,,ii #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #affd ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,july #bg1 #bjag,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself and ,mr4 ,kaine7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to amend section #ecjg of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 with respect to the treatment of communities as urbanized areas following a major disaster4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,relief for ,recovering ,communities ,act4 #b4 ,definition of urbanized areas 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 ,defined term ,in this section1 the term major disaster has the meaning given such term in section #ajb7b7 of the ,disaster ,relief ,act of #aigd 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 area was defined and designated as an urbanized area by the ,secretary of ,commerce in the decennial census immediately preceding such major disaster1 effective with the #bjjj decennial census2 and 7,b7 the population of the area fell below #ej1jjj as a result of 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 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