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 PUBLIC LAW 109–308—OCT. 6, 2006

120 STAT. 1725

Public Law 109–308 109th Congress An Act To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency.

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 ‘‘Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006’’.

Oct. 6, 2006 [H.R. 3858]

Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2006. 42 USC 5121 note.

SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OPERATIONAL PLANS.

Section 613 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196b) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: ‘‘(g) STANDARDS FOR STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OPERATIONAL PLANS.—In approving standards for State and local emergency preparedness operational plans pursuant to subsection (b)(3), the Director shall ensure that such plans take into account the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals prior to, during, and following a major disaster or emergency.’’. SEC. 3. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MEASURES OF THE DIRECTOR.

Section 611 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196) is amended— (1) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(4) plans that take into account the needs of individuals with pets and service animals prior to, during, and following a major disaster or emergency.’’; and (2) in subsection (j)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: ‘‘(2) The Director may make financial contributions, on the basis of programs or projects approved by the Director, to the States and local authorities for animal emergency

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