as a non-Federal agency to hold, invest, and distribute private insurance solvency reserve amounts for rare catastrophic events.Directs the NDISF to establish and maintain a Catastrophe Emergency Solvency Reserve Account as a tax-exempt custodial account to hold all contributions of solvency reserve amounts.Mandates NDISF audits by the Comptroller General.Grants the NDISF off-budget status.",2025-08-20T14:18:45Z,
106-s-1899,106,s,1899,Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act,Emergency Management,1999-11-10,1999-11-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO]",CO,R,C000077,0,"Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act - Redesignates the Federal Emergency Management Agency as the Federal Fire and Emergency Management Agency ( FFEMA).Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the FFEMA Director to make grants on a competitive basis for protecting the health and safety of the public and firefighting personnel against fire and fire-related hazards. Requires: (1) ten percent non-Federal matching funds; (2) each grantee to report to the Director on grant uses; and (3) grants to be made to a variety of recipients, including paid and volunteer firefighters and urban, suburban,  and rural fire departments.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:18:14Z,
106-s-1906,106,s,1906,"A bill to amend Public Law 104-307 to extend the expiration date of the authority to sell certain aircraft for use in wildfire suppression, and for other purposes.",Emergency Management,1999-11-10,1999-11-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.,Senate,"Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM]",NM,D,B000468,2,"Amends the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to extend the authority of the Secretary of Defense to sell certain aircraft and aircraft parts to persons for use in wildfire suppression through September 30, 2005. Requires the Secretary to report, not later than March 31, 2005, to specified congressional committees with respect to such authority.",2025-01-14T17:07:58Z,
106-hres-349,106,hres,349,"Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should immediately transmit to Congress the President's recommendations for emergency response actions, including appropriate offsets, to provide relief and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.",Emergency Management,1999-11-01,1999-11-02,Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.,House,"Rep. Taylor, Charles H. [R-NC-11]",NC,R,T000067,10,"Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should immediately transmit to Congress his recommendations for emergency response actions, including appropriate offsets, to provide relief and assistance to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.",2025-01-02T17:08:11Z,
106-hr-3155,106,hr,3155,Firefighter's Local-Federal Assistance for Management of Emergencies Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-10-27,2000-04-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17]",PA,R,G000121,13,Firefighter's Local-Federal Assistance for Management of Emergencies Act of 1999 - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States that have an emergency response loan program in effect. Requires States receiving such Federal grants to make grants to assist eligible emergency response organizations in repaying loans they received under the State emergency response loan program. Sets forth certain audit and apportionment requirements with respect to the Federal grant program. Requires the Secretary to make certain set-aside funds available for such grant program.,2025-08-20T14:20:58Z,
106-s-1786,106,s,1786,A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish a grant program for assisting small business and agricultural enterprises in meeting disaster-related expenses.,Emergency Management,1999-10-26,1999-10-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,L000123,0,"Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to make grants to assist small businesses and agricultural enterprises adversely affected by a major disaster in meeting disaster-related expenses, including the costs of nonstructural repairs and replacement of noninsured contents and inventory.Provides that a small business or agricultural enterprise receiving a grant shall not use the proceeds of the grant for relocation, but may use such proceeds in a new location, at the President's discretion, for a safety, health, or mitigation purpose.Makes a small business or agricultural enterprise receiving such grant assistance liable to the United States to the extent that assistance duplicates benefits provided to such business or enterprise for the same purpose by another Federal agency. Requires any Federal agency that provides any duplicative assistance to collect an amount equal to the value of that assistance from the recipient in any case in which the head of the agency considers such collection to be in the Government's best interest.Makes a small business or agricultural enterprise eligible for a grant in relation to not more than one major disaster. Limits the maximum grant amount that a small business or agricultural enterprise may receive under this Act to $20,000.Makes such program applicable to any major disaster declared after September 1, 1999, and before the date of the enactment of this Act.",2025-01-14T17:12:38Z,
106-hr-3109,106,hr,3109,To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to establish a grant program for assisting small businesses and agricultural enterprises in meeting disaster-related expenses.,Emergency Management,1999-10-19,1999-10-20,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5]",NJ,R,R000465,22,"Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to make grants for assisting small businesses and agricultural enterprises adversely affected by a major disaster in meeting disaster-related expenses, including the costs of nonstructural repairs and replacement of noninsured contents and inventory.Disallows a small business or agricultural enterprise from using the proceeds of the grant for relocation, although such proceeds may be used for appropriate purposes in a new location, at the President's discretion, for safety, health, or mitigation purposes.Makes a small business or agricultural enterprise receiving assistance liable to the United States to the extent that such assistance duplicated benefits provided to such business or enterprise for the same purpose from another Federal agency. Requires any Federal agency that provides any duplicative assistance to collect an amount equal to the value of such duplicative assistance from the recipient when the head of such agency considers it to be in the Federal Government's best interest.Makes any small business or agricultural enterprise ineligible for assistance in relation to more than one major disaster and limits the maximum aggregate of such assistance to such small business or agricultural enterprise to $20,000 with respect to such disaster.Permits the President to only make a grant during the 90-day period beginning on the date of declaration of a major disaster.Makes the amendments made by this Act applicable to any major disaster declared after September 1, 1999, and before the date of the enactment of this Act. Provides that, for purposes of the maximum limit on assistance, the 90-day time period for such disaster shall begin on such date of enactment.",2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-s-1691,106,s,1691,Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-10-05,2000-05-16,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 550.,Senate,"Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]",OK,R,I000024,7,"Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999 - Title I: Predisaster Hazard Mitigation - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program of technical and financial assistance to States and local governments to implement predisaster hazard mitigation activities to reduce injuries and loss of life and property damage and destruction, including damage to critical infrastructures and facilities. Authorizes the Director to provide financial assistance from the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund (established under this Act) to each State and local government that has identified all natural disaster hazards in its jurisdiction and has demonstrated its ability to form effective public-private disaster hazard mitigation partnerships, to be used principally to implement the predisaster hazard mitigation measures contained in proposals approved by the Director. Authorizes such assistance to be used to: (1) support effective public-private partnerships; (2) ensure that new development and construction is disaster resistant; or (3) improve the assessment of a community's natural hazards vulnerabilities or establish a community's mitigation priorities.Authorizes the Director to establish the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.(Sec. 103) Directs the President to designate as a natural disaster mitigation zone each area in which commonly recurring natural hazards (floods, hurricanes and severe winds, seismic events) create a substantial likelihood of disasters that may require assistance under the Act. Requires flood zones identified under the national flood insurance program that are also within a wind zone identified  by the American Society of Civil Engineers that has commonly recurring winds of over 90 miles per hour to be so designated as such zones.Requires the President to direct all appropriate Federal agencies that gather information relating to natural resources and natural and technological hazards to integrate, or develop and maintain, comprehensive all-hazard maps using geographic information systems technology. Requires the President to assign to the Director the primary responsibility for identifying disaster mitigation policies and practices for implementation in natural disaster mitigation zones. Requires Federal buildings in such zones to be designed and constructed in accordance with such policies and practices, voluntary minimum model building codes, consensus standards, test methods, and specifications identified by the Director. Authorizes the President to provide certain incentives to encourage owners of buildings in such zones to implement such policies.