To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the area of a Presidentially declared disaster to include the outer Continental Shelf.

July 19, 2005

Mr. JINDAL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to allow the area of a Presidentially declared disaster to include the outer Continental Shelf.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Offshore Infrastructure Emergency Relief Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTER AREA MAY INCLUDE THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF.

(a) In General- Section 102(3) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(3)) is amended by inserting `, and includes the outer Continental Shelf (as defined in section 2(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331(a))' after `Islands'.

(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by this section shall apply to--

(1) declarations made after the date of the enactment of this Act, or

(2) modifications made after such date with respect to declarations made after December 31, 2003.

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