bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
112-hr-6728,112,hr,6728,Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2013-01-01,2013-01-01,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-19]",CA,R,D000612,3,"Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2012 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to direct the President, for purposes of hazard mitigation assistance, to ensure that: (1) environmental reviews and historic preservation reviews are completed on an expeditious basis, and (2) the shortest existing applicable process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the National Historic Preservation Act is utilized. Authorizes the President to provide not more than 25% of the amount of the estimated cost of hazard mitigation measures to a state grantee before eligible costs are incurred. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to review, update, and revise factors relating to trauma to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster. Authorizes the President, acting through the Administrator, to approve public assistance projects for major disasters or emergencies under alternative procedures with the goal of: (1) reducing the costs to the federal government of providing such assistance; (2) increasing flexibility in the administration of assistance; (3) expediting the provision of assistance to a state, tribal or local government, or owner or operator of a private nonprofit facility; and (4) providing financial incentives and disincentives for the timely and cost-effective completion of projects.  Requires such alternative procedures, with respect to grants for facility repair, restoration, or replacement, to allow: (1) such grants to be made on the basis of fixed estimates if the state, tribal, or local government or the owner or operator of the private nonprofit facility agrees to be responsible for any actual costs that exceed the estimate; (2) a grantee to elect to receive an in-lieu contribution, without reduction, on the basis of estimates of the cost to repair, restore, reconstruct, or replace a facility and management expenses; (3) consolidating state, local, or tribal facilities as a single project; and (4) the Administrator to permit a grantee, when completed project costs are less than the estimated costs, to use excess funds for activities that reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, or suffering from a major disaster and for other activities to improve future public assistance operations or planning.  Requires such alternative procedures, with respect to grants for debris removal, to allow: (1) such grants to be made on the basis of fixed estimates to provide financial incentives and disincentives for the timely or cost-effective completion if the grantee agrees to be responsible for any actual costs that exceed the estimate; (2) use of a sliding scale for determining the federal share for removal of debris and wreckage based on the time it takes to complete; (3) use of program income from recycled debris without offset to the grant amount; (4) reimbursement of wages for grantee employees and extra hires performing or administering debris and wreckage removal; (5) incentives to a state, local, or tribal government to have a debris management plan approved by the Administrator and to have pre-qualified contractors before the date of declaration of the major disaster; and (6) the Administrator to permit a grantee, when actual project costs are less than estimated costs, to use the excess funds for debris management planning, acquisition of debris management equipment for current or future use, and other activities to improve future debris removal operations. Authorizes Indian tribal governments to submit requests for major disaster or emergency declarations directly to the President. Authorizes the President to enter into lease agreements for, and make repairs or improvements to, multifamily rental property located in areas covered by a major disaster declaration when the President determines it would be a cost-effective alternative to other temporary housing options.  Directs the President: (1) within one year, to complete an analysis to determine whether an increase in the threshold for eligibility for the provision of federal disaster or emergency assistance on the basis of the amount of the federal estimate of assistance necessary is appropriate; and (2) if so, to establish such threshold, adjust it annually for inflation, and review it every three years. Requires the President to establish a unified interagency review process to ensure compliance with environmental and historic requirements relating to disaster recovery projects in order to expedite the recovery process. Authorizes the President: (1) to provide child care assistance to an individual or household adversely affected by a major disaster; and (2) after declaring a major disaster or emergency for an area within the jurisdiction of a state, tribal, or local government, to reimburse such government for costs relating to basic pay and benefits and overtime and hazardous duty compensation for permanent employees of such government conducting emergency protective measures. Directs the Administrator to revise regulations related to the submission of State Hazard Mitigation Plans to extend the hazard mitigation planning cycle to every five years, consistent with local planning cycles. Authorizes a temporary housing unit purchased by the President for housing disaster victims to be made available directly to a state, other governmental entity, or voluntary organization for an incident caused by a hazard, for which the state governor has taken appropriate action under state law and directed execution of the state emergency plan, but that does not result in a presidential declaration of a major disaster or emergency. Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator to: (1) take specified steps to modernize and implement the U.S. integrated public alert and warning system to ensure that the President, federal agencies, and state, tribal, and local governments can, under all conditions, alert and warn the civilian population in areas endangered by disasters or other hazards to public safety; and (2) establish a subcommittee to the National Advisory Council to be known as the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee, which shall develop recommendations for an integrated public alert and warning system. Directs the Chair of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force to report on: (1) the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on local government budgets in states where a major disaster has been declared, (2) the availability of private loans and federal resources to address such impacts, (3) the ability of the Community Disaster Loan program to address such impacts, and (4) potential consequences of federal action or inaction to address such impacts.  Amends: (1) the Stafford Act to direct the Administrator to: (1) continue to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System to provide for a national network of standardized search and rescue resources to assist states and local governments in responding to hazards, (2) designate task forces to participate in the System, and (3) establish an advisory committee to provide assistance in administering the System.   Authorizes the President, upon determining it to be appropriate after a large and complex major disaster, to establish a commission to facilitate and support states and local governments in recovering from such disaster, including by implementing a strategic recovery support plan and coordinating federal agency activities.  Amends the Homeland Security Act to establish within FEMA a disaster reserve workforce, to supplement the work of permanent full-time FEMA employees on response and recovery operations and programs. Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to direct the President to ensure that each federal agency with responsibilities under the National Response Plan or the National Disaster Recovery Framework has designated a lead senior official to: (1) ensure the agency is prepared to execute its response and recovery responsibilities under such plans, and (2) coordinate disaster response and recovery efforts. Directs the Administrator to establish procedures under which an applicant, through December 31, 2015, may request the use of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration by an independent review panel to resolve disputes relating to eligible assistance.",2021-04-19T19:45:12Z,
112-hr-6711,112,hr,6711,Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act,Emergency Management,2012-12-27,2012-12-27,Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Keeping our Communities Safe by Strengthening Safety Standards for Chemical Facilities Act - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), in assigning a chemical facility to a risk tier under performance standards for the security of chemical facilities, to consider the proximity of the facility to population centers, schools, and other facilities at risk of creating a secondary explosion.",2019-11-15T21:15:58Z,
112-hr-6713,112,hr,6713,Ensuring Scanned Containers Arrive in Ports Efficiently Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-12-27,2012-12-27,Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Ensuring Scanned Containers Arrive in Ports Efficiently Act of 2012 - Amends the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), on order to extend the date after which all containers loaded on a vessel destined for the United States must be scanned in a foreign port, to submit a feasibility study, including a cost-benefit analysis and an available systems assessment, on meeting such requirement.",2019-11-15T21:11:39Z,
112-hr-6715,112,hr,6715,Protecting Our Protectors Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-12-27,2012-12-27,"Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Protecting Our Protectors Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to make grants to state and local governments to assist in preparing for and responding to mass casualty incidents resulting from natural disasters and acts of terrorism and other man-made disasters. Requires the grants to be used to: (1) strengthen medical surge capacity; (2) strengthen mass prophylaxis capabilities, including the development and maintenance of an initial pharmaceutical stockpile sufficient to protect first responders, their families, and immediate victims from a chemical or biological event; and (3) procure home medical kits that are approved pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act or the Public Health Service Act. Requires: (1) the Administrator to issue guidance on anthrax exposure and proper administration of the anthrax vaccine, and (2) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue an annual report on the vaccination levels of emergency service providers.",2019-11-15T21:15:58Z,
112-s-3694,112,s,3694,Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-12-19,2012-12-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]",NJ,D,M000639,0,"Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2012 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act if, at the time of a declaration of a major disaster, the affected state certifies that it has in effect and is actively enforcing a state building code that: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code, (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code, and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard. Directs the President to approve the additional assistance upon determining that such certification is sufficient and is submitted not later than 90 days after the date of a declared disaster. Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act. Makes this Act applicable to major disasters declared on or after October 24, 2012. Allows 90 days from this Act's enactment for submission of the required certification for disasters declared between October 24, 2012, and such enactment.",2019-02-20T23:45:02Z,
112-hr-6639,112,hr,6639,To amend the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to facilitate inter-agency agreements with the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve to secure Defense Support to Civil Authority (DSCA) missions in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires.,Emergency Management,2012-12-05,2012-12-05,"Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]",CA,R,G000021,0,"Amends the Wildfire Suppressing Aircraft Transfer Act of 1996 to provide that provisions permitting an agency to order goods or services from that or another agency only if such goods or services cannot be provided as conveniently or cheaply by a commercial enterprise shall not limit the use of interagency agreements with the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve to procure the services of a unit of the Guard or Reserve to conduct Defense Support to Civil Authority missions utilizing military fixed wing aerial firefighting aircraft, including Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) units, in the initial airborne response to fighting wildfires. Makes such limitation inapplicable only when the Incident Commander determines: (1) that privately contracted fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft are unavailable, (2) it is necessary for military fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft including MAFFS units to perform an initial airborne response, or (3) that military fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft including MAFFS units are needed to supplement privately contracted fixed-wing aerial firefighting aircraft.",2019-11-15T21:09:00Z,