(Sec. 104) Directs the President to establish an interagency task force to coordinate the implementation of predisaster hazard mitigation programs administered by the Federal Government.Title II: Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance - Amends the Act to direct the President to promulgate regulations under which States, communities, and other disaster assistance applicants are required to protect property through adequate levels of insurance or self-insurance.(Sec. 202) Directs the President to: (1) establish management cost rates for disaster preparedness and mitigation assistance grantees and subgrantees; (2) review such rates periodically; and (3) promulgate regulations to define costs to be included in such management costs.(Sec. 203)Revises provisions that authorize the President to make contributions for repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of public or private nonprofit facilities damaged or destroyed by major disasters to permit such contributions to private facilities only if: (1) the facility provides critical infrastructure in the event of a major disaster; (2) the facility owner or operator has applied for a disaster loan under the Small Business Act and has been determined ineligible for such loan; or (3) the owner or operator has obtained such a loan in the maximum amount for which the Small Business Administration determines the facility is eligible. Requires the President to notify specified congressional committees before making any contribution greater than $20 million.Limits the Federal share of assistance provided to 75 percent of repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement costs, with an authorized Federal share reduction for a facility: (1) that has previously been damaged on more than one occasion by the same type of event; and (2) that has not implemented mitigation measures to address the hazard that caused the damage.Reduces in-lieu contributions (in cases where the public interest is not served by a facility's repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement) to governments or owners or operators of private nonprofit facilities to 75 percent (currently, up to 90 percent) of the Federal share of the cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a facility and management costs. Provides funding limits. Provides for the determination of eligible costs and the modification of such costs. Requires the President, acting through the Director, to establish an expert panel for developing: (1) procedures for estimating the cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a facility consistent with industry practices; and (2) certain ceiling and floor percentages with respect to estimated costs. Requires the President to promulgate regulations to establish such procedures and percentages. Directs the panel to report biennially to Congress on the appropriateness of such procedures.(Sec. 204) Requires State, local, or tribal governments, as a condition of receipt of a disaster loan or grant under the Act, to submit to the Director for approval a mitigation plan that outlines processes for identifying the natural hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities of the area under government jurisdiction. Authorizes Federal contributions described under Section 203 of this Act to be used to fund such plans, with limitations.Revises provisions of the Act concerning standards for repair and construction financed with disaster loans or grants. Permits the President to require safe land use and construction practices.(Sec. 205) Authorizes a State to apply to the President for delegation of the authority to administer  the hazard mitigation grant program under the Act.(Sec. 206) Directs the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to Congress on an estimate of the reduction in Federal assistance that has resulted and is likely to result from the enactment of this Act.(Sec. 207) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to State and local governments (currently, only States) for the mitigation, management, and control of any fire (currently, fire suppression) on public or private forest land or grassland with urban interface (currently, on such forest land or grassland) which threatens destruction that would constitute a major disaster.(Sec. 208) Requires the President to provide an opportunity for public comment before adopting any new or modified policy governing implementation of the FEMA-administered major disaster public assistance program that could result in a significant reduction of assistance under the program. Requires consultation with program grantees.(Sec. 209) Prohibits major disaster community loans from exceeding $5 million. Prohibits further assistance to a community that is in arrears on payments under a previous loan.Title III: Miscellaneous - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make FEMA employees and employees of State or local emergency management or civil defense agencies who perform official duties relating to a major disaster that are determined to be hazardous duties eligible for public safety officers' death benefits.(Sec. 304) Prohibits the initiation of an administrative action to recover any payment made to a State or local government for emergency or disaster assistance under the Act after three years from the date of transmission of the final expenditure report for such emergency or disaster. Provides a rebuttable assumption, in any dispute arising after such three-year deadline, that adequate records were maintained identifying the source and application of such funds.",2025-04-07T13:42:50Z,
106-s-1639,106,s,1639,Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000,Emergency Management,1999-09-24,2000-10-19,Held at the desk.,Senate,"Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN]",TN,R,F000439,4,"Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (the Act) to authorize appropriations for FY 2001 through 2003 for: (1) the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out specified activities under the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program; (2) the Secretary of the Interior for responsibilities assigned to the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), with specified funds earmarked for the Global Seismic Network, the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee, and for carrying out a competitive, peer-reviewed program under which FEMA awards grants to or enters into cooperative agreements with State and local governments and persons or entities from the academic community and the private sector; (3) the National Science Foundation (NSF) for engineering research and geosciences research; and (4) the National Institute of Standards and Technology.Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 2001 through 2003 for a USGS program to develop a prototype real-time seismic warning system.(Sec. 3) Repeals provisions of the Act concerning: (1) non-Federal cost sharing for certain supplemental funds; (2) the authorization of appropriations in prior fiscal years for certain required adjustments in employee salaries and benefits; and (3) the availability of FY 1991-1993 funding.(Sec. 4) Requires the USGS Director to establish and operate an Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System to organize, modernize, and standardize U.S. national, regional, and urban seismic monitoring systems. Requires such Director to transmit to Congress a five-year management plan for establishing and operating the System. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006, and additional amounts for FY 2002 and 2003 for System operation.(Sec. 5) Requires the NSF Director to establish the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade, link, and integrate a system of geographically distributed experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing of full-sized structures and partial-scale models. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2004.(Sec. 6) Directs FEMA to: (1) annually provide guidance to other agencies involved in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (Program) concerning the preparation of requests for appropriations for Program activities; and (2) prepare and submit to the Office of Management and Budget an annual Program budget. Requires each Program agency to specify Program activities in their annual request for appropriations.(Sec. 7) Requires the FEMA Director to report to Congress describing Program elements that specifically address the needs of at-risk populations.(Sec. 8) Requires FEMA's comprehensive earthquake education and public awareness program to include increasing public access to available locality-specific information to assist the public in preparing for or responding to earthquakes.(Sec. 10) Requires the USGS Director to establish a Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee.",2025-04-07T13:46:56Z,
106-sres-188,106,sres,188,A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that additional assistance should be provided to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.,Emergency Management,1999-09-24,1999-10-01,Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.,Senate,"Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]",NC,D,E000286,14,"Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the victims of Hurricane Floyd deserve the sympathies of people of the United States; and (2) additional assistance needs to be provided to such victims.Commends the President, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secretaries of Agriculture, Transportation, and Commerce, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, the Governors of Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia, the National Guard, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard, and the Red Cross, Salvation Army, and other private relief organizations for their disaster assistance and relief efforts.Urges the President to: (1) work with Congress to provide necessary funds for disaster relief; and (2) prepare and submit to Congress a report that analyzes the feasibility and cost of implementing a program to provide disaster assistance to such victims.",2025-04-07T13:42:35Z,
