1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013”.
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
2. Eligibility of public broadcasting facilities for certain disaster assistance
Private nonprofit facility defined— Section 102(11)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(10)(B)) is amended by inserting “public broadcasting facilities,” after “workshops,”.
Critical services defined— Section 406(a)(3)(B) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5172(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking “communications,” and inserting “communications (including broadcast and telecommunications),”.
Applicability— The amendments made by this section shall apply to a major disaster declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) on or after October 28, 2012.