,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ciee  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,blum introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
to authorize the ,administrator of the  
,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency 
to release a local government from      
certain land restrictions imposed under 
the hazard mitigation program1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,small         
,municipality ,flood ,relief ,act of    
#bjae4  #b4 ,hazard mitigation program  
,section #djd7;b7 of the ,robert ,t4    
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj;c7b77 is amended--  7#a7
 by redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as     
paragraph 7#d72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#b7 the following3     

7#c7 ,authority to remove grant         
conditions ,a recipient of assistance   
for an acquisition or relocation project
 shall be released from any restriction 
imposed with respect to a parcel of     
property under an agreement entered into
 under paragraph 7#b77;,b7 if--  7,a7   
the local government that has           
jurisdiction over the property submits  
to the ,state a request for the release2
  7,b7 the request is made more than #e 
years after the date of the closeout of 
the acquisition or relocation project2  
7,c7 on the date of the request1 the    
parcel is not in an area designated by  
the ,administrator1 for purposes of the 
,national ,flood ,insurance ,program1 as
 an area having special flood hazards2  
7,d7 the local government certifies that
 no coercion took place against the     
original property owner in acquiring the
 parcel2  7,e7 the ,state in which the  
parcel is located approves the request  
and submits to the ,administrator1 not  
later than #fj days after the date of   

receipt of the request1 a recommendation
 for approval of the request2  7,f7 the 
local government-- 7i7 repays to the    
,administrator the amount of hazard     
mitigation assistance received from the 
,federal ,government under paragraph    
7#a7 for the acquisition or relocation  
project2 or  7ii7 substitutes for the   
property a different parcel of property 
that-- 7,i7 has at least #b times the   
acreage of the original property2       
7,,ii7 is subject to the same           
restrictions imposed under paragraph    
7#b77;,b72  7,,iii7 will not be subject 
to the authority to remove the grant    
conditions provided under paragraph     
7#c72 and  7,,iv7 is determined to be as
 cost-effective2 and  7,g7 the          
,administrator gives final approval to  
the request4  4