106-s-1610,106,s,1610,A bill to authorize additional emergency disaster relief for victims of Hurricane Dennis and Hurricane Floyd.,Emergency Management,1999-09-21,1999-09-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.,Senate,"Sen. Edwards, John [D-NC]",NC,D,E000286,1,"Authorizes appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for FY 2000  for expenses relating to the provision of disaster relief for agricultural producers affected by Hurricane Floyd and for other Hurricane Floyd-related relief under: (1) the flooded land reserve program; (2) the Wetlands Reserve Program; (3) the Environmental Quality Incentives Program; (4) the Emergency Conservation Program; (5) the rural housing insurance fund; (6) the program to provide low income housing repair grants under the Housing Act of 1949; and (7) any other program that provides appropriate disaster relief, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the Department of Commerce for FY 2000 for expenses of providing emergency disaster assistance to persons or entities that have incurred losses from a commercial fishery failure due to Hurricane Floyd; and (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency for FY 2000 for emergency expenses resulting from Hurricane Floyd.Provides that the appropriation of any amount authorized under this Act shall be: (1) designated as emergency spending in accordance with the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act); and (2) made available on an emergency basis.",2025-01-14T16:41:20Z,
106-hr-2728,106,hr,2728,Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-08-05,1999-09-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.,House,"Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1]",NE,R,B000403,7,"Two Floods and You Are Out of the Taxpayers' Pocket Act of 1999 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, in awarding grants for mitigation activities, to give priority to properties for which repetitive flood insurance claim payments have been made (repetitive claim properties). Authorizes the Director to waive mitigation assistance limits when the State or community has repetitive claim properties and such waiver is cost-effective and in the best interests of the National Flood Insurance Fund.Increases amounts credited to the National Flood Mitigation Fund from the National Flood Insurance Fund, such amounts to be used only for repetitive claim properties.Extends through FY 2004 the authority to enter into flood insurance contracts and the authorization of appropriations for the national flood insurance program.Provides chargeable national flood insurance premium rates for: (1) repetitive claim properties; and (2) certain coastal and river properties leased from the Government. Authorizes annual premium increases with respect to such properties.Amends the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 to prohibit Federal disaster relief assistance from being used for repair, replacement, or restoration of any property in the area for which: (1) repetitive claim payments have been made; and (2) Federal mitigation assistance has been offered to, but refused by, the property owner.Authorizes the Director to provide for funding for mitigation actions that reduce flood damages to repetitive claim properties, under certain conditions. Provides funding for such assistance from the National Flood Insurance Fund.",2025-08-20T14:19:57Z,
106-s-1361,106,s,1361,Natural Disaster Protection and Insurance Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-07-13,2000-04-13,"Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 106-1109.",Senate,"Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK]",AK,R,S000888,16,"Natural Disaster Protection and Insurance Act of 1999 - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (the Act) to provide for an expanded Federal program of hazard mitigation, relief, and natural disaster insurance. (Sec. 6) Requires each State to either: (1) develop a statewide strategic mitigation plan (plan) to reduce hazards of future natural disasters; or (2) designate a plan in effect at the time as the applicable plan.  Outlines required plan elements, including: (1) ensuring that structures in hazard-prone areas are built with hazard mitigation techniques; and (2) improving the capabilities of emergency response teams to natural disasters.  Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to review and approve a plan if it contains the required elements.  Requires such plans to be submitted to the Director within two years after enactment of this Act.  Outlines procedures regarding plan implementation, plan updates, and noncompliance with plan requirements (including an opportunity to cure).  Denies hazard mitigation funds for any State which is still non-compliant 180 days after receiving from the Director notification of noncompliance. Authorizes the Director to allocate funds to States from the Natural Disaster Protection Fund, according to a pro rata formula based on reinsurance coverage premiums.  Requires States to use allocated funds to support specified natural disaster hazard mitigation activities.  Requires the Director, at least once every three years, to evaluate each State's progress in implementing its plan, and to base future allotments on such evaluation. Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) conduct a study to identify all Federal programs that provide assistance for public facilities and lifelines; and (2) report to Congress on study results. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 7) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to grant loans to a private, non-governmental, and nonprofit membership corporation to be known as the Natural Disaster Insurance Corporation.  Requires the Corporation to provide reinsurance coverage for hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, windstorms, and wildfires. Requires Corporation members to own shares in the Corporation and to consist of private insurers and State insurance pools that purchase the reinsurance coverage provided by the Corporation.  Outlines Corporation administrative procedures, including: (1) the naming of a Corporation administrator; (2) loans for start-up costs; and (3) the election of a Board of Directors.  Requires the Corporation to develop a plan of operation describing Corporation administration and the provision of insurance coverages.  Directs the Natural Disaster Insurance Board of Actuaries to review and approve such plan and any amendments thereto.  Requires the Board of Directors to report annually to Corporation members and the Independent Board of Actuaries on Corporation operations. Directs the Corporation to carry out a program to make reinsurance coverage available through contracts for such coverage for purchase only: (1) by eligible State programs; and (2) through auctions. Requires each contract to provide insurance coverage against residential property losses to homes and the contents of apartment buildings and to cover all the natural disasters named above. Makes a program eligible to purchase an insurance or reinsurance contract under this section only if such program is a State-operated program that meets specified requirements, including: (1) the offering of residential property and apartment content coverage; and (2) mitigation provisions that require not less than ten percent of the net investment income of the State insurance or reinsurance program to be used to mitigate losses from natural disasters for which the State program was established.  Outlines coverage requirements and contract terms and conditions. Directs the Corporation to carry out a program to auction on a regional basis contracts for reinsurance coverage to private insurers and reinsurers, State insurance and reinsurance programs, and other interested entities.  Requires the Corporation, in such auction, to set a reserve price as the lowest price for that contract, to be determined based upon specified factors such as risk and administrative costs.  Provides auction contract terms and conditions. Requires the Corporation, in making reinsurance coverage available, to provide a conditional minimum level of retained losses (similar to a deductible) and a maximum level of Federal liability for losses from a single covered event. Establishes the Independent Natural Disaster Board of Actuaries to review and approve the Corporation plan of operation and to advise the Corporation regarding the estimated loss costs associated with the contracts for reinsurance coverage and carrying out Corporation functions.  Requires the Corporation, within 15 months after enactment of this Act, to submit to the Independent Board a draft plan of operation.  Provides for plan approval (with an opportunity to cure if disapproved) and plan amendments.  Requires the Independent Board to prepare and submit to the Secretary a report on its findings regarding such plan. Requires the Corporation Board of Directors to submit to the Independent Board for approval proposed prices and reserve prices for reinsurance contracts issued by the Corporation.  Provides for Independent Board approval of such prices (with an opportunity to cure if not immediately approved). Directs the Corporation to establish and maintain a Reinsurance Coverage Trust Account to: (1) hold funds collected from insurance payments and investments; and (2) pay claims to entities that have purchased reinsurance coverage.  Directs the Secretary to provide direct loans to such Account to the extent that accumulated assets are insufficient to pay reinsurance claims and expenses.  Requires recoupment from the Corporation of such direct loans and interest. Prohibits any Federal funds from being authorized or appropriated to fund any Corporation activity. Directs the Comptroller General, every three years, to conduct audits of activities of the Corporation and the Independent Board. Requires audit results to be submitted to Congress. (Sec. 8) Establishes in the Treasury the Natural Disaster Protection Fund and establishes in such Fund a Private Loss Account and a Mitigation Account.  Requires the Private Loss Account to be used to provide direct Federal loans to cover shortfalls in the Corporation's reinsurance account.  Requires the Mitigation Account to support natural disaster hazard mitigation activities. Authorizes appropriations to the Mitigation Account for FY 2000 and annually thereafter for prenatural disaster mitigation activities conducted under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.",2025-08-20T14:20:44Z,
