,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #af1       
#bjag,mr4 ,graves of ,louisiana 7for    
himself1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,mc,caul1 
,ms4 ,plaskett1 ,mr4 ,culberson1 ,mr4   
,crist1 ,mr4 ,carter of ,texas1 ,mr4    
,higgins of ,louisiana1 ,mr4            
,farenthold1 ,mr4 ,webster of ,florida1 
,miss ,gonzlez-,coln of ,puerto ,rico1  
,mr4 ,weber of ,texas1 and ,mr4 ,babin7 
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 waive a  
prohibition1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,duplication of benefits  7a7 ,in   
general ,section #cab7;b7 of the ,robert
 ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and    
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaee7;b77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#d7  
,waiver of general prohibition  7,a7 ,in

 general ,the ,president may waive the  
general prohibition provided in         
subsection 7a7 upon request of a        
,governor1 if the ,president finds such 
waiver is in the public interest4 ,in   
making this decision the ,president may 
consider the following3  7i7 ,the       
recommendations of the ,administrator of
 the ,federal ,emergency ,management    
,agency made in consultation with the   
,federal agency administering the       
duplicative program4  7ii7 ,the cost    
benefits to be achieved by funding the  
assistance if the waiver is granted4    
7iii7 ,equity and good conscience4  7iv7
 ,other matters of public policy        
considered appropriate by the           
,president4  7,b7 ,grant or denial of   
waiver ,a request under subparagraph    
7,a7 shall be granted or denied not     
later than #de days after submission of 
such request4  7,c7 ,prohibition on     
determination that loan is a duplication
 ,notwithstanding subsection 7c71 in    
carrying out subparagraph 7,a71 the     

,president may not determine that a loan
 is a duplication of assistance4  4  7b7
 ,funding of a federally authorized     
water resources development project     
7#a7 ,notwithstanding section #cab of   
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
and its implementing regulations1       
assistance provided pursuant to section 
#djd of such ,act may be used to fund   
eligible activities under section #djd  
associated with the construction of a   
federally authorized water resources    
development project of the ,army ,corps 
of ,engineers4  7#b7 ,nothing in this   
subsection shall be construed to change 
the cost share of the hazard mitigation 
measures as determined under section    
#djd4  7#c7 ,all ,federal funding       
provided under section #djd pursuant to 
this subsection shall be considered     
,federal funding for the purposes of a  
federally authorized water resources    
development project of the ,army ,corps 
of ,engineers to which the ,state or    

local funding is applied4  7#d7 ,all    
non-,federal match funding provided     
under section #djd pursuant to this     
subsection shall be considered          
non-,federal funding for the purposes of
 a federally authorized water resources 
development project of the ,army ,corps 
of ,engineers to which ,state or local  
funding is applied4  7#e7 ,funding      
provided under section #djd pursuant to 
this subsection may not exceed the total
 ,federal share for a federally         
authorized water resources development  
project of the ,army ,corps of          
,engineers4