H.R. 3466 · 111th Congress
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Joseph Cao
- Introduced
- 2009-07-31
- Latest action
- 2009-08-03 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Summary
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, upon determining that there is extensive damage resulting from a major disaster, to allow a state or local government or private nonprofit facility to consolidate contributions received as a lump sum payment to repair, restore, reconstruct, or replace more than one public facility.
Allows a state or local government and a private nonprofit facility to choose whether or not to repair, restore, reconstruct, or replace one or more of such facilities after assessing the need.
Sets the federal cost share for a public facility at 100% of: (1) the federal estimate of the cost of repairing, restoring, reconstructing, or replacing the facilities; and (2) management expenses.