106-hr-1839,106,hr,1839,Access to Thermal Imaging Cameras Act,Emergency Management,1999-05-18,1999-05-18,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Franks, Bob [R-NJ-7]",NJ,R,F000349,45,Access to Thermal Imaging Cameras Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make competitive grants to fire departments for the purpose of acquiring thermal imaging cameras. Requires the non-Federal share of acquisition costs to be 33 percent.Authorizes appropriations.Declares the sense of Congress that any funds appropriated to FEMA for this purpose should be offset with corresponding reductions in funds appropriated to carry out other Federal programs.,2025-08-20T14:20:25Z,
106-hr-1711,106,hr,1711,Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-05-05,1999-05-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Shuster, Bud [R-PA-9]",PA,R,S000394,3,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I: Predisaster Hazards Mitigation      Title II: Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999 - Title I: Predisaster Hazards Mitigation - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program of technical and financial assistance to States and local governments that implement predisaster mitigation measures to reduce injuries and loss of life and property damage and destruction, including damage to their critical public infrastructure and facilities.  Requires the Director to provide financial assistance from the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund (established under this Act) to each State or local government that has identified all natural disaster hazards in its jurisdiction and has demonstrated its ability to form effective public-private disaster mitigation, to be used: (1) principally to implement the predisaster hazard mitigation measures contained in proposals approved by the Director; (2) to support effective public- private partnerships; (3) to ensure that new community growth and construction is disaster resistant; and (4) to improve the assessment of a community's natural hazards vulnerabilities or set a community's mitigation priorities. Requires the Director to take into account when establishing priorities for predisaster mitigation grants: (1) the level and nature of the risks to be mitigated; (2) grantee commitment to reduce damages from future disasters; and (3) commitment by the State or local government to support ongoing non-Federal support for the mitigation measures to be undertaken.  Limits grant amounts to 75 percent of the total costs of the mitigation proposal(s) approved by the Director. (Sec. 103) Increases from 15 to 20 percent the maximum contribution for hazard mitigation costs with respect to a major disaster declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act after the enactment date of this Act. Title II: Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to publish rules to require States, communities, or other applicants to protect property through self- insurance or adequate mitigation measures if the appropriate State insurance commissioner makes a certification regarding a reasonable amount of insurance and the President determines that the property is not adequately protected against natural or other disasters. (Sec. 202) Directs the President to: (1) establish management cost rates for disaster preparedness and mitigation assistance grantees and subgrantees; (2) review such rates at least every three years; and (3) promulgate regulations to define costs to be included in management costs. (Sec. 203) Limits the Federal share of assistance provided to 75 percent of the eligible costs of the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of damaged public and private facilities.  Directs the President to publish rules to reduce the Federal share of assistance for such costs for eligible public or private facilities that have previously received significant disaster assistance on multiple occasions.  Provides for the determination of eligible costs and the modification of such costs.  Requires the President, through the Director of FEMA, to establish an expert panel for the determination of such costs. (Sec. 204) Rewrites temporary housing assistance provisions of such Act.  Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance and, if necessary, direct services to disaster victims who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs and are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other means, including insurance proceeds or loan or other financial assistance from the Small Business Administration (SBA) or another Federal agency.  (Provides that the inability to meet such expenses and needs through loan or other financial assistance from the SBA shall not apply to provisions governing temporary housing rental assistance, or permanent housing construction.) Authorizes the President to provide financial or other appropriate assistance (for up to 18 months) to households that are displaced or whose primary residences are rendered uninhabitable as a result of such a disaster. Authorizes the President to provide the following types of housing assistance: (1) financial assistance to households to rent alternate housing accommodations, existing rental units, manufactured housing, recreational vehicles, or other readily fabricated dwellings; (2) housing units, acquired by purchase or lease, directly to households who would be unable to use such financial assistance; (3) up to $5,000 in financial assistance to households for emergency repairs to return owner-occupied primary residences, utilities, and residential infrastructure damaged by a major disaster to a habitable or functioning condition; and (4) financial or direct assistance to construct permanent housing in insular areas outside the continental United States and in other remote locations if no alternative housing resources are available.  Sets forth terms and conditions governing the location and disposal of fabricated dwellings provided under this section. Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance to a household adversely affected by a major disaster: (1) to meet disaster-related medical, dental, or funeral expenses; and (2) to address personal property, transportation, and other expenses or needs. Directs the President to provide for substantial involvement of the affected State in administering assistance under this section. Limits to $25,000 the maximum amount of financial assistance that a household may receive under this section for a single major disaster.",2025-08-20T14:17:53Z,
106-hr-1550,106,hr,1550,Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2000,Emergency Management,1999-04-26,2000-11-13,Became Public Law No: 106-503.,House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,1,"Title I: United States Fire Administration - Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 2001 through 2003, earmarking specified amounts for: (1) research activities; (2) contracts or grants to non-Federal entities for data analysis, including general fire profiles and special fire analyses and report projects; and (3) anti-terrorism training, including associated curriculum development for fire and emergency services personnel. Prohibits the obligation of authorized funds for FY 2002 unless the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration certifies to specified congressional committees that the obligation is consistent with the strategic plan transmitted pursuant to this Act.(Sec. 103) Requires the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees: (1) a five-year strategic plan of program activities for the Administration; and (2) the Administration's research agenda (to be used in the preparation of the strategic plan), as well as a plan for implementing such agenda. Specifies the contents of the strategic plan and the report.(Sec. 105) Directs the Administrator to make publicly available, including through the Internet, information on procedures for: (1) acquiring surplus and excess Federal equipment or property that may be useful to State and local fire, emergency, and hazardous material handling service providers; and (2) establishing cooperative agreements between State and local fire and emergency services and Federal facilities in their region relating to the provision of fire and emergency services.(Sec. 107) Requires the Administrator to: (1) assess and report to Congress on the need for additional capabilities for Federal counterterrorism training of emergency response personnel.(Sec. 108) Earmarks funds for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute fire safety research program.(Sec. 109) Requires the Administrator to make available through the Internet home page of the U.S. Fire Administration a brief summary of the results and importance of any research grant or award of $50,000 made with funds authorized by this Act.(Sec. 110) Repeals provisions of the Act with respect to: (1) reports to Congress on the establishment and effectiveness of master plans for fire prevention and control; (2) reports to Congress on ways the Federal government may better assist the States and local jurisdictions in providing for more effective arson prevention, detection, and control; (3) a study of the effectiveness of smoke detectors, heat detectors, and sprinkler suppression; and (4) a study of firefighter safety.(Sec. 111) Requires the Administrator to review and report to specified congressional committees on the courses of instruction available at the National Fire Academy to ensure that they are up-to-date and complement, not duplicate, courses of instruction offered elsewhere.(Sec. 112) Repeals Federal law provisions that deem newly constructed multifamily property in New York City, New York, to have met certain of the Act's automatic sprinkler requirements if an equivalent safety level has been met.(Sec. 113) Amends Federal law with respect to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and its Board of Directors.Title II: Earthquake Hazards Reduction - Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 2000 - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for earthquake hazards reduction for FY 2001 and 2003.