,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dfed  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bh1     
#bjbb,ms4 ,hassan 7for herself and ,mr4 
,lankford7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to amend section #cbd of the ,robert   
,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and     
,emergency ,assistance ,act to          
incentivize ,states1 ,indian ,tribes1   
and ,territories to close disaster      
recovery projects by authorizing the use
 of excess funds for management costs   
for other disaster recovery projects4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,disaster ,management ,costs    
,modernization ,act4  #b4 ,use of excess
 funds for management costs  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #cbd of the ,robert ,t4
 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and        
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eafe;b7 is amended-- 7#a7 by 
redesignating subsection 7c7 as         

subsection 7d72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after subsection 7b7 the following3  7c7
 ,use of excess funds for management    
costs  7#a7 ,definition ,in this        
subsection1 the term excess funds for   
management costs means the difference   
between-- 7,a7 the amount of the        
applicable specific management costs    
authorized under subsection 7b72 and    
7,b7 as of the date on which the        
incident is closed1 the amount of       
funding for management costs activities 
expended by the grantee or subgrantee   
receiving the financial assistance for  
costs described in subparagraph 7,a74   
7#b7 ,availability of excess funds for  
management costs ,the ,president may    
make available to a grantee or          
subgrantee receiving financial          
assistance under section #djc1 #djd1    
#djf1 #djg1 or #ejb any excess funds for
 management costs4  7#c7 ,use of funds  
,excess funds for management costs made 
available to a grantee or subgrantee    
under paragraph 7#b7 may be used for    

activities associated with building     
capacity to respond to or recover from  
the types of incidents for which        
assistance may be made available under  
section #djc1 #djd1 #djf1 #djg1 or #ejb 
and to provide such assistance1         
including for providing training and    
other activities associated with any    
major disaster or emergency declaration1
 or to otherwise prepare for such an    
incident4  7#d7 ,availability ,excess   
funds for management costs made         
available to a grantee or subgrantee    
under paragraph 7#b7 shall remain       
available to the grantee or subgrantee  
until the date that is #e years after   
the date on which the excess funds for  
management costs are made available     
under paragraph 7#b74  4  7b7           
,applicability ,the amendments made by  
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to any incident for which a major       
disaster or emergency is declared under 
section #dja or #eja1 respectively1 of  
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     

,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj1 #eaia7 that is    
open on1 or occurs on or after1 the date
 of enactment of this ,act4