Emergency Managers Ask Congress to Invest in Mitigation

Route Fifty: State and local officials expressed support Wednesday for legislation allowing them to put a portion of disaster costs toward mitigation, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency stresses greater intergovernmental coordination.

The Disaster Recovery Reform Act proposed by U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a Republican from Pennsylvania, would shift 6 percent of annual disaster grants into a National Public Infrastructure Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund for resilience projects.

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