(Sec. 202) Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 and 2003 to the Secretary of the Interior for carrying out, through the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), responsibilities assigned under the Act, with specified amounts available for the Global Seismic Network and the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee established by this Act. Makes specified amounts available for FY 2001 and 2003 for a related USGS grant program.Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 2001 and 2003 for a USGS program to develop a prototype real-time seismic warning system.Authorizes appropriations under the Act for FY 2001 and 2003 for National Science Foundation (NSF) engineering and geosciences research and for the National Institute of Standards and Technology.(Sec. 203) Repeals a provision regarding non-Federal cost sharing for supplemental funds.(Sec. 204) Requires the USGS Director to: (1) establish an Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System to modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, regional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the United States into a coordinated system; and (2) transmit a five-year management plan for the System to the Congress. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 2002 through 2006 for expansion and modernization, and for FY 2002 and 2003 for operations.(Sec. 205) Requires the NSF Director to establish the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade, link, and integrate a system of geographically distributed experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing of full-sized structures and their components and partial-scale physical models. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2001 through 2004.(Sec. 207) Requires the FEMA Director to report to the Congress on elements of the earthquake hazards reduction program that specifically address the needs of at-risk populations, including the elderly, persons with disabilities, non-English-speaking families, single-parent households, and the poor. Requires such report to make recommendations for additional legislative authority required to address such needs.(Sec. 208) Requires the FEMA Director's comprehensive earthquake education and public awareness program to include development of means of increasing public access to available locality-specific information that may assist the public in preparing for or responding to earthquakes.(Sec. 209) Includes communications infrastructure among the lifelines covered by the Act.(Sec. 210) Requires the USGS Director to establish a Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee.",2025-04-07T13:46:56Z,
106-hr-1297,106,hr,1297,Repetitive Flood Loss Reduction Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-03-25,1999-04-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.,House,"Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25]",TX,D,B000400,0,"Repetitive Flood Loss Reduction Act of 1999 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out a program to mitigate repetitive flood losses to structures by: (1) purchasing structures; and (2) making grants to States, communities, and local flood management agencies for eligible mitigation activities that meet specified conditions. Includes among eligible mitigation activities: (1) elevation, relocation, demolition, or floodproofing of structures located in areas having special flood hazards or other areas of flood risk; and (2) minor physical mitigation efforts that do not duplicate the flood prevention activities of other Federal agencies, States, communities, or local flood management agencies and that lessen the frequency or severity of flooding and decrease predicted flood damages, excluding major flood control projects unless the Director specifically determines that such projects are the most cost-effective mitigation activities for protecting the National Flood Insurance Fund. Sets forth grant application requirements. Prohibits the Director from providing a grant: (1) in an amount exceeding 75 percent of the total cost of the mitigation activities to be financed using such grant; and (2) for any such activities unless the State, community, or local flood management agency that receives the grant certifies, as the Director shall require, that at least 25 percent of the total cost of such activities will be provided from non-Federal sources. Requires the Director, upon determining that an insured structure is a repetitive substantial flood loss structure, to offer to purchase the structure at not greater than 125 percent of its fair market value at the time of the offer.  Directs that any such offer: (1) explicitly state that the offer is contingent upon the availability of specified funds for such purchase; and (2) be held open, and not be revocable, during the period that the structure is covered by flood insurance. Requires the Director, if such owner accepts the offer and if such funds are available, to purchase the structure.  Authorizes the Director to request that the State or local flood management agency that has jurisdiction with respect to the area in which the structure is located coordinate and carry out the purchase. Provides that if the owner does not accept the offer within a specified period, the chargeable premium rate with respect to the structure shall equal 150 percent of the amount at the time the offer was made (as adjusted by any other premium adjustments otherwise applicable to the structure), with an exception, and the insurance deductible increased by $5,000 more than that at the time the offer was made.  Requires the Director, upon each renewal or modification of flood insurance coverage for a repetitive substantial flood loss structure, to notify the owner that the offer is still open. Provides that if the owner of a repetitive substantial flood loss structure does not accept an offer made by the Director and subsequently a flood event causes substantial damage to the structure, the chargeable premium rate with respect to the structure shall be an amount equal to 150 percent of the rate at the time of the event, as adjusted by any other premium adjustments otherwise applicable to the structure and any subsequent increases, and the insurance deductible increased by $5,000 more than that at the time of the event. Requires the Director, after the acquisition of a structure, to offer to transfer the structure to: (1) the local flood management agency that has jurisdiction with respect to the area in which the structure is located; or (2) the State within whose boundaries such structure is located, if such a local flood management agency does not exist or refuses such offer.  Requires the Director, if an offer is accepted, to make such transfer without compensation and upon such other terms and conditions as the Director considers necessary to protect U.S. interests. Establishes within the Treasury the Repetitive Flood Loss Reduction Fund.  Directs that all amounts collected from payment of deductible and premium increases be deposited into the Fund which shall be available to the Director to carry out this Act. Requires the Director to: (1) develop and periodically update a list of repetitive substantial flood loss structures; (2) conduct oversight of grant recipients to ensure that the grant is used in compliance with approved mitigation activities and that certified matching funds are used in accordance with such certification; and (3) recapture and deposit in the Fund amounts from a State, community, or local flood management agency that has received a grant but has not carried out mitigation activities. Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:17:51Z,
106-hr-1184,106,hr,1184,Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-03-18,1999-04-22,Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.,House,"Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7]",MI,R,S000597,1,"Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 1999 - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to authorize appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for earthquake hazards reduction for FY 2000 and 2001. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 to the Secretary of the Interior for carrying out, through the Director of the U.S.  Geological Survey (USGS), responsibilities assigned under the Act, with specified amounts available for the Global Seismic Network and the Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee.  Makes specified amounts available for FY 2000 and 2001 for a related USGS grant program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 2000 and 2001 for a USGS program to develop a prototype real-time seismic warning system. Authorizes appropriations under the Act for FY 2000 and 2001 for National Science Foundation (NSF) engineering and geosciences research and for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Repeals a provision regarding non-Federal cost sharing for supplemental funds. Requires the USGS Director to: (1) establish an Advanced National Seismic Research and Monitoring System to modernize, standardize, and stabilize the national, regional, and urban seismic monitoring systems in the United States into a coordinated system; and (2) transmit a five-year management plan for the System to Congress.  Authorizes appropriations. Requires the NSF Director to establish a Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation that will upgrade, link, and integrate a system of geographically distributed experimental facilities for earthquake engineering testing of full-sized structures and their components and partial-scale physical models.   Authorizes appropriations. Requires the USGS Director to establish a Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee. Requires the FEMA Director to report to Congress on elements of the earthquake hazards reduction program that specifically address the needs of at-risk populations, including the elderly, persons with disabilities, non-English-speaking families, single-parent households, and the poor.  Requires such report to make recommendations for additional legislative authority required to address such needs. Sets forth Buy American requirements with respect to assistance expended by entities under this Act.  Expresses the sense of Congress that entities receiving assistance under this Act should purchase only American-made equipment and products with such assistance. Makes persons who have labeled products not made in the United States as ""Made in America"" ineligible for contracts made with funds provided by this Act.",2026-02-10T13:38:48Z,
