Sec. 101. National public infrastructure predisaster hazard mitigation
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Section 203 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5133 ) is amended— in subsection
(c)by inserting Public after the National ; in subsection (e)(1)(B)— by striking or at the end of clause (ii); by striking the period at the end of clause
(iii)and inserting ; or ; and by adding at the end the following: to establish and carry out enforcement activities to implement the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based codes, specifications, and standards that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant designs and establish minimum acceptable criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of residential structures and facilities that may be eligible for assistance under this Act for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the buildings’ users against disasters. ; in subsection (f)— in paragraph
(1)by inserting for mitigation activities that are cost effective after competitive basis ; and by adding at the end the following: The President shall— withdraw amounts of financial assistance made available to a State (including amounts made available to local governments of a State) under this subsection that remain unobligated by the end of the third fiscal year after the fiscal year for which the amounts were allocated; and in the fiscal year following a fiscal year in which amounts were withdrawn under subparagraph (A), add the amounts to any other amounts available to be awarded on a competitive basis pursuant to paragraph (1). ; in subsection (g)— in paragraph
(9)by striking and at the end; by redesignating paragraph
(10)as paragraph (12); and by adding after paragraph
(9)the following: the extent to which the State or local government has facilitated the adoption and enforcement of the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based codes, specifications, and standards that incorporate the latest hazard-resistant designs and establish criteria for the design, construction, and maintenance of residential structures and facilities that may be eligible for assistance under this Act for the purpose of protecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the buildings’ users against disasters; and the extent to which the assistance will fund activities that increase the level of resiliency; and ; by striking subsection
(i)and inserting the following: The President shall establish in the Treasury of the United States a separate account called the National Public Infrastructure Predisaster Mitigation Fund (in this section referred to as the Predisaster Mitigation Fund ), which shall be used exclusively to carry out this section, with amounts in such account to be available until expended unless otherwise provided. There shall be deposited in the Predisaster Mitigation Fund with respect to each disaster declared on or after August 1, 2017, an additional amount equal to 6 percent of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made pursuant to sections 403, 406, 407, 408, 410, and 416. Not later than 180 days after each major disaster declaration, the estimated aggregate amount of grants on which the amount calculated in subparagraph
(A)is based shall be determined and need not be reduced, increased, or changed due to variations in estimates. ; and by striking subsection
(m)and redesignating subsection
(n)as subsection (m).
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