#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #bedh  ,,an ,,act  ,to modify       
eligibility requirements for certain    
hazard mitigation assistance programs1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,hazard ,eligibility and ,local         
,projects ,act4  #b4 ,authority to begin
 implementation of acquisition or       
relocation projects  7a7 ,eligibility   
for ,assistance for ,initiated ,projects
  7#a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any 
other provision of law1 an entity       
seeking assistance under a hazard       
mitigation assistance program shall be  
eligible to receive such assistance for 
a covered project if the entity--  7,a7 
complies with all other eligibility     
requirements of the hazard mitigation   
assistance program for acquisition or   
relocation projects1 including          
extinguishing all incompatible          
encumbrances2 and  7,b7 complies with   
all ,federal requirements for the       
project4  7#b7 ,costs incurred ,an      

entity seeking assistance under a hazard
 mitigation assistance program shall be 
responsible for any project costs       
incurred by the entity for a covered    
project if the covered project is not   
awarded1 or is determined to be         
ineligible for1 assistance4  7b7        
,definitions ,in this section1 the      
following definitions apply3  7#a7      
,covered project ,the term covered      
project means-- 7,a7 an acquisition or  
relocation project for which an entity  
began implementation prior to grant     
award under a hazard mitigation         
assistance program2 and  7,b7 a project 
for which an entity initiated planning  
or construction before or after         
requesting assistance for the project   
under a hazard mitigation assistance    
program qualifying for a categorical    
exemption under the ,national           
,environmental ,policy ,act4  7#b7      
,hazard mitigation assistance program   
,the term hazard mitigation assistance  
program means--  7,a7 the predisaster   

hazard mitigation grant program         
authorized under section #bjc of the    
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eacc72  7,b7 the hazard      
mitigation grant program authorized     
under section #djd of the ,robert ,t4   
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj;c72 and  7,c7 the flood 
mitigation assistance program authorized
 under section #acff of the ,national   
,flood ,insurance ,act of #aifh 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #dajd;c74  7c7 ,applicability 
,this section shall apply to funds      
appropriated on or after the date of    
enactment of this ,act4  ,passed the    
,house of ,representatives ,december    
#ag1 #bjai4;,clerk4