106-hr-1168,106,hr,1168,Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act,Emergency Management,1999-03-17,2000-04-12,Subcommittee Hearings Held.,House,"Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,P000096,285,"Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants on a competitive basis to a variety of fire departments for any of a number of specified purposes, including: (1) hiring additional firefighting personnel; (2) training them; (3) funding creation of rapid intervention teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes of fires and other emergencies; (4) certifying fire inspectors; (5) establishing wellness and fitness programs for firefighting personnel; (6) funding emergency medical services; (7) acquiring additional firefighting vehicles and equipment, including personal protective equipment required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (8) modifying fire stations, fire training facilities, and other facilities; (9) enforcing fire codes; (10) funding fire prevention programs; and (11) educating the public about arson prevention and detection.Requires the FEMA Director to establish an office to set specific criteria for the selection of grant recipients and administer the grants.Authorizes appropriations.",2025-08-20T14:19:52Z,
106-s-583,106,s,583,Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-03-10,1999-03-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI]",RI,R,C000269,0,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I: Predisaster Hazard Mitigation      Title II: Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999 - Title I: Predisaster Hazards Mitigation - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program of technical and financial assistance to States and local governments that implement predisaster mitigation measures to reduce injuries and loss of life and property damage and destruction, including damage to their critical public infrastructure and facilities.  Requires the Director to provide financial assistance from the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund (established under this Act) to each State or local government that has identified all natural disaster hazards in its jurisdiction and has demonstrated its ability to form effective public-private disaster mitigation, to be used: (1) principally to implement the predisaster hazard mitigation measures contained in proposals approved by the Director; (2) to support effective public- private partnerships; (3) to ensure that new community growth and construction is disaster resistant; and (4) to improve the assessment of a community's natural hazards vulnerabilities or set a community's mitigation priorities. Requires the Director to take into account when establishing priorities for predisaster mitigation grants: (1) the level and nature of the risks to be mitigated; (2) grantee commitment to reduce damages from future disaster; and (3) commitment by the State or local government to support ongoing non-Federal support for the mitigation measures to be undertaken.  Limits grant amounts to 75 percent of the total costs of the mitigation proposal(s) approved by the Director. (Sec. 103) Increases from 15 to 20 percent the maximum contribution for hazard mitigation costs with respect to a major disaster declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act after the enactment date of this Act. Title II: Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Assistance - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President to publish rules to require States, communities, or other applicants to protect property through self- insurance or adequate mitigation measures if the appropriate State insurance commissioner makes a certification regarding a reasonable amount of insurance and the President determines that the property is not adequately protected against natural or other disasters. (Sec. 202) Directs the President to: (1) establish management cost rates for disaster preparedness and mitigation assistance grantees and subgrantees; (2) review such rates at least every three years; and (3) promulgate regulations to define costs to be included in management costs. (Sec. 203) Limits the Federal share of assistance provided to 75 percent of the eligible costs of the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of damaged public and private facilities.  Directs the President to publish rules to reduce the Federal share of assistance for such costs for eligible public or private facilities that have previously received significant disaster assistance on multiple occasions.  Provides for the determination of eligible costs and the modification of such costs.  Requires the President, through the Director of FEMA, to establish an expert panel for the determination of such costs. (Sec. 204) Rewrites temporary housing assistance provisions of such Act.  Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance and, if necessary, direct services to disaster victims who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs and are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other means, including insurance proceeds or loan or other financial assistance from the Small Business Administration (SBA) or another Federal agency.  (Provides that the inability to meet such expenses and needs through loan or other financial assistance from the SBA shall not apply to provisions governing temporary housing rental assistance, or permanent housing construction.) Authorizes the President to provide financial or other appropriate assistance (for up to 18 months) to households that are displaced or whose primary residences are rendered uninhabitable as a result of such a disaster. Authorizes the President to provide the following types of housing assistance: (1) financial assistance to households to rent alternate housing accommodations, existing rental units, manufactured housing, recreational vehicles, or other readily fabricated dwellings; (2) housing units, acquired by purchase or lease, directly to households who would be unable to use such financial assistance; (3) up to $5,000 in financial assistance to households for emergency repairs to return owner-occupied primary residences, utilities, and residential infrastructure damaged by a major disaster to a habitable or functioning condition; and (4) financial or direct assistance to construct permanent housing in insular areas outside the continental United States and in other remote locations if no alternative housing resources are available.  Sets forth terms and conditions governing the location and disposal of fabricated dwellings provided under this section. Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance to a household adversely affected by a major disaster: (1) to meet disaster-related medical, dental, or funeral expenses; and (2) to address personal property, transportation, and other expenses or needs. Directs the President to provide for substantial involvement of the affected State in administering assistance under this section. Limits to $25,000 the maximum amount of financial assistance that a household may receive under this section for a single major disaster.",2025-08-20T14:18:29Z,
106-hr-707,106,hr,707,Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000,Emergency Management,1999-02-11,2000-10-30,Became Public Law No: 106-390.,House,"Rep. Fowler, Tillie [R-FL-4]",FL,R,F000328,8,"Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 - Title I: Predisaster Hazard Mitigation - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to authorize the President to establish a program of technical and financial assistance to States and local governments to assist in the implementation of pre-disaster hazard mitigation measures that are cost-effective and are designed to reduce injuries, loss of life, and property damage and destruction, including damage to critical services and facilities under the jurisdiction of the States or local governments. Authorizes the President to provide technical and financial assistance from the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund (established under this Act) to each State and local government that has identified all natural disaster hazards in its jurisdiction and has demonstrated its ability to form effective public-private disaster hazard mitigation partnerships.Directs that such assistance be used by States and local governments principally to implement pre-disaster hazard mitigation measures that are cost-effective and that are described in proposals approved by the President under this title. Authorizes such assistance to be used to: (1) support effective public-private partnerships; (2) improve the assessment of a community's natural hazards vulnerabilities; or (3) establish a community's mitigation priorities.Requires the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a State or local government, to take into account: (1) the extent and nature of the hazards to be mitigated; (2) the degree of commitment of the State or local government to reduce damages from future natural disasters; (3) the degree of commitment by the State or local government to support ongoing non-Federal support for the hazard mitigation measures to be carried out using the assistance; (4) the extent to which the hazard mitigation measures carried out contribute to the mitigation goals and priorities established by the State; (5) the extent to which such assistance is consistent with other assistance provided under this Act; (6) the extent to which prioritized, cost-effective mitigation activities that produce meaningful and definable outcomes are clearly identified; (7) the extent to which the activities identified are consistent with any State or local mitigation plan submitted; (8) the opportunity to fund activities that maximize net benefits to society; (9) the extent to which assistance will fund mitigation activities in small impoverished communities; and (10) such other criteria as the President establishes in consultation with State and local governments.Authorizes the President to establish the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund.Requires the President to report to Congress recommending a process for transferring to capable States greater authority and responsibility over such assistance program.