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PUBLIC LAW 106-390 —OCT. 30, 2000 114 STAT. 1559 "(A) eligibility criteria for property acquisition and other types of mitigation measures; "(B) requirements for cost effectiveness that are related to the eligibility criteria; "(C) a system of priorities that is related to the eligibility criteria; and "(D) a process by which an assessment of the effectiveness of a mitigation action may be carried out after the mitigation action is complete. "SEC. 323. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STRUC- 42 USC 5165a. TURES. "(a) IN GENERAL.— As a condition of receipt of a disaster loan or grant under this Act— "(1) the recipient shall carry out any repair or construction to be financed with the loan or grant in accordance with applicable standards of safety, decency, and sanitation and in conformity with applicable codes, specifications, and standards; and "(2) the President may require safe land use and construction practices, after adequate consultation with appropriate State and local government officials. "(b) EVIDENCE OF COMPLIANCE. —^A recipient of a disaster loan or grant under this Act shall provide such evidence of compliance with this section as the President may require by regulation.". (b) LOSSES FROM STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. —The President shall President, increase the maximum percentage specified in the last sentence of section 404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a)) from 15 percent to 20 percent with respect to any major disaster that is in the State of Minnesota and for which assistance is being provided as of the date of the enactment of this Act, except that additional assistance provided under this subsection shall not exceed $6,000,000. The mitigation measures assisted under this subsection shall be related to losses in the State of Minnesota from straight line winds. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 404(a) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c(a)) is amended— (A) in the second sentence, by striking "section 409" and inserting "section 322"; and (B) in the third sentence, by striking "The total" and inserting "Subject to section 322, the total". (2) Section 409 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster ReHef and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5176) is repealed. TITLE II—STREAMLINING AND COST REDUCTION SEC. 201. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. Section 311 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5154) is amended in subsections (a)(1), (b), and (c) by striking "section 803 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965" each place it appears