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 124 STAT. 3863 PUBLIC LAW 111–351—JAN. 4, 2011 Public Law 111–351 111th Congress An Act To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the pre-disaster mitigation program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 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 ‘‘Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2010’’. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) The predisaster hazard mitigation program has been successful and cost-effective. Funding from the predisaster hazard mitigation program has successfully reduced loss of life, personal injuries, damage to and destruction of property, and disruption of communities from disasters. (2) The predisaster hazard mitigation program has saved Federal taxpayers from spending significant sums on disaster recovery and relief that would have been otherwise incurred had communities not successfully applied mitigation tech- niques. (3) A 2007 Congressional Budget Office report found that the predisaster hazard mitigation program reduced losses by roughly $3 (measured in 2007 dollars) for each dollar invested in mitigation efforts funded under the predisaster hazard miti- gation program. Moreover, the Congressional Budget Office found that projects funded under the predisaster hazard mitiga- tion program could lower the need for post-disaster assistance from the Federal Government so that the predisaster hazard mitigation investment by the Federal Government would actu- ally save taxpayer funds. (4) A 2005 report by the Multihazard Mitigation Council showed substantial benefits and cost savings from the hazard mitigation programs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency generally. Looking at a range of hazard mitigation programs of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the study found that, on average, $1 invested by the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency in hazard mitigation provided the Nation with roughly $4 in benefits. Moreover, the report pro- jected that the mitigation grants awarded between 1993 and 2003 would save more than 220 lives and prevent nearly 4,700 injuries over approximately 50 years. 42 USC 5133 note. 42 USC 5121 note. Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2010. Jan. 4, 2011 [H.R. 1746]