(Sec. 103) Directs the President to establish an interagency task force to coordinate the implementation of predisaster hazard mitigation programs administered by the Federal Government.(Sec. 104) Requires State, local, or tribal governments, as a condition of receipt of an increased Federal share for hazard mitigation measures, to develop and submit for approval to the President a mitigation plan that outlines processes for identifying the natural hazards, risks, and vulnerabilities of the area under government jurisdiction.Authorizes the President to increase the Federal share of hazard mitigation mesures to 20 percent if at the time of the declaration of a major disaster a State has in effect an approved mitigation plan. Directs the President, in determining whether to increase the maximum percentage, to consider whether the State has established: (1) eligibility criteria for property acquisition and other types of mitigation measures; (2) requirements for cost effectiveness that are related to the eligibility criteria; (3) a system of priorities related to the criteria; and (4) a process by which an assessment of the effectiveness of a mitigation action may be carried out after the mitigation action is complete.Revises provisions of the Act concerning standards for repair and construction financed with disaster loans or grants. Permits the President to require safe land use and construction practices. Directs the President to increase the maximum percentage under the Act for hazard mitigation  from 15 to 20 percent for any major disaster in Minnesota for which assistance is being provided as of the date of this Act's enactment, with a cap of $6 million for additional assistance. Requires that the mitigation measures assisted be related to losses in that State from straight line winds.Title II: Streamlining and Cost Reduction - Amends the Act to define ""management cost"" to include any indirect cost, administrative expense, and other expense not directly chargeable to a specific project under a major disaster, emergency, or disaster preparedness or mitigation activity or measure. Directs the President to: (1) establish management cost rates for grantees and sub-grantees that shall be  used to determine contributions under the Act for management costs; and (2) review the management cost rates established within three years after the date of their establishment and periodically thereafter.Makes the Act applicable to major disasters declared under the Act on or after the date of this Act's enactment. Grants interim authority with respect to the establishment of management cost rates.Requires the President to provide for public notice and opportunity for comment before adopting any new or modified policy that: (1) governs implementation of the public assistance program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Act; and (2) could result in a significant reduction of assistance under the program.(Sec. 204) Authorizes a State to apply to the President for delegation of the authority to administer the hazard mitigation grant program under the Act.(Sec. 205) Rewrites Act provisions regarding assistance to repair, restore, reconstruct, or replace damaged facilities to place limitations on the ""associated expenses"" incurred by a person that owns or operates a private nonprofit facility damaged or destroyed by a major disaster for which such person may be reimbursed. Defines such term to include: (1) the costs of mobilizing and employing the National Guard for performance of eligible work; (2) the costs of using prison labor to perform eligible work; and (3) base and overtime wages for the employees and extra hires of a State, local government, or person that performs eligible work, plus certain fringe benefits.Authorizes the President to make contributions to a private nonprofit facility only if: (1) the facility provides ""critical services"" in the event of a major disaster; or (2) the owner or operator of the facility has applied for a disaster loan under the Small Business Act (SBA) , and has been determined to be ineligible for such a loan or has obtained such a loan in the maximum amount for which the SBA determines the facility is eligible. Defines ""critical services"" to include power, water, sewer, wastewater treatment, communications, and emergency medical care.Revises provisions regarding the minimum Federal share and regarding large in lieu contributions to limit the Federal share under specified circumstances. Directs the President, acting through the Director of FEMA, to establish an expert panel to develop recommendations concerning: (1) procedures for estimating the cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing a facility consistent with industry practices; and (2) ceiling and floor percentages of estimated costs. Requires the President to review the procedures and percentages. Requires the expert panel to report periodically to Congress.(Sec. 206) Rewrites provisions regarding temporary housing assistance to authorize the President, in accordance with this section and in consultation with the Governor of a State, to provide financial assistance and, if necessary, direct services to individuals and households in the State who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs and are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other means.(Sec. 207) Prohibits major disaster community loans from exceeding $5 million. Prohibits further assistance to a community that is in arrears on payments under a previous loan.(Sec. 208) Requires: (1) the President to submit to Congress a report describing the results of the State Management of Small Disasters Initiative; and (2) the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to complete a study estimating the reduction in Federal disaster assistance that has resulted and is likely to result from the enactment of this Act.Title III: Miscellaneous - Amends the Act to expand the definition of: (1) ""local government"" to include a municipality, township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (regardless of whether incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under State law), regional or interstate government entity, or agency or instrumentality of a local government; and (2) ""private nonprofit facility"" to include private nonprofit irrigation facilities.(Sec. 303) Authorizes the President to provide assistance to State and local governments (currently, only States) for the mitigation, management, and control of any fire (currently, fire suppression) on public or private forest land or grassland which threatens destruction that would constitute a major disaster.(Sec. 304) Prohibits any administrative action to recover payment made to a State or local government for disaster or emergency assistance under the Act from being initiated beyond three years after the date of transmission of the final expenditure report for the disaster or emergency, except where there is evidence of fraud. Specifies that: (1) in any dispute arising beyond the three year period, there shall be a presumption that accounting records were maintained that adequately identify the source and application of funds provided for financially assisted activities; and (2) a State or local government shall not be liable for reimbursement or any other penalty for any payment made under this Act if the payment was authorized by an approved agreement specifying the costs, the costs were reasonable, and the purpose of the grant was accomplished.(Sec. 305) Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to make FEMA employees and employees of State, local, or tribal emergency management or civil defense agencies who perform official duties relating to a major disaster that are determined to be hazardous duties eligible for public safety officers' death benefits.(Sec. 306) Prohibits funds authorized under this Act from being expended by an entity not in compliance with the Buy American Act. Provides for debarment of persons convicted of fraudulent use of ""made in America"" labels.(Sec. 307) Directs that specified real property located in the Maple Terrace subdivisions of the city of Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, shall not be considered to be, or to have been, located in any area having special flood hazards.(Sec. 308) Requires the Director of FEMA to conduct a study of participation by Indian tribes in emergency management, and to report to Congress.",2025-04-07T13:47:06Z,
106-hr-533,106,hr,533,Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-02-03,1999-04-06,See H.R.707.,House,"Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-23]",NY,R,B000586,1,"TABLE OF CONTENTS:      Title I: Predisaster Hazard Mitigation      Title II: Streamlining and Cost Reduction      Title III: Miscellaneous Disaster Mitigation Act of 1999 - Title I: Predisaster Hazard Mitigation - Amends the Robert T.  Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to require a State, in submitting a disaster preparedness and prevention program plan prior to receiving assistance under such Act, to set forth a comprehensive and detailed State program for mitigating against emergencies and major disasters, including provisions for prioritizing mitigation measures. (Sec. 103) Authorizes the President to make grants for the costs of the development and application of floodplain mapping technologies that can be used by Federal, State, and local governments and that will likely result in substantial savings over current floodplain mapping methods. (Sec. 104) Authorizes the President to establish a program to provide financial assistance to States and local governments for undertaking predisaster hazard mitigation activities that are cost effective and substantially reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, or suffering from a major disaster.  