Sec. 2305. Definition of urbanized areas following a major disaster
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Section 5323 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection, the term decennial census date has the meaning given the term in section 141(a) of title 13. Notwithstanding section 5302, for purposes of this chapter, the Secretary shall treat an area as an urbanized area for the period described in paragraph
(3)if— a major disaster was declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170 ) for the area during the 3-year period preceding the decennial census date for the 2010 decennial census or for any subsequent decennial census; the area was defined and designated as an urbanized area by the Secretary of Commerce in the decennial census immediately preceding the major disaster described in subparagraph (A); and the population of the area fell below 50,000 as a result of the major disaster described in subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall treat an area as an urbanized area under paragraph
(2)during the period— beginning on— in the case of a major disaster described in paragraph (2)(A) that occurred during the 3-year period preceding the decennial census date for the 2010 decennial census, October 1 of the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this subsection; or in the case of any other major disaster described in paragraph (2)(A), October 1 of the first fiscal year— that begins after the decennial census date for the first decennial census conducted after the major disaster; and for which the Secretary has sufficient data from that census to determine that the area qualifies for treatment as an urbanized area under paragraph (2); and ending on the day before the first fiscal year— that begins after the decennial census date for the second decennial census conducted after the major disaster described in paragraph (2)(A); and for which the Secretary has sufficient data from that census to determine which areas are urbanized areas for purposes of this chapter. An area treated as an urbanized area under this subsection shall be assigned the population and square miles of the urbanized area designated by the Secretary of Commerce in the most recent decennial census conducted before the major disaster described in paragraph (2)(A). Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect apportionments made under this chapter before the date of enactment of this subsection. . Notwithstanding section 1001, the amendment made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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Definition of urbanized areas following a major disaster
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