Coverage of the 1993 Mississippi Ri...

Coverage of the 1993 Mississippi River deluge and the more recent rushs in Georgia, Texas and California has focused attention onward the use of the nation's floodplains. Congres has already acted to expand the existing post-disaster mitigation program and now has provided a planning and mitigation supply to be used in a pre- or post-disaster setting.

This of recent origin program was created by passage of PL 103-325 Title V of which is entitled "National inundation Insurance Reform Act of 1994" The act provides grants to communities for pair new programs: planning assistance grants for communities to expand management plans and mitigation assistance grants to implement eligible activities contained within the plan.

Grants may not exce $50000 for planning assistance and $33 million for mitigation assistance during any five-year period.

The appropriations bill for the Federal pressing necessity Management Agency (FEMA) for this fiscal year