HR 2873 · 103th Congress · Emergency Management

Natural Disaster Protection Partnership Act of 1994

Introduced 1993-08-04· Sponsored by Rep. Mineta, Norman Y. [D-CA-15]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Public Works + Transportation. H. Rept. 103-848, Part I.(1994-10-07)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Natural Disaster Protection Act of 1993 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop programs to carry out specified multihazard mitigation and emergency management initiatives, including the development of model building codes and other hazard mitigation measures for catastrophic natural disasters, training and research in such areas, hazard mitigation technology, and local emergency response operations. Allows local communities five years after the date of enactment of this Act to comply with multihazard building and safety codes outlined under this Act, after which public assistance funds will be withheld for noncompliance. Requires the Director to identify States which are prone to damages from hurricanes, windstorms, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and flooding (natural disasters), and to designate each State appropriately as hurricane-, windstorm-, earthquake-, volcanic eruption-, or flood-prone. Requires each State so designated to either: (1) adopt the relevant natural disaster hazard mitigation portions of the newest building codes for such State for all…

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8 Democrats12 Republicans