112-hres-820,112,hres,820,"Expressing condolences to the victims of Hurricane Sandy, commending the resiliency of the people of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Delaware, and committing to stand by them in the relief and recovery effort.",Emergency Management,2012-11-28,2012-11-29,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8]",NY,D,N000002,55,"Expresses condolences to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Commends the resiliency and courage of the people of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, West Virginia, and Delaware. Commits to provide the necessary resources and to stand by such individuals in the relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts.",2020-02-14T19:13:57Z,
112-hr-6566,112,hr,6566,Mass Fatality Planning and Religious Considerations Act,Emergency Management,2012-09-28,2012-10-11,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Mass Fatality Planning and Religious Considerations Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide guidance to and coordination with appropriate individuals, including representatives from different communities, private sector businesses, and nonprofit and religious organizations, to prepare for and respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster that results in mass fatalities.",2020-02-14T19:13:57Z,
112-sres-583,112,sres,583,"A resolution designating September 2012 as ""National Preparedness Month"".",Emergency Management,2012-09-22,2012-09-22,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6679-6684; text as passed Senate: CR 9/21/2012 S6682; text of measure as introduced: CR 9/21/2012 S6633)",Senate,"Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]",CT,ID,L000304,2,(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates September 2012 as National Preparedness Month.,2019-02-20T22:51:38Z,
112-hr-6542,112,hr,6542,FEMA Reform Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-09-21,2012-09-24,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]",LA,D,R000588,0,"FEMA Reform Act of 2012 - Requires: (1) 50% of the amount estimated for a preliminary damage assessment by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for any state or local government to be released to such government not later than three days after such assessment is completed, and (2) hazard mitigation funding for a state under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to be disseminated within areas of the state in proportion to the damage of a major disaster in such areas. Permits the President, in addition to authorizing the repair, restoration, or replacement of federal facilities damaged by a major disaster, to make contributions to a state or local government to repair, restore, or replace vehicles and equipment, particularly those used for public safety, transportation, and service. Allows the actual cash value of such a vehicle or equipment that is more than 50% damaged to be used to replace it. Authorizes the President to provide financial assistance under the Stafford Act to repair permanent structures, including rental units, necessary for temporary or transitional housing in areas affected by a major disaster. Requires: (1) FEMA to establish a recruiting and training office in a major disaster area as soon as possible to facilitate the hiring of local individuals to assist with public assistance applications for any major disaster that will require FEMA employees to be available in such area for an extended period; and (2) FEMA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and the Department of Energy (DOE) to evaluate, complete, and publish a report outlining recommendations to public and private utilities, including electrical, water, sewer, and telecommunications, to reduce service interruptions during and after a hurricane.",2020-02-14T19:13:58Z,
112-hr-6477,112,hr,6477,Taxpayer Protection Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-09-20,2012-10-23,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.",House,"Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13]",NJ,D,S001165,0,"Taxpayer Protection Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish the National Commission on Natural Catastrophe Preparation and Protection to advise the Secretary regarding the estimated loss costs associated with reinsurance protection contracts.    Requires the Secretary to implement a program that utilizes premiums from eligible state or multi-state plans to pre-fund future natural catastrophe recovery by making available for purchase, only by such plans, contracts for reinsurance coverage.  Requires such contracts to cover insured property losses covered under primary insurance contracts to homeowners, mobile home owners, renters, and condominium owners for specified natural perils. Prescribes requirements for the operation of state plans and the terms of reinsurance contracts.   Encourages states to create and maintain catastrophe funds for themselves or with other states.   Sets forth requirements for the treatment of insured losses and maximum federal liability. Establishes in the Treasury the Catastrophe Preparedness Fund, consisting of contract sales receipts and any amounts borrowed or earned, which shall be used to pay Commission administrative costs and loss payments under reinsurance contracts. Prohibits the authorization or appropriation of federal funds for the Fund or for implementing the reinsurance liquidity protection program. Establishes a post-catastrophe market stabilization program for liquidity loans to: (1) expedite payment of claims under state catastrophe insurance programs, (2) authorize the Secretary to issue loans to assist financial recovery from significant natural catastrophes, and (3) promote the availability of private capital to state catastrophe insurance programs in order to provide liquidity and capacity.    Establishes the National Readiness, Preparedness and Mitigation Committee to administer a Readiness, Preparedness, and Mitigation Grant Program of grants to state and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and other appropriate public and private entities to develop programs and initiatives to improve disaster response, citizen preparedness and protection, and prevention and mitigation of losses from natural catastrophes.",2020-02-14T19:13:57Z,
112-hr-6415,112,hr,6415,Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act,Emergency Management,2012-09-14,2012-10-01,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.",House,"Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8]",TN,R,F000458,1,"Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act or CLAIM Act - Authorizes an independent claims adjuster meeting specified requirements to adjust claims for losses related to any disaster occurring in any jurisdiction designated by the President as a major disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, regardless of state licensure requirements governing the major disaster area.  Requires an adjuster to: (1) hold a valid license in his or her home state, and (2) have passed any multi-state examination established and administered by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Urges NAIC to: (1) adopt a certain model independent claims adjuster licensing Act, and (2) develop and administer a multi-state examination for an independent claims adjuster seeking to adjust claims in a jurisdiction other than his or her home state. Sets forth criteria for state compliance with this Act, including reciprocity. Authorizes any independent claims adjuster meeting the requirements of this Act to ascertain, determine, negotiate, or settle a claim in a state that is not in compliance with this Act. Prohibits such a state from imposing additional requirements upon such an adjuster.",2019-11-15T20:53:13Z,
112-hres-762,112,hres,762,Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding community-based civil defense and power generation.,Emergency Management,2012-08-02,2012-08-03,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]",MD,R,B000208,3,"Encourages: (1) every community to work with citizens, leaders, and institutions ranging from local fire halls and schools to faith-based organizations to develop its own civil defense program to create sustainable local infrastructure and planning capacity for tranquil times and disaster scenarios; (2) every citizen to develop an individual emergency plan to prepare for the absence of government assistance for extended periods; (3) each local community to foster the capability of providing at least 20% of its own critical needs, such as local power generation, food, and water, while protecting local infrastructure whenever possible from threats to centralized infrastructure; and (4) state governments and federal agencies to support the ability of local communities to become stronger, self-reliant, and better able to assist neighboring communities in times of great need.",2020-02-14T19:13:58Z,
112-hr-6229,112,hr,6229,United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-07-30,2012-07-30,"Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.",House,"Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]",IL,R,B001232,4,"United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to: (1) authorize the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) Administrator to appoint a Deputy Administrator (current law requires the Deputy Administrator to be appointed by the President), (2) authorize the USFA Administrator to take such steps as the Administrator considers appropriate to educate the public and overcome public indifference as to individual preparedness (as well as to fire and fire prevention), and (3) authorize appropriations to carry out such Act through FY2017. Repeals a provision that placed a cap on amounts made available to update the National Fire Incident Reporting System during FY2009-FY2011.",2022-03-02T05:39:26Z,
112-hr-6186,112,hr,6186,"To require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the national flood insurance program, and for other purposes.",Emergency Management,2012-07-25,2012-09-11,"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.",House,"Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]",WI,D,M001160,3,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)  Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assess options, methods, and strategies for making voluntary community-based flood insurance policies available through the National Flood Insurance Program. Requires the report on the study to specified congressional committees to make recommendations for a strategy to implement voluntary community-based flood insurance policies that would encourage communities to undertake flood mitigation activities, including construction, reconstruction, or improvement of levees, dams, or other flood control structures. Directs the Comptroller General to review the Administrator's report and make comments or recommendations to such congressional committees.",2019-11-15T21:00:59Z,
112-sres-523,112,sres,523,A resolution recognizing the heroic efforts of firefighters and military personnel in the United States to contain numerous wildfires that have affected tens of thousands of people.,Emergency Management,2012-07-16,2012-07-16,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5023-5024; text as passed Senate: CR S5024; text of measure as introduced: CR S5050)",Senate,"Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]",CO,D,U000038,22,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Recognizes the heroic efforts of firefighters and military personnel to contain wildfires and protect lives, homes, natural resources, and rural economies throughout the United States.  Encourages: (1) people and the federal government to express appreciation to the men and women in the firefighting services, (2) people and communities to act diligently in preventing and preparing for a wildfire, and (3) people to keep in their thoughts the individuals who have suffered as a result of wildfire.",2019-02-20T22:51:04Z,
112-hr-5997,112,hr,5997,Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act,Emergency Management,2012-06-21,2012-11-28,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]",FL,R,B001257,4,"Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities, including the development and maintenance of an initial pharmaceutical stockpile, including medical kits, and diagnostics sufficient to protect first responders, their families, and immediate victims from a chemical or biological event.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-6003,112,hr,6003,Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-06-21,2012-07-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.,House,"Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-11]",NY,D,C001067,11,"Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials responsible for counterterrorism and addressing the threat of violent extremism, to: (1) develop guidance, outreach, training, and programs in furtherance of national counterterrorism policy; and (2) develop and distribute to state, local, and tribal authorities courses and materials that comply with the Grant Programs Directorate Information Bulletin No. 373 or successor bulletin for integration into the curricula for recruits and recurrent training for experienced law enforcement officers. Requires guidance for homeland security grant programs to inform recipients that expenditures on any training, programs, presentations, and speakers regarding counterterrorism that includes information about violent extremism, homegrown violent extremism, or domestic violent extremism that is acquired from an entity other than DHS must be approved in advance by DHS's Chief Privacy Officer and the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Directs DHS's Inspector General to: (1) regularly review expenditures of homeland security grant programs by state, local, and tribal authorities on training, programs, presentations, and speakers that are not acquired through the Secretary regarding counterterrorism, violent extremism, homegrown violent extremism, and domestic violent extremism; and (2) evaluate whether each expenditure is consistent with national counterterrorism priorities and constitutional civil rights and civil liberties, including prohibiting racial, ethnic, and religious profiling.",2021-04-19T19:39:06Z,
