,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfcf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ba1
 #bjbj,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,warner1 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 revise the treatment of  
urbanized areas experiencing population 
changes following a major disaster4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,giving ,relief to ,american       
,communities in ,emergencies ,act or the
 ,,grace ,act4  #b4 ,urbanized areas    
7a7 ,extension of treatment of urbanized
 areas ,section #baaja of division ,b of
 the ,bipartisan ,budget ,act of #bjah  
7,public ,law #aae-abc2 #acb ,stat4     
#ajc7 is amended by striking and #bjbj  
and inserting #bjbj1 #bjba1 and #bjbb4  
7b7 ,census discretion ,section #ecbd of
 title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is   
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7f7 ,census discretion  7#a7

 ,definitions ,in this subsection-- 7,a7
 the term disaster-related population   
decrease1 with respect to an urbanized  
area1 means that-- 7i7 the population of
 the urbanized area decreases to be less
 than #ej1jjj individuals1 as determined
 in a decennial census after the        
decennial census in which the area was  
designated as an urbanized area2 and    
7ii7 the decrease described in clause   
7i7 is a result of a major disaster     
declared by the ,president under section
 #dja of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford      
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj72 
and  7,b7 the term urbanized area means 
an area designated in a decennial census
 as an urbanized area by the ,secretary 
of ,commerce4  7#b7 ,election ,upon     
request by the ,governor of a ,state in 
which an urbanized area that experiences
 a disaster-related population decrease 
is located1 the ,secretary of           
,transportation may elect for the       
purposes of this chapter1 including for 

purposes of making apportionments under 
this chapter1 to-- 7,a7 use the         
population of the urbanized area1 as    
determined in the decennial census      
before the most recent decennial census2
 and  7,b7 continue to treat the area as
 an urbanized area4  4