Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000

Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000
Other short titles	Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 1999
Long title	To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize a program for predisaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of disaster relief, to control the Federal costs of disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	DMA2K
Enacted by	the 106th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 106–390 (text) (PDF)
Statutes at Large	114 Stat. 1552
Codification
Acts amended	Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
Titles amended	Title 42 of the United States Code: The Public Health and Welfare
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 707 by Rep. Tillie Fowler (R–FL) on February 11, 1999; Committee consideration by House Transportation and Infrastructure; Senate Environment and Public Works; Passed the House on March 4, 1999 (415–2); Passed the Senate on July 19, 2000 (Unanimous consent); Agreed to by the House on October 10, 2000 (Voice vote) ; Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 30, 2000;

The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–390 (text) (PDF), also called DMA2K, is U.S. federal legislation passed in 2000 that amended provisions of the United States Code related to disaster relief. The amended provisions are named after Robert Stafford, who led the passage of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988.

The 2000 act amends Chapter 68 of Title 42 of the United States Code. Its provisions are titled DISASTER RELIEF - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE.

The chapter sets forth declarations and definitions relating to disaster relief and is used as a central document for the activities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.