Sec. 5. Resilient infrastructure
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(g)of section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170c(g) ) (as redesignated by section 2) is amended— in paragraph (12)— by inserting , wildfire, and ice storm after windstorm ; by striking including replacing and inserting the following: including— replacing ; in subparagraph
(A)(as so designated)— by inserting , wildfire, after extreme wind ; and by adding and after the semicolon at the end; and by adding at the end the following: the installation of fire-resistant wires and infrastructure and the undergrounding of wires; ; in paragraph
(13)by striking and ; and by striking paragraph
(14)and inserting the following: replacing water systems that have been burned, caused contamination, or are at risk from wildfire impacts with resilient, non-combustible materials; repairing, replacing, or retrofitting infrastructure damaged by ice storms to be resilient to the impacts of such storms; retrofitting or hardening electric grid infrastructure to comply with the latest published strength standards or industry best practices for resiliency, including standards and practices relating to the strength of utility poles in high wind areas, regardless of height; and implementing technologies to improve infrastructure monitoring and distribution for the purpose of reducing risk and avoiding future disaster impacts and, notwithstanding other requirements related to cost-effectiveness, to avoid any unintended consequences under this section and section 203. . Subsection
(h)of section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5170c(h) ) (as redesignated by section 2) is amended— by inserting and tsunami after earthquake each place it appears (including in the subsection heading); in paragraph
(2)by striking and at the end; in paragraph
(3)by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: planning, design, or construction of vertical evacuation structures in designated and mapped tsunami danger areas or hazard zones. .
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