,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bedh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjai,mrs4  
,fletcher 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,olson1    
,mr4 ,butterfield1 and ,mr4 ,meadows7   
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure1 and
 in addition to the ,committee on       
,financial ,services1 for a period to be
 subsequently determined by the         
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,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 planning and    
construction of certain hazard          
mitigation projects  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section1 the following         
definitions apply3  7#a7 ,administrator 

,the term ,administrator means the      
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency4  7#b7   
,covered project ,the term covered      
project means--  7,a7 an acquisition or 
relocation project for which an entity  
began implementation before a grant was 
awarded 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 grant program 
qualifying for a categorical exemption  
under the ,national ,environmental      
,policy ,act4  7#c7 ,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  7b7 ,eligibility   
for assistance for initiated projects   
7#a7 ,in general ,notwithstanding any   
other provision of law1 an entity       
seeking hazard mitigation 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 hazard mitigation        
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  7c7 ,applicability ,this   
section shall apply to any application  
for hazard mitigation assistance for a  
covered project submitted on or after   
,january #a1 #bjaf4