Provides, with respect to such assistance program, for: (1) minimum and maximum per-State allocation of funds; (2) criteria for granting such assistance and determining appropriate amounts; (3) State Governor recommendations of no less than five local governments to receive such assistance; (4) a requirement that at least ten percent of the amount provided in a fiscal year be furnished for activities in communities of 3,000 or fewer individuals that are economically disadvantaged; (5) a Federal cost-share limit (with a higher authorized Federal share for mitigation activities in small impoverished communities); (6) an authorization of appropriations for FY 1998 through 2000; and (7) a report from the President to the Congress evaluating implementation efforts and on a process for transferring to capable States greater responsibility for administering the program. (Sec. 105) Directs the President to establish an interagency task force to coordinate the implementation of the predisaster hazard mitigation program authorized under the Act. (Sec. 106) Increases from 15 to 20 percent the maximum contribution for hazard mitigation costs with respect to a major disaster declared after January 1, 1997. Title II: Streamlining and Cost Reduction - Directs the President to: (1) establish management cost rates for disaster preparedness and mitigation assistance grantees and subgrantees; and (2) review such rates at least every three years. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the President to make contributions to a private nonprofit facility for the repair, restoration, or replacement of such facility which is damaged or destroyed by a major disaster only if its owner or operator has applied for a disaster loan under the Small Business Act and has been determined to be ineligible for such loan.  Limits the Federal share of assistance provided to 75 percent of the eligible costs of the repair, restoration, or replacement of damaged public and private facilities. Allows a State, local government, or private nonprofit facility, in lieu of repairing, restoring, or replacing such damaged facilities, to receive the Federal cost share limit and repair other facilities or construct new facilities.  Authorizes the President to modify the Federal cost share if such modification is likely to reduce the total amount of assistance provided.  Provides for the determination of eligible costs and the modification of such costs.  Requires the President to establish an expert panel for the determination of such costs. (Sec. 203) Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance and, if necessary, direct services to disaster victims who, as a direct result of a major disaster, have necessary expenses and serious needs and are unable to meet such expenses or needs through other means.  Authorizes the President to provide housing assistance to those who are displaced or whose residence is rendered uninhabitable as a result of such disaster.  Includes as appropriate direct assistance the provision of other housing units.  Limits the use of such units to 18 months, but allows the President to extend such period under extraordinary circumstances.  Allows such assistance to include the repair or replacement of the original residence or permanent new housing construction in limited circumstances. Authorizes the provision of assistance for medical, dental, or funeral expenses and personal property, transportation, and other expenses. Limits to $25,000 the individual or household assistance amount. (Sec. 204) Repeals a provision of the Act authorizing the President to make community disaster loans following major disasters. (Sec. 205) Authorizes a State desiring to administer its own hazard mitigation assistance program to submit for the President's approval an application for the delegation of such authority, under specified criteria. (Sec. 206) Directs the President to conduct and report to the Congress on a pilot program to determine the desirability of State administration of parts of the disaster mitigation assistance program established under the Act. (Sec. 207) Directs the Comptroller General to conduct studies to:  (1) estimate the reduction in Federal disaster assistance that has resulted and is likely to result from the enactment of this Act; and (2) determine the current and future expected availability of disaster insurance for public infrastructure eligible for assistance under the Act. Title III: Miscellaneous - Makes a technical correction to the short title of the Act. (Sec. 302) Excludes the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from the definition of a State for purposes of the Act.",2025-08-20T14:18:06Z,
106-hr-481,106,hr,481,"Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption and Hurricane Hazards Insurance Act of 1999",Emergency Management,1999-02-02,1999-04-29,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E822),House,"Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2]",HI,D,M000797,0,"Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, and Hurricane Hazards Insurance Act of 1999 - Title I: Participation by States in Adoption of Hazard Reduction Measures - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA Director) to identify earthquake-prone, volcanic eruption-prone, and hurricane-prone States and areas.Establishes the Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, and Hurricane Loss Mitigation Advisory Committee.Requires development of loss-reduction criteria for State and local land use and management ordinances, building codes, and other measures.Requires that a percentage of the annual hurricane, earthquake, and volcanic eruption insurance and excess reinsurance premiums collected under the Primary Insurance program be deposited in a Self-Sustaining Mitigation Fund to support specified hazard reduction activities.Provides State assistance for development and implementation of mitigation plans.Prohibits making, increasing, extending, or renewing any federally-related mortgage loan secured by: (1) residential property in an earthquake-prone, volcanic eruption-prone, or hurricane-prone State unless the property is covered by earthquake and volcanic eruption insurance coverage under this Act or equivalent private insurance; or (2) improved real estate or a mobile home located in an earthquake-prone or volcanic eruption-prone State if the State is not in compliance with the loss-reduction criteria of this Act and the property does not meet minimum mitigation criteria.Title II: Primary Insurance Program - Requires the FEMA Director to establish a Primary Insurance Program (Program) to provide national coverage for residential property (and related personal property) losses in earthquake-prone, volcanic eruption-prone, or hurricane-prone States.Establishes: (1) the Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, and Hurricane Insurance and Reinsurance Advisory Committee; and (2) the Residential Property Insurance Fund in the Treasury.Title III: National Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, and Hurricane Excess Loss Reinsurance Program - Requires the FEMA Director to make reinsurance and excess reinsurance available to private insurers participating in the Program and their reinsurers. Provides for the excess reinsurance liability of the insurance industry and the Federal Government.Establishes in the Treasury the Reinsurance Fund to carry out the excess loss reinsurance program.Requires the FEMA Director, to the extent that the Reinsurance Fund is insufficient to pay claims and expenses, to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury obligations to cover the insufficiency.",2025-08-20T14:17:24Z,
106-s-221,106,s,221,Disaster Victims Crime Prevention Act of 1999,Emergency Management,1999-01-19,1999-01-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.,Senate,"Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,A000069,1,"Disaster Victims Crime Prevention Act of 1999 - Amends the Robert T.  Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Attorney General, following the declaration of a major disaster by the President to: (1) consult with the appropriate U.S. Attorney and State and local law enforcement officials to determine the extent to which victims of the disaster are being further victimized by fraudulent or otherwise unscrupulous activities of suppliers offering consumer goods and services for the cleanup, repair, and other recovery from the effects of the disaster (cleanup); and (2) if it appears that resources of such officials are insufficient, establish an anti-fraud task force to quickly and adequately investigate and prosecute the activities. Sets penalties to be imposed against: (1) any supplier that, during the 180 days following declaration of a major disaster, obtains anything of value through false pretenses or fraudulent conduct in connection with an agreement to provide a consumer good or service for the cleanup; (2) any person that obtains through false pretenses any form of Government assistance for the cleanup; and (3) any supplier that provides or offers to provide during such period any consumer good or service at an unconscionably excessive price, based on a specified formula (and authorizes actions by victims and by State attorneys general for relief). Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) develop public information materials to assist victims of major disasters in detecting and avoiding unscrupulous suppliers; and (2) provide for the distribution of such materials to the victims of each major disaster as soon as practicable after the President's declaration of the existence of the disaster. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to review and, if necessary, amend the sentencing guidelines to make the commission of specified offenses in connection with the provision of a consumer good or service for such cleanup an aggravating factor that may result in the imposition of a sentence twice as great as that which would otherwise be imposed.",2025-08-20T14:20:29Z,
106-hr-283,106,hr,283,To direct the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to report to Congress on methods and procedures to accelerate the provision of Federal disaster assistance to agricultural communities.,Emergency Management,1999-01-06,1999-04-06,See H.R.707.,House,"Rep. Sweeney, John E. [R-NY-22]",NY,R,S001149,0,Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to report on methods and procedures to accelerate provision of Federal disaster assistance to agricultural communities.,2024-02-07T16:02:17Z,