EXPEDITED PAYMENTS.

SEC. 610. EXPEDITED PAYMENTS. Section 407 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5173) is amended by adding at the end the following:“(e) Expedited Payments.—“(1) Grant assistance.—In making a grant under subsection (a)(2), the President shall provide not less than 50 percent of the President’s initial estimate of the Federal share of assistance as an initial payment in accordance with paragraph (2).“(2) Date of payment.—Not later than 60 days after the date of the estimate described in paragraph (1) and not later 120 STAT. 1943 than 90 days after the date on which the State or local government or owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility applies for assistance under this section, an initial payment described in paragraph (1) shall be paid.”.