112-hr-5965,112,hr,5965,To require the Chief of the Forest Service to make the Forest Service First and Second Generation Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS) units available to units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve that have the aircraft capability and pilot and crew member training adequate for utilizing such firefighting systems to help alleviate the shortage of air tankers to fight wildfires.,Emergency Management,2012-06-19,2012-06-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.",House,"Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-24]",CA,R,G000021,2,"Requires the Chief of the Forest Service to make the eight Forest Service First Generation Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS I) units available, without compensation, to units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve that have C-130H aircraft configured to contain such an MAFFS I unit and adequate pilot and crew member training in its use to fight wildfires. Directs the Chief to make the nine Forest Service Second Generation Modular Airborne FireFighting System (MAFFS II) units immediately available, without compensation, to specified units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve in Wyoming, North Carolina, Colorado, and California. Prohibits the Chief from procuring air tankers to fight wildfires from a foreign government without certifying that MAFFS air tanker support available from units of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve is being fully utilized or is insufficient to address wildfires on National Forest System land.",2019-11-15T20:50:56Z,
112-sjres-44,112,sjres,44,A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding.,Emergency Management,2012-06-14,2013-01-14,Became Public Law No: 112-282.,Senate,"Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI]",WI,D,K000305,4,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Grants the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding entered into between the states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, New York, and Wisconsin and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan.",2023-03-22T18:24:50Z,
112-hr-5941,112,hr,5941,DART Act,Emergency Management,2012-06-08,2012-06-21,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.",House,"Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]",PA,R,P000585,2,"DHS Audit Requirement Target Act of 2012 or the DART Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take steps to ensure that the full set of consolidated financial statements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2013 and each fiscal year thereafter are ready in a timely manner and in preparation for an audit as part of preparing the required performance and accountability reports, in order to obtain an unqualified opinion. Requires each annual report submitted by DHS's Chief Financial Officer to include a plan: (1) to obtain such unqualified opinion; (2) that addresses how DHS will eliminate material weaknesses and significant deficiencies in internal controls over financial reporting; and (3) to modernize the financial management systems of DHS, including consideration of alternative approaches that include modernizing existing, and establishing new, financial management systems and associated financial controls.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-5913,112,hr,5913,DHS Accountability Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-06-07,2012-11-28,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]",TX,R,M001157,2,"DHS Accountability Act of 2012 - Establishes in the legislative branch an independent advisory panel to: (1) comprehensively assess the management structure and capabilities related to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and (2) make recommendations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of DHS management. Directs the panel to examine: (1) the efficiency and effectiveness of the management structure and capabilities, including the policies, practices, and procedures, of DHS and its component agencies in carrying out management functions, such as program acquisition, financial management, information technology, human capital issues, performance measurement, and risk management efforts, related to homeland security; (2) the extent to which unnecessary duplication exists in such management structure and capabilities and how any such duplication negatively affects the mission of protecting the United States; (3) the extent to which management of key homeland security missions is centralized under DHS; (4) options to reduce or eliminate harmful waste and duplication of effort in DHS; and (5) measures to evaluate DHS's progress in reducing and eliminating waste and duplication from its management structure and capabilities. Urges the panel to consult and leverage the work performed and recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on DHS management structure and capabilities.  Directs the panel to submit a final report on its findings and recommendations within two years of the appointment of its members. Terminates the panel 60 days after submission of such report.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-sres-488,112,sres,488,"A resolution commending the efforts of the firefighters and emergency response personnel of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, who came together to extinguish the May 23, 2012, fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.",Emergency Management,2012-06-07,2012-06-18,The preamble was amended after passage. by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4249-4250),Senate,"Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]",ME,R,S000663,7,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Commends the service of the firefighters and emergency response personnel of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, who: (1) contained the May 23, 2012, fire at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine; (2) minimized damage to the USS Miami submarine; and (3) ensured no loss of life. Expresses support for the Navy and workforce at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.",2019-03-04T18:54:16Z,
112-hr-5900,112,hr,5900,To modify the training requirements for certain fire departments applying for Federal grants.,Emergency Management,2012-06-06,2012-06-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.,House,"Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]",OK,R,L000575,0,"Allows any fire department with a service area that comprises all territory, population, and housing units in rural areas or outside a city or town with a population of less than 20,000 people to apply for a federal grant for which it would otherwise be eligible regardless of whether it has completed the National Incident Management System (NIMS) training. Requires any such department that receives a grant to complete such training by the end of the period covered by the grant award. Allows the department to claim the cost of such training as an allowable cost under the grant.",2019-11-15T21:43:41Z,
112-hres-671,112,hres,671,"Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the need for a comprehensive public alert and warning system for the United States, and for other purposes.",Emergency Management,2012-05-31,2012-06-01,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]",LA,R,C001075,3,"Calls for: (1) the House of Representatives to conduct analyses and hearings to assess the financial and technical resources required to realize the goals of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System; and (2) the appropriate House committees, upon completion of the hearings, to jointly propose legislation, and utilize other available means and technologies, to provide for a comprehensive public alert and warning system for the United States.",2020-02-14T19:19:00Z,
112-hr-5870,112,hr,5870,Disaster Declaration Improvement Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-30,2012-05-31,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-29]",CA,D,S001150,3,"Disaster Declaration Improvement Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue a revised rule governing factors to consider in evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to require: (1) the "estimated cost of assistance" to be considered equally with the other five factors described in the rule; and (2) the "evaluation of localized impacts" to include consideration of the budgetary resources available to local and state governments to respond to and recover from such disaster and the impact of the disaster on a small city or a census-designated place with a population of less than 25,000 or a medium city with a population of less than 250,000 if either is located within a large county with a population of more than 1 million and in a large state with a population of more than 5 million if the level of financial damage in such city exceeds 10% of the city's general fund or $100 per capita of the census-designated place or city.",2020-02-14T19:19:00Z,
112-hr-5855,112,hr,5855,"Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013",Emergency Management,2012-05-23,2012-06-11,Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 426.,House,"Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]",AL,R,A000055,0,"Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2013. Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Secretary and executive management, (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, (3) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, (4) the Office of the Chief Information Officer, (5) intelligence analysis and operations activities, and (6) the Office of the Inspector General. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology; (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including to reimburse other federal agencies for the costs associated with the care, maintenance, and repatriation of smuggled aliens unlawfully present in the United States, to identify and remove from the United States aliens convicted of a crime once they are judged deportable, and for detention and removal operations, including alternatives to detention; (3) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for aviation security (including explosives detection systems), surface transportation security, screening programs of the Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, transportation security support and intelligence, and the Federal Air Marshals; (4) the Coast Guard, including funding derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for prevention, removal, and enforcement related to oil discharges and funding for environmental compliance and restoration; and (5) the U.S. Secret Service. Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, including for the Federal Protective Service and the Office of Biometric Identity Management; (2) the Office of Health Affairs, including for BioWatch operations; and (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including for grants for state and local programs, firefighter assistance grants, emergency management performance grants, the U.S. Fire Administration, disaster relief, the disaster assistance direct loan program account, the flood hazard mapping and risk analysis program, the National Flood Insurance Fund, the predisaster mitigation grant program, and the emergency food and shelter program. Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for the E-Verify program; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; and (4) the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth limitations and prohibitions on the availability, use, reprogramming, or transfer of funds for specified programs and activities under this Act. (Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of funds available in this Act to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act.  (Sec. 522) Prohibits the use of funds by CIS to grant an immigration benefit unless the results of required background checks have been received and do not preclude granting the benefit. (Sec. 526) Prohibits the use of funds for CBP to prevent an individual from importing a prescription drug from Canada if: (1) such individual is not in the business of importing a prescription drug; and (2) such drug complies with specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and is not a controlled substance or a biological product. Makes this section applicable only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription drug, not exceeding a 90-day supply. (Sec. 528) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act: (1) for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card; (2) to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States, its territories, or possessions, of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, or who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense (DOD); or (3) to employ unauthorized aliens. (Sec. 537) Requires any company that collects or retains personal information directly from any individual who participates in TSA's Registered Traveler or successor program to safeguard and dispose of such information in accordance with specified requirements. (Sec. 539) Requires the TSA Administrator to: (1) submit to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees a report that either certifies that the requirement for screening all air cargo on passenger aircraft by the deadline has been met or includes a strategy to comply with such requirements, and (2) continue to submit such reports every 90 days until the Administrator has achieved screening of 100% of such air cargo. (Sec. 543) Provides that any sale or collocation of federally owned detention facilities shall not result in the maintenance of fewer than 34,000 ICE detention beds. (Sec. 544) Prohibits funds made available under this Act or any prior appropriations Act from being provided to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations. (Sec. 546) Requires the DHS Secretary to ensure enforcement of immigration laws.  (Sec. 554) Prohibits funds made available under this Act from being used by a federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual if the officer knows or suspects that the individual is an agent of a drug cartel unless U.S. law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times. (Sec. 560) Rescinds various amounts from specified agencies, including FEMA, the Coast Guard, and CBP. (Sec. 564) Repeals a provision directing TSA to retain any unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints until expended for the purpose of providing civil aviation security.  (Sec. 566) Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act for ICE from: (1) being available to pay for an abortion, except where the mother's life would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or in the case of rape or incest; or (2) being used to require any person to perform, or facilitate the performance of, an abortion.  (Sec. 571) Prohibits the use of funds: (1) to implement or enforce the DHS rule entitled "Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives," published on April 2, 2012; (2) for the position of Public Advocate within ICE; (3) for the purchase, operation, or maintenance of armed unmanned aerial vehicles; (4) to enforce Executive Order 13166 (directing agencies to expand access to services for those with limited English proficiency); (5) to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the "Morton Memos" (regarding the civil immigration enforcement priorities of ICE and the use of prosecutorial discretion in removal cases involving the victims and witnesses of crime); or (6) to terminate an existing agreement regarding immigration enforcement powers delegated to state and local authorities.",2022-03-02T05:39:26Z,
112-s-3216,112,s,3216,"Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013",Emergency Management,2012-05-22,2012-05-22,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 409.,Senate,"Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]",LA,D,L000550,0,"Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2013. Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security; (2) the Office of the Under Secretary for Management, including for the headquarters and mission support consolidation; (3) the Office of the Chief Financial Officer; (4) the Office of the Chief Information Officer; (5) intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities; and (6) the Office of the Inspector General. Title II: Security, Enforcement, and Investigations - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program; (2) U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); (3) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for surface transportation security activities, screening programs of the the Office of Transportation Threat Assessment and Credentialing, transportation security support, and the Federal Air Marshals; (4) the U.S. Coast Guard, including funding derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund; and (5) the U.S. Secret Service. Title III: Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) the Office of the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate, including for the Federal Protective Service; (2) the Office of Health Affairs; and (3) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including for the U.S. Fire Administration.  Title IV: Research and Development, Training, and Services - Makes appropriations for FY2013 for: (1) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for the E-Verify program; (2) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (3) the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology; (4) science and technology research; and (5) the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.  Title V: General Provisions - (Sec. 501) Sets forth limitations and prohibitions on the availability, use, reprogramming, or transfer of funds for specified programs and activities under this Act.  (Sec. 513) Prohibits the use of funds available in this Act to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act.  (Sec. 528) Prohibits the use of funds for CBP to prevent an individual from importing a prescription drug from Canada if: (1) such individual is not in the business of importing a prescription drug; and (2) such drug complies with specified provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and is not a controlled substance or a biological product. Makes this section applicable only to individuals transporting on their person a personal-use quantity of the prescription drug not exceeding a 90-day supply. (Sec. 531) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card. (Sec. 532) Requires the FEMA Administrator to publish on the FEMA website a report regarding a decision to declare a major disaster, summarizing damage assessment information used to determine whether a major disaster exists, subject to redaction of information that would compromise national security. (Sec. 535) Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to transfer or release to or within the United States Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense (DOD). (Sec. 539) Requires any company that collects or retains personal information directly from any individual who participates in TSA's Registered Traveler program to safeguard and dispose of such information in accordance with specified requirements. (Sec. 541) Requires the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security to submit a report that certifies that a requirement for screening all air cargo on passenger aircraft has been met or that includes a strategy to comply with that requirement. (Sec. 553) Increases the limit on the airline passenger security fee for FY2013 to $5.00 per one-way trip in air transportation or intrastate air transportation that originates at a U.S. airport.  (Sec. 561) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the U.S. Treasury a Department of Homeland Security Forfeiture Fund. Lists permissible uses of the Fund, including for equitable sharing of payments made to other federal agencies, state and local law enforcement, and foreign countries under the Tariff Act of 1930. Requires the Fund to be subject to annual financial audits. Directs the Secretary to transmit to Congress, by February 1 of each year, copies of the annual financial audits. (Sec. 562) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act regarding the visa waiver program to: (1) authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to designate any country as a program country; (2) adjust visa refusal rate criteria, including addition of a 3% maximum overstay rate; and (3) revise probationary and termination provisions.  (Sec. 563) Prohibits the use of funds by a federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an individual known or suspected of being an agent of a drug cartel unless U.S. law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.  (Sec. 565) Makes specified rescissions, including specified funds from certain accounts that were transferred to DHS when it was created in 2003.",2022-02-03T05:54:03Z,
112-hr-5843,112,hr,5843,To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit use of certain grant funds for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.,Emergency Management,2012-05-18,2012-06-29,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]",CA,R,L000517,7,(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit the use of grant funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative or under the State Homeland Security Grant Program for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.,2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-5847,112,hr,5847,Fostering Coordination in Federal Preparedness Grants Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-18,2012-06-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Fostering Coordination in Federal Preparedness Grants Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with relevant Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components and other appropriate federal departments and agencies, to establish an interagency working group to better coordinate grants authorized under the Urban Area Security Initiative, the State Homeland Security Grant Program, and other federal preparedness grants.",2020-02-14T19:18:58Z,
112-hr-5802,112,hr,5802,Port Security Equipment Improvement Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-05-17,2012-05-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,Port Security Equipment Improvement Act of 2012 - Authorizes the use of port security grant program funds for the cost of replacing security equipment or facilities that correct Coast Guard-identified vulnerabilities in port security and ensure compliance with Area Maritime Transportation Security Plans and facility security plans.,2022-02-03T05:59:12Z,
112-hr-5803,112,hr,5803,Port Security Boots on the Ground Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-17,2012-05-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Port Security Boots on the Ground Act - Authorizes the use of port security grant program funds for overtime and backfill costs for mandated Coast Guard security personnel, except that not more than 50% of funds received by a grantee for a fiscal year may be used for such costs.",2022-02-03T05:59:12Z,
112-hr-5804,112,hr,5804,Preparedness Coordination With Local Educational Agencies and School Districts Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-17,2012-05-24,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,Preparedness Coordination With Local Educational Agencies and School Districts Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide guidance to and coordinate with local educational agencies and school districts that are at a high risk of acts of terrorism or other incidents in order to enhance domestic preparedness for and the collective response to such incidents.,2020-02-14T19:18:58Z,
112-hr-5806,112,hr,5806,Outreach to People With Disabilities During Emergencies Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-17,2012-12-21,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,1,"Outreach to People With Disabilities During Emergencies Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through the Disability Coordinator, in order to enhance domestic preparedness for a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, to provide guidance to and coordinate with appropriate individuals, officials, and organizations for outreach to people with disabilities during such an event.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-5807,112,hr,5807,FEMA Regional Office Oversight Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-17,2012-06-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"FEMA Regional Office Oversight Act - Directs the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to audit how all regional offices within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are carrying out delegated authorities pursuant to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management and Reform Act of 2006 and a memorandum executed in July 2009 by the FEMA Administrator. Requires the audit to assess: (1) the ability of each regional office to support federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities to respond to an act of terrorism, to foster better regional emergency communications capabilities, to oversee the use of funding to promote preparedness and response capabilities, to coordinate with state, local, and tribal governments and emergency response providers on regional priorities, to identify critical gaps in regional capabilities to respond to populations with special needs, to conduct all procurements in a timely and secure manner that prevents waste and fraud, and to engage in employment practices that are transparent, efficient, and ethical; (2) the impact of the delegation of authorities on the Administrator's ability to achieve consistency throughout the regions; (3) the adequacy of oversight by the Administrator of how the regions are executing the delegated authorities and carrying out assigned responsibilities; and (4) the impact of the delegation of authorities on FEMA and specific regions to address Office of Inspector General and Comptroller General (GAO) recommendations in a timely manner.",2020-02-14T19:18:58Z,
