Volume 102 · 18
Public Law 100–252
To authorize appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990.
Approved February 29, 1988
Statutory text
An Act
To authorize appropriations under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 for fiscal years 1988, 1989, and 1990.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That
section 7(a) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(7) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director, to carry out the provisions of sections 5 and 6 of this Act, $5,778,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, $5,788,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, and $5,798,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990.”.
Section 7(b) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(b)) is amended—
by striking “and” after “1986;”; and
by inserting immediately before the period the following: “; $38,540,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988; $41,819,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989; and $43,283,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990”.
Section 7(c) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(c)) is amended—
by striking “and” after “1986;”; and
by inserting immediately before the period the following: “; $28,235,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988; $31,634,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989; and $35,454,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990”.
Section 7(d) of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7706(d)) is amended—
by striking “and” after “1986;”; and
by inserting immediately before the period the following: “; $525,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988; $525,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989; and $525,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1990”.
Sec. 2.
Section 5 of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7704) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(j) Cost Sharing.—
(1) In the case of any State which has voluntarily engaged in cost sharing by matching Federal grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for activities under this Act over the three-fiscal-year period ending September 30, 1987, any such cost sharing that may be required for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, or the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, shall be at a level no higher than the State’s average level of such cost sharing over such three-year period.
“(2) In the case of any State which has not engaged in cost sharing by matching Federal grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for activities under this Act over such three-fiscal-year period—
“(A) no such cost sharing may be required for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988; and
“(B) any such cost sharing that may be required for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, shall be at a level no higher than 25 percent of the cost of the activities involved.
“(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent a State, voluntarily and at its option, from engaging in cost sharing at a level higher than the maximum level which may be required of it under paragraph (1) or (2).”.
Approved February 29, 1988.