,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cjga  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ah1  
#bjbc,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 in 
subsection 7b77#b7-- 7,a7 by            

redesignating subparagraphs 7,a7 and    
7,b7 as clauses 7i7 and 7ii71           
respectively1 and adjusting the margins 
accordingly2 and  7,b7 in the matter    
preceding clause 7i71 as so             
redesignated1 by striking provide the   
following percentage rates and inserting
 8provide--  7,a7 excess funds for      
management costs as described in        
subsection 7c72 and  7,b7 the following 
percentage rates  2  7#b7 by            
redesignating subsection 7c7 as         
subsection 7d72 and  7#c7 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 7b77#a7 and 
subsection 7b77#b77;,b72 and  7,b7 as of
 the date on which the grant award 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--  
7,a7 activities associated with building
 capacity to prepare for1 recover from1 
or mitigate the impacts of a major      
disaster or emergency declared under    
section #dja or #eja1 respectively2 and 
7,b7 management costs associated with   
any-- 7i7 major disaster2  7ii7         
emergency2  7iii7 disaster preparedness 
measure2 or  7iv7 mitigation activity or
 measure authorized under section #bjc1 
#bjd1 #bje1 or #djd4  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 grant award in relation to a     
major disaster or emergency 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-- 7#a7 the      
declaration of which is open on1 or made
 on or after1 the date of enactment of  
this ,act2 and  7#b7 that is funded with
 amounts appropriated on or after the   
date of enactment of this ,act4