112-hr-5740,112,hr,5740,National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-15,2012-05-31,Became Public Law No: 112-123.,House,"Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]",IL,R,B001232,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)  Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to extend the National Flood Insurance Program, including its funding, through July 31, 2012. Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from estimating subsidized flood insurance premium rates for any residential property which is not the primary residence of an individual (such as a vacation home or second home). Increases by 25% each year the chargeable risk premium rate for flood insurance for residential property which is not the primary residence of an individual until the average risk premium rate for such property is equal to the average of the risk premium rates for any properties within any single risk classification. Declares July 1, 2012, the effective date for the first such increase.",2023-03-22T18:24:48Z,
112-hr-5646,112,hr,5646,Homeland Security Respect for Life Act,Emergency Management,2012-05-08,2012-05-18,Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.,House,"Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]",MI,R,H001058,32,"Homeland Security Respect for Life Act - Prohibits funds appropriated for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from being used to: (1) pay for an abortion, except in a case where a pregnant detainee suffers from a physical disorder, injury, or illness that would place the detainee in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by, or arising from, pregnancy itself, or in a case of rape; or (2) require any person to perform, or facilitate in any way the performance of, any abortion.",2019-11-15T21:34:09Z,
112-s-2303,112,s,2303,Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-04-19,2012-04-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2549),Senate,"Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]",IL,D,D000563,1,"Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2012 - Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to amend the rules concerning the factors FEMA considers when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the need for public assistance: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to the estimated cost of the assistance (10%), localized impacts (40%), insurance coverage in force (10%), hazard mitigation (10%), recent multiple disasters (10%), programs of other federal assistance (10%), and economic circumstances (10%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of both the local economy of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate) and the state economy (including the unemployment rate). Requires such rules to provide that, with respect to the evaluation of the severity, magnitude, and impact of the disaster and the evaluation of the need for assistance to individuals: (1) specific weighted valuations shall be assigned to concentration of damages (20%), trauma (20%), special populations (20%), voluntary agency assistance (10%), insurance (20%), average amount of individual assistance by state (5%), and economic considerations (5%); and (2) FEMA shall consider the economic circumstances of the affected area (including the local assessable tax base and local sales tax, median income, and poverty rate).",2019-02-20T23:27:42Z,
112-s-2319,112,s,2319,Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-04-19,2012-04-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]",ME,R,C001035,5,"Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to modernize and implement the integrated U.S. public alert and warning system to ensure that under all conditions the President, federal agencies, and state, tribal, and local governments can alert and warn the civilian population in areas endangered by a natural disaster, war, act of terrorism, other man-made disaster, or other hazard to public safety. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for the system; (2) include in such system the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, and multiple communication systems and technologies and to alert, warn, and provide equivalent information to individuals with disabilities or limited English proficiency; (3) ensure that specified training, tests, and exercises for such system are conducted; (4) conduct public education efforts and a general market awareness campaign about the system; and (5) ensure system coordination with the National Terrorism Advisory System. Requires the system to: (1) incorporate multiple communications technologies; (2) be designed to adapt to and incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public, to provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible, and to improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; and (3) provide redundant alert mechanisms. Authorizes the Administrator to conduct pilot programs for the purpose of demonstrating the feasibility of using a variety of methods for achieving system requirements. Directs the Administrator to establish a subcommittee to the National Advisory Council to be known as the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee to develop and submit recommendations for the continuation and improvement of the system.",2019-02-20T23:27:50Z,
112-s-2283,112,s,2283,"A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes.",Emergency Management,2012-03-29,2012-03-29,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,6,"Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government (the person recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as the chief elected administrative officer of that government) to submit a request for a declaration by the President that, consistent with requirements of that Act, a major disaster or an emergency exists.  Provides that: (1) in implementing assistance authorized by the President in response to such requests, references to "state" and "governor" shall mean "Indian tribal government" (the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994) and the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government; and (2) nothing in this Act shall prohibit a tribal government from receiving such assistance through a presidential declaration at the request of a state if the President does not make a declaration under this Act for the same incident. Allows any non-federal contribution required to be paid by an Indian tribal government under such Act to be adjusted or waived in accordance with criteria established by the President. Directs the President, in promulgating regulations to carry out this Act, to consider unique conditions that affect the general welfare of the affected federally recognized Indian tribe.",2019-02-20T23:27:34Z,
112-hr-4291,112,hr,4291,United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act,Emergency Management,2012-03-28,2012-04-12,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.",House,"Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]",DC,D,N000147,0,"United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act - Establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites.",2021-04-19T17:33:24Z,
112-hr-4251,112,hr,4251,SMART Port Security Act,Emergency Management,2012-03-22,2012-06-29,"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",House,"Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10]",MI,R,M001150,10,"Securing Maritime Activities through Risk-based Targeting for Port Security Act or the SMART Port Security Act - Title I: Department of Homeland Security Port Security Programs - (Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) by July 1, 2014, to submit a plan for the coordination and cooperation of maritime operations undertaken by DHS agencies that updates the plan released by DHS in July 2011; and (2) by July 1, 2019, acting through DHS's Office of Operations Coordination and Planning, to submit an additional update to such plan. (Sec. 102) Requires any new asset deployment by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Air and Marine to occur in accordance with a risk-based assessment that considers mission needs, performance results, threats, costs, and other specified factors.  (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to conduct a cost-benefit analysis to consider potential savings derived from co-locating aviation and maritime operational assets of Office locations that are within 25 miles of locations where any other DHS agency also operates such assets. (Sec. 104) Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) review port security and maritime law enforcement operations within DHS to identify initiatives and programs with duplicative, overlapping, or redundant goals and activities and recommend actions to reduce unnecessary duplication; and (2) submit a report that analyzes and compares the costs, capabilities, and missions of different aviation assets utilized by DHS to assess the relative costs and any benefits of unmanned aerial vehicles compared to manned aviation assets. (Sec. 105) Directs the Secretary to: (1) coordinate across DHS agencies before initiating the acquisition of any new boat or aviation asset; (2) establish a coordinating mechanism for aviation and maritime issues in order to decrease procurement and operational costs and increase efficiencies; (3) approve or disapprove a complete application under the Port Security Grant Program within 60 days of submission; (4) submit an assessment of interagency operational centers for port security, the deployment of interoperable communications equipment to such centers, and center mission execution and support activities; (5) submit a report analyzing the threat of, vulnerability to, and consequence of a terrorist act using a small vessel to attack U.S. vessels, ports, or maritime interests; and (6) submit a plan for optimizing CBP staffing levels.  (Sec. 112) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary to establish an Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Operations Program to coordinate maritime security operations between the United States and Canada. Directs the Commandant of the Coast Guard to administer the Program in a manner that results in a cooperative approach between the United States and Canada to strengthen border security and to detect, prevent, suppress, investigate, and respond to terrorism and violations of law related to border security. Authorizes the Commandant to: (1) establish, as an element of the Program, a training program to create designated maritime law enforcement officers; and (2) conduct training jointly with Canada, including training on the detection and apprehension of suspected terrorists and individuals attempting to unlawfully cross the U.S.-Canada border and on the integration, analysis, and dissemination of port security information between the United States and Canada. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2014. (Sec. 113) Authorizes the use of port security grant funds to cover the cost of certifying a law enforcement officer employed to enforce security zones for the transportation of especially hazardous cargo. Directs the Commandant to establish standards for training, qualification, and certification of a law enforcement officer employed by a law enforcement agency to conduct or execute maritime security, maritime law enforcement, and maritime surge capacity activities pursuant to a cooperative enforcement agreement.  Authorizes the Commandant to: (1) issue a certificate to a law enforcement officer who has successfully completed training that the Commandant developed; and (2) make such training available a to officers of a law enforcement agency if a Coast Guard member is unable or unavailable to undertake tactical training previously approved, no other Coast Guard member is reasonable available to undertake such training, such inability or unavailability creates capacity within the training program, and making such training available to such law enforcement officers would contribute to achievement of the purposes of providing such training. (Sec. 114) Directs the Secretary to: (1) research and develop technologies to allow routine operation of medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicles, including autonomously piloted drones, within the national airspace for border and maritime security missions without any degradation of existing levels of security-related surveillance or of safety for all national airspace system users; and (2) commence a pilot project in segregated airspace along the northern border to conduct experiments and collect data in order to accelerate the safe integration of medium-sized unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system. (Sec. 115) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) treat a foreign port security assessment conducted by a foreign government or international organization as an assessment by the Secretary if the Secretary certifies that it was conducted in accordance with existing security effectiveness requirements; and (2) enter into an agreement or arrangement under which a foreign government or international organization may conduct a required assessment of the antiterrorism measures at a foreign port on behalf of the Secretary, or share with the Secretary information pertaining to such assessments, or under which the Secretary may conduct such an assessment on behalf of such government or organization, or share with such government or organization information pertaining to such assessments.  (Sec. 116) Includes replacement costs of security equipment or facilities among eligible costs for funding under port security grants. Title II: Maritime Supply Chain Security - (Sec. 201) Amends the SAFE Port Act to: (1) revise requirements for the strategic plan to enhance the security of the international supply chain, including to add requirements to identify redundancies or overlaps in federal transportation security credentialing programs and to make recommendations for facilitating the efficient flow of legitimate commerce; and (2) require the Secretary to submit an additional update to, and an implementation plan for, such strategic plan and to consider current threats to the global supply chain. (Sec. 202) Authorizes the CBP Commissioner to conduct an unannounced inspection of a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) participant's security measures and practices upon determining, based on previously identified deficiencies, that there is a likelihood that such an inspection would assist in confirming the security measures in place and further the validation process. Directs the Secretary to promote information sharing among DHS and C-TPAT participants and other private entities regarding: (1) potential vulnerabilities, attacks, and exploitations of the international supply chain; and (2) means and methods of preventing, responding to, and mitigating consequences from such vulnerabilities, attacks, and exploitations. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary, before negotiating or signing any arrangement between the United States and a foreign government providing for mutual recognition of supply chain security practices, to determine and notify Congress that the foreign government's program provides comparable security to that provided by C-TPAT. (Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary to develop a pilot program to determine whether allowing non-asset based third party logistics providers that arrange international transportation of freight to participate in C-TPAT would enhance port security, combat terrorism, prevent supply chain security breaches, or meet C-TPAT goals. Requires: (1) participation by such providers to be voluntary, (2) the Secretary to ensure that not fewer than five such providers take part in the pilot program, (3) the pilot program to be conducted for at least a year, and (4) the Secretary to report on the findings and any recommendations concerning the participation of such providers in C-TPAT to combat terrorism and prevent supply chain security breaches. (Sec. 205) Expresses the sense of Congress that it is urgent that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) application process be reformed by not later than the end of 2012. Directs the Secretary to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a TWIC to require not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center, except under extenuating circumstances. (Sec. 206) Provides that a valid TWIC that was issued before the date of this Act's enactment shall not expire before the earlier of: (1) the deadline for full implementation of a final rule for electronic readers designed to work with TWICs as an access control and security measure, or (2) June 30, 2014. (Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary to establish a process to ensure that an individual who is not lawfully present in the United States cannot obtain or continue to use a TWIC. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that identifies unnecessary redundancies or overlaps in federal transportation security credentialing programs and recommendations to reduce or eliminate such redundancies or overlaps.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-s-2218,112,s,2218,United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-03-21,2012-07-12,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 447.,Senate,"Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]",CT,ID,L000304,4,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to: (1) revise references to the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) to provide for its establishment within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (rather than within the Department of Commerce) and to change references to the head of FEMA as the Administrator (rather than the Director), (2) authorize the USFA Administrator to appoint a Deputy Administrator (current law requires the Deputy Administrator to be appointed by the President), (3) authorize the USFA Administrator to take such steps as the Administrator considers appropriate to educate the public and overcome public indifference as to individual preparedness (as well as to fire and fire prevention), and (4) authorize appropriations to carry out such Act through FY2017.",2022-02-03T05:53:58Z,
112-s-2202,112,s,2202,Preparedness and Resilience Foundation Act,Emergency Management,2012-03-15,2012-03-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1738-1740),Senate,"Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI]",HI,D,I000025,0,"Preparedness and Resilience Foundation Act - Establishes the Preparedness and Resilience Foundation as a nonprofit, private corporation to support and carry out activities that: (1) promote the resilience of individuals, communities, structures, and systems against natural disasters and terrorist attacks and other human caused disasters; and (2) build and sustain capabilities of the public, private, and civic sectors to work together to prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all such hazards. Directs the Foundation to establish an Endowment Fund for providing endowments for positions that are associated with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and dedicated to the Foundation's purpose. Includes among Foundation activities providing for: (1) fellowship programs among state, local, and tribal officials to work and study in association with each other and FEMA or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) international exchange programs for voluntary or reciprocal service by officials engaged in preparedness or resilience activities; and (3) programs to improve the collection and analysis of data on preparedness and resilience programs, practices, activities, and events.  Authorizes the FEMA Administrator to: (1) accept any gift or devise of property and any voluntary service provided by the Foundation for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of FEMA; and (2) provide to the Foundation facilities, utilities, and support services as determined to be advantageous to FEMA or DHS programs.  Establishes a committee to incorporate, provide for initial operation of, and appoint the initial Board of Directors of, the Foundation.",2019-02-20T23:26:21Z,
112-s-2114,112,s,2114,Berry Amendment Extension Act,Emergency Management,2012-02-15,2012-02-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]",WV,D,R000361,2,"Berry Amendment Extension Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from procuring specified covered items directly related to national security interests (including such items as clothing, footwear, tents, protective equipment, sleep systems, or natural fiber products) that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, except to the extent satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of any such product cannot be procured as and when needed or in a time period that meets U.S. national security needs. Makes this provision inapplicable to covered items that are or that include non-available articles. Allows the Secretary to accept delivery of covered items that contain non-compliant fibers if the total value of non-compliant fibers contained in the end item does not exceed 10% of its total purchase price. Makes additional exceptions for: (1) procurements by vessels in foreign waters, (2) emergency procurements, and (3) purchases for amounts not greater than the simplified acquisition threshold. Requires the Secretary to post a notification on the Internet website maintained by the General Services Administration (GSA) known as FedBizOpps and to notify specified congressional committees that an exception has been applied not later than seven days after the award of the contract. Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) each member of DHS's acquisition workforce who regularly participates in textile acquisition receives training on this Act's requirements, and (2) any such training includes comprehensive information on such requirements. Requires this Act to be applied in a manner consistent with U.S. obligations under international agreements.",2019-02-20T23:25:41Z,
112-hr-4020,112,hr,4020,Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2012-02-14,2012-02-23,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.",House,"Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-10]",CA,D,G000559,1,"Flood Insurance for Farmers Act of 2012 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 with respect to development by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of comprehensive criteria designed to encourage adoption of adequate state and local measures for land-management programs in flood-prone areas. Prohibits such criteria from placing prohibitions, restraints, or conditions, including requiring floodproofing or flood damage mitigation activities or related features, upon either new construction or substantial improvement of an agricultural structure in any area having special flood hazards. Requires such criteria, with respect only to structures in certain levee-protected areas, to require any substantial improvement to an existing residential structure to have the lowest floor (including any basement) elevated to or above the base flood level. Requires such criteria to permit a legacy community located in a covered levee-protected area to adopt adequate land use and control measures for: (1) repair or restoration to pre-damaged conditions, or (2) replacement of existing residential and non-residential structures other than repetitive loss structures. Defines "legacy community" as one whose population is less than 2,000 and is located in an area for which a substantial portion of the economy currently is, and historically was, based upon agricultural production. Directs the Administrator to make flood insurance coverage available upon request for: (1) an agricultural structure located in an area having special flood hazards, and (2) structures in covered levee-protected areas. Directs the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture to establish jointly a task force to report to certain congressional committees on challenges faced by legacy communities located in areas having special flood hazards, including recommendations to: (1) strengthen the economic viability and vitality of such communities, and (2) allow infill development and building expansion.",2019-11-15T20:53:09Z,
112-hr-4005,112,hr,4005,GAPS Act,Emergency Management,2012-02-09,2012-06-29,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]",CA,D,H001063,6,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 30, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Gauging American Port Security Act or the GAPS Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) conduct a study of gaps in U.S. port security and submit to Congress a report (in classified form but with an unclassified annex) that includes a prioritization of such gaps and a plan for addressing them; (2) share relevant information with designated points of contact from federal agencies, state, local, or tribal governments, and port system owners and operators in accordance with rules for the handling of classified information; and (3) help expedite the clearance process if a designated point of contact does not have the necessary security clearance to receive such information.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-4006,112,hr,4006,"To require the submission of a plan to ensure the placement of sufficient U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at  each of the ten international airports in the United States  with the largest volume of international travelers to effectively combat security threats and vulnerabilities, and  for other purposes.",Emergency Management,2012-02-09,2012-02-17,Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.,House,"Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]",CA,D,H001063,0,"Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), acting through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to submit to Congress a plan for ensuring the placement of sufficient CBP officers at each of the 10 U.S. international airports with the largest volume of international travelers.",2019-11-15T21:11:36Z,
