,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bg1 #bjag,mr4 
,weber of ,texas introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
section #ecjg of title #di1 ,united     
,states ,code1 with respect to the      
treatment of a community as an urbanized
 area following a major disaster4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,relief for ,recovering ,communities
 ,act4  #b4 ,availability of urbanized  
area formula grants following a major   
disaster ,section #ecjg of title #di1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7i7   
,urbanized areas following a major      
disaster  7#a7 ,major disaster defined  
,in this section1 the term major        
disaster has the meaning given such term
 in section #ajb7b7 of the ,robert ,t4  
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        

,u4,s4,c4 #eabb7b774  7#b7 ,urbanized   
area major disaster population criteria 
,notwithstanding section #ecjb1 the     
,secretary shall treat an area as an    
urbanized area for purposes of this     
section until the second decennial      
census conducted after a major disaster 
in such area if--  7,a7 the population  
of the area fell below #ej1jjj as a     
result of such major disaster2  7,b7 the
 area was defined and designated as an  
urbanized area by the ,secretary of     
,commerce in the decennial census       
immediately preceding such major        
disaster1 beginning with the #bjjj      
decennial census2 and  7,c7 the area was
 not so defined and designated in the   
decennial census immediately following  
such major disaster4  7#c7 ,population  
calculation ,an area treated as an      
urbanized area under this subsection    
shall be assigned the population and    
square miles of the urban cluster with  
respect to the area designated by the   
,secretary of ,commerce in the most     

recent decennial census4  7#d7 ,savings 
provision ,nothing in this subsection   
may be construed to affect              
apportionments made under this chapter  
before the date of the enactment of this
 subsection4  4