112-hr-3857,112,hr,3857,Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act,Emergency Management,2012-01-31,2012-09-13,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Turner, Robert L. [R-NY-9]",NY,R,T000471,4,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 30, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement Support Act - Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to allow grants to eligible public transportation agencies for security improvements to be used for specialized patrol teams, including the sustainment of such teams without fiscal year limitation, as long as the agency applying for grant funds submits a sustainment plan for maintaining in future years the capability or capacity achieved with the funds. Authorizes appropriations for FY2012-FY2013. Prohibits more than 50% of such funds from being used for operational costs.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-s-2039,112,s,2039,A bill to allow a State or local government to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space lands.,Emergency Management,2012-01-26,2012-07-23,On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 126 - 254 (Roll no. 500). (text: CR H5105),Senate,"Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]",ND,R,H001061,1,"Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve the construction of a permanent flood risk reduction levee by a state, local, or tribal government under specified circumstances on land: (1) acquired and deed restricted under hazard mitigation provisions of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; and (2) located in North Dakota in a community that is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program on the date on which a state, local, or tribal government requests construction of such a levee and certifies to the Administrator and the Chief of Engineers that the community will continue to participate in the Program.  Requires such approval if the Administrator and the Chief of Engineers determine, through a process funded entirely by the state, local, or tribal government seeking to construct it, that: (1) construction of the proposed levee would more effectively mitigate against flooding risk than an open floodplain or other flood risk reduction measures; (2) the proposed levee complies with federal, state, and local requirements, including mitigation of adverse impacts and implementation of floodplain management requirements, which shall include an evaluation of whether its construction, operation, and maintenance would continue to meet best available industry standards and practices, would be the most cost-effective measure to protect against the assessed flood risk, and minimizes future costs to the federal government; and (3) such government has provided an adequate maintenance plan that documents the procedures it will use to ensure that the stability, height, and overall integrity of the proposed levee and its structure and systems are maintained. Requires: (1) a state, local, or tribal government that constructs such a levee to submit to the Administrator and the Chief of Engineers an annual certification indicating whether such government is in compliance with the maintenance plan; and (2) the Chief to review such certification and determine whether such government has complied with that plan.",2020-02-14T19:13:56Z,
112-hr-3753,112,hr,3753,FIRE Stations Act,Emergency Management,2011-12-20,2012-01-12,Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.,House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,0,"Fairness In Restrooms Existing in Stations Act or the FIRE Stations Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) make grants to enable fire stations to establish or upgrade restroom, shower, and changing facilities to create more equitable conditions for women firefighters; and (2) give priority to stations that have chemical facilities, refineries, and other high-risk industries within their jurisdiction. Conditions grant eligibility on submission of an application that demonstrates that: (1) the station has a commitment to increasing the number of women firefighters, and (2) no grant funds will be used to displace personnel.",2019-11-15T21:41:03Z,
112-hr-3726,112,hr,3726,Urban Area Security Initiative Modernization Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-12-16,2011-12-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]",OH,R,S001187,1,"Urban Area Security Initiative Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to modify the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) to include within the initial assessment of the relative threat, vulnerability, and consequences from acts of terrorism faced by each eligible metropolitan area, consideration of each area's past performance, and each area's potential, to contribute to a reduction or mitigation of the relative threat, vulnerability, and consequences from acts of terrorism faced either within such area or nationally. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consider such past performance in allocating homeland security grant funds among states and high-risk urban areas.",2019-11-15T21:12:42Z,
112-s-2025,112,s,2025,Redundant Remapping Reform Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-12-16,2011-12-16,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.",Senate,"Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]",KS,R,M000934,0,"Redundant Remapping Reform Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from updating or publishing a National Flood Insurance Program rate map during a covered period with respect to an area protected by a levee that is undergoing accreditation, planning, construction, or rehabilitation. Instructs the Administrator to publish a notice to be used by owners of qualified levees to disclose to persons affected by such levees. Requires owners of qualified levees to provide such notice to each person identified as affected by the qualified levee.",2023-01-11T13:22:59Z,
112-hr-3674,112,hr,3674,PRECISE Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2011-12-15,2012-09-21,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 501.",House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]",CA,R,L000517,11,"Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2012 or the PRECISE Act of 2012 - (Sec. 2) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to perform necessary activities to facilitate the protection of federal systems and to assist critical infrastructure owners and operators, upon request, in protecting their critical infrastructure information systems, including by: (1) conducting risk assessments and providing technical assistance; (2) assisting in fostering the development of essential information security technologies and capabilities for protecting federal systems and critical infrastructure information systems; (3) assisting in efforts to mitigate communications and information technology supply chain vulnerabilities; (4) supporting nationwide awareness and outreach efforts to educate the public; and (5) conducting exercises, simulations, and other activities designed to support and evaluate the national cyber incident response plan. Directs the Secretary, at the direction of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to: (1) conduct targeted risk assessments and operational evaluations for federal systems, which may include threat, vulnerability, and impact assessments and penetration testing; (2) provide for the use of consolidated intrusion detection, prevention, or other protective capabilities and associated countermeasures for the purpose of protecting federal systems from cybersecurity threats; (3) assess and foster the development of information security technologies and capabilities for use and dissemination through DHS and to be made available across multiple agencies; (4) designate an entity within DHS to receive reports and information about cybersecurity incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities affecting federal systems; and (5) provide incident detection, analysis, mitigation, and response information and remote or on-site technical assistance for federal systems. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, intercept, retain, use, and disclose communications and other system traffic transiting to or from, or stored on, federal systems and to deploy countermeasures with regard to such communications and system traffic for cybersecurity purposes (cybersecurity operational activities) if the Secretary certifies that: (1) such acquisitions, interceptions, and countermeasures are reasonably necessary for protecting federal systems from cybersecurity threats; (2) the content of communications will be collected and retained only when the communication is associated with a known or reasonably suspected cybersecurity threat and communications and system traffic will not be subject to the operation of a countermeasure unless associated with such threats; (3) information obtained pursuant to cybersecurity operational activities will only be retained, used, or disclosed to protect federal systems from cybersecurity threats, to mitigate against such threats, or for law enforcement purposes with the Attorney General's approval when the information is evidence of a crime; (4) notice has been provided to users of federal systems concerning the potential for acquisition, interception, retention, use, and disclosure of communications and other system traffic; and (5) such activities are implemented pursuant to policies and procedures that have been reviewed and approved by the Attorney General. Authorizes the Secretary to contract with, or request and obtain the assistance of, private entities that provide electronic communication or cybersecurity services to acquire, intercept, retain, use, and disclose communications and other system traffic. Authorizes agencies to permit the Secretary, or a private entity assisting the Secretary, to acquire, intercept, retain, use, or disclose communications, system traffic, records, or other information transiting to or from, or stored on, a federal system for the purpose of protecting federal systems from cybersecurity threats or mitigating such threats in connection with cybersecurity activities. Provides that no otherwise privileged communication obtained in accordance with, or in violation of, such activities shall lose its privileged character. Directs the Secretary to designate a lead cybersecurity official within DHS to provide leadership to the cybersecurity activities of DHS and to ensure that DHS's cybersecurity activities are coordinated with all other DHS infrastructure protection and cybersecurity programs and activities. Directs the Secretary, in carrying out cybersecurity activities, to: (1) coordinate with relevant federal agencies, state and local government representatives, critical infrastructure owners and operators, suppliers of technology for such owners and operators, academia, and international organizations and foreign partners; and (2) develop and maintain a strategy that articulates DHS actions necessary to assure the readiness, reliability, continuity, integrity, and resilience of federal systems and critical infrastructure information systems. Requires such strategy to: (1) foster the continued superiority and reliability of the U.S. information technology and communications sectors, and (2) ensure that DHS activities are undertaken in a manner that protects statutory privacy rights and civil liberties of U.S. persons.  Requires the Privacy Officer of DHS to review on an ongoing basis, and prepare privacy impact assessments on, the cybersecurity policies, programs, and activities of DHS to ensure compliance with constitutional and legal protections. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to assure that DHS has the necessary resources to carry out such cybersecurity activities, to: (1) convert competitive service positions to excepted service or establish new excepted service positions within the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, to carry out cybersecurity functions; and (2) fix compensation for such positions, provide additional forms of compensation, and pay a retention bonus as needed to retain essential personnel. Directs the Secretary to submit to appropriate congressional committees a detailed report that includes: (1) a discussion of the Secretary's use of such flexible authority to recruit and retain qualified employees, (2) metrics on relevant personnel actions, and (3) long- and short-term strategic goals to address critical skills deficiencies. (Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary to make appropriate cyber threat information obtained by DHS pursuant to National Security Act of 1947 or other information appropriately in the possession of DHS available to appropriate owners and operators of critical infrastructure on a timely basis consistent with the statutory and other appropriate restrictions on the dissemination of such information and with the Secretary's responsibilities under the Homeland Security Act of 2002.  Establishes within DHS the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, which shall be the primary entity within DHS for sharing timely cyber threat information and exchanging technical assistance, advice, and support with appropriate entities pursuant to DHS's authorities. Requires the Center to have a board of advisors which shall advise the Secretary on Center operations and act as an advocate on behalf of the private sector in improving such operations. Requires the Secretary to develop a charter to govern the operations and administration of the Center, including procedures for making cyber incident information available to outside groups for academic research and insurance actuarial purposes.  Authorizes the Secretary to provide advisories, alerts, and warnings to relevant companies, targeted sectors, other government entities, or the general public regarding potential cybersecurity threats as appropriate. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2015 for the administration and management of the Center. (Sec. 4) Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to support research, development, testing, evaluation, and transition of cybersecurity technology to improve the ability of the United States to prevent, protect against, detect, respond to, and recover from acts of terrorism and cyber attacks, with an emphasis on attacks that would cause a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, or national public health and safety, including work to: (1) advance the development and deployment of more secure versions of fundamental Internet protocols and architectures; (2) improve, create, and advance the research and development of techniques and technologies for proactive detection and identification of threats, attacks, and terrorist acts before they occur; (3) advance technologies for detecting attacks or intrusions; (4) improve and create mitigation and recovery methodologies; (5) develop and support infrastructure and tools to support cybersecurity research and development efforts; (6) assist in the development and support of technologies to reduce vulnerabilities in process control systems; (7) develop and support cyber forensics and attack attribution; (8) test, evaluate, and facilitate the transfer of technologies associated with the engineering of less vulnerable software and securing the information technology software development life cycle; (9) ensure new cybersecurity technology is scientifically and operationally validated; and (10) facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of international cooperative activities to address cybersecurity and energy infrastructure with specified foreign entities. Directs the Under Secretary to coordinate all activities with: (1) the Under Secretary for National Protection and Programs Directorate; and (2) the heads of other relevant federal departments and agencies, academic institutions, the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, and other appropriate working groups established by the President to identify unmet needs and cooperatively support activities. (Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to submit a report on support DHS might provide to regional, state, and local grass roots cyber cooperatives, including an analysis of progress in establishing the NET Guard authorized under the Homeland Security Act to build a national technology guard for cyber response capabilities and an assessment of whether a grant process for pilot regional, state, or local cyber cooperatives would be beneficial.  (Sec. 6) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a Cybersecurity Domestic Preparedness Consortium to: (1) provide training to state and local first responders and officials for preparing for and responding to cybersecurity attacks, (2) develop and update a curriculum utilizing the DHS National Cyber Security Division sponsored Community Cyber Security Maturity Model for state and local first responders and officials, (3) provide technical assistance services to build and sustain capabilities in support of cybersecurity preparedness and response, and (4) conduct cybersecurity training and simulation exercises to defend from and respond to cyber attacks.  Authorizes the Secretary, as part of the Consortium, to establish one or more cybersecurity training centers. Requires the Consortium to develop a plan to implement as one of the centers a one-year voluntary pilot program to test and assess the feasibility, costs, and benefits of providing cybersecurity training to state and local law enforcement personnel through the national network of fusion centers. Directs the Secretary to implement a one-year voluntary pilot program to train state and local law enforcement personnel in the national network of fusion centers in cyber security standards, procedures, and best practices.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-3672,112,hr,3672,"Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012",Emergency Management,2011-12-14,2011-12-23,Became Public Law No: 112-77.,House,"Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]",KY,R,R000395,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.) Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2012 - Title I: Disaster Relief - Makes supplemental appropriations for FY2012 to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund. Makes appropriations for disaster relief to the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers--Civil, for: (1) the Mississippi River and Tributaries for necessary expenses for the repair of damages to federal projects resulting from a major disaster; (2) Operation and Maintenance for necessary expenses to dredge navigation channels in response to, and repair damage to Corps projects resulting from, a major disaster; and (3) Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurricane, and other natural disasters and support emergency operations, repair, and other activities authorized by law in response to a major disaster. Title II: Combating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse - Makes appropriations for FY2012 to the Social Security Adminstration for continuing disability reviews under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act and for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility under title XVI.  Title III: General Provision - Provides that each amount appropriated or made available in this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year involved.",2023-09-06T22:26:45Z,
112-hr-3654,112,hr,3654,Allowing Local Emergency Response Technicians to Accept Cellular Texts Act,Emergency Management,2011-12-13,2011-12-16,Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.,House,"Rep. Hochul, Kathleen C. [D-NY-26]",NY,D,H001062,5,"Allowing Local Emergency Response Technicians to Accept Cellular Texts Act or the ALERT ACT - Directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to complete a rulemaking requiring that if a consumer unsuccessfully attempts to communicate with a public safety answering point by sending a text message to 9-1-1 using a commercial mobile service, the provider of such service will respond with an error message to ensure that the consumer knows that the message has not been received by the answering point and to instruct the consumer on proper steps to reach emergency assistance. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that at least 10% of the federal funds awarded after enactment of this Act for emergency management performance grants authorized by the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 be used to test or implement equipment or services allowing members of the public to send 9-1-1 text messages to obtain emergency assistance.",2021-09-28T14:20:40Z,
112-hr-3631,112,hr,3631,Preserving UASI Capability Gains Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-12-09,2011-12-14,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8911),House,"Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-27]",NY,D,H001038,1,"Preserving Urban Area Security Initiative Capability Gains Act of 2011 or the Preserving UASI Capability Gains Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a competitive grant program to make funding available for preservation of homeland security capabilities achieved by high-risk urban areas that received Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) funding in FY2009 or FY2010 but were removed from the program thereafter. Directs the Administrator to give priority to grant applications that best: (1) preserve capabilities needed to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the United States; (2) preserve core capabilities developed through previous UASI grant allocations; (3) align with strategies and principles of the National Preparedness Goal, including the promotion of national preparedness; and (4) support capabilities that enhance regional catastrophic planning that could be used nationally through mutual aid agreements. Prohibits any one applicant from receiving more than 7% of the total amount authorized for such grant program.",2019-11-15T21:13:11Z,
112-hr-3563,112,hr,3563,Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2011-12-06,2012-09-20,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.",House,"Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-9]",FL,R,B001257,2,"Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to modernize and implement the national integrated public alert and warning system, including by: (1) establishing or adapting common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures; (2) including the capability to adapt the dissemination of information and the content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, or personal user preferences and the capability to alert, warn, and provide the equivalent amount of information to individuals with disabilities and access and functional needs; (3) ensuring the conduct of training, tests, and exercises for the system that are incorporated into other training and exercise programs of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (4) ensuring that ongoing training, integrated into the National Incident Management System, for receiving and disseminating public alert and warning system messages utilizing advanced technologies is provided to state, local, tribal, and other homeland security stakeholders; (5) ensuring that the system uses the National Terrorism Advisory System; (6) conducting periodic nationwide tests of the system at least once every three years; and (7) consulting, coordinating, and cooperating with other federal agencies and with state, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and other key stakeholders to leverage existing alert and warning capabilities. Requires the Secretary to ensure that the system: (1) incorporates redundant and diverse modes to disseminate warning messages to reach the greatest number of individuals; (2) can be adapted to incorporate future technologies; (3) is resilient, secure, and can withstand acts of terrorism and other external attacks; (4) promotes state, local, tribal, and regional partnerships to enhance coordination; (5) is designed to provide alerts that are accessible to the largest portion of the affected population feasible and to improve the ability of remote areas and areas with underdeveloped telecommunications infrastructure to receive alerts; and (6) includes mechanisms to ensure the protection of individual privacy. Directs the Secretary to establish the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Advisory Committee, which shall develop and submit in annual reports recommendations for the continuation and improvement of an integrated public alert and warning system, including: (1) recommendations for common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for the system; (2) an assessment of system accomplishments and deficiencies, as well as the impact on current alert and warning systems; and (3) recommendations for increasing participation in the system, particularly among elementary, secondary, and higher education institutions. Requires the recommendations to include recommendations to provide a system that: (1) has the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, multiple communication systems and technologies or personal user preferences and to alert and warn individuals with disabilities, access and functional needs, and limited English proficiency; (2) incorporates multiple communications technologies; (3) is designed to adapt to and incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public, to provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible, and to improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; (4) encourages proper use by state and local governments through training programs and other means; (5) promotes local and regional partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response; (6) promotes the participation of representatives from under served and under represented communities to ensure that alerts and warnings reach such populations; and (7) provides redundant alert mechanisms to reach the greatest number of people regardless of whether they have access to, or utilize, any specific medium of communication or any particular device. Requires the Secretary, one year after the system is fully functional and every six months thereafter, to report to specified congressional committees on the functionality and performance of the system. Authorizes appropriations for FY2013-FY2017. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to permit the use of homeland security grant funds to improve public alert and warning capabilities.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-3479,112,hr,3479,Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-11-18,2012-09-12,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 480.",House,"Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]",IL,R,B001232,4,"Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011 - Title I: Earthquakes - National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2011 - (Sec. 103) Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to revise the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and to authorize appropriations to carry out such Program for FY2012-FY2014. States that the Program shall be administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the National Science Foundation (NSF).  Includes among Program activities: (1) researching and developing effective methods, tools, and technologies to reduce the risk posed by earthquakes to the built environment; and (2) supporting public education and outreach to assist different populations, including individuals and households with special needs, in preparing for and responding to earthquake-related disasters.  Includes among NIST's Program responsibilities issuing recommendations to assist in the development of model building codes. Requires USGS to operate a Global Seismographic Network (currently, a National Seismic System). Repeals provisions requiring NIST to develop a comprehensive plan for earthquake engineering research.  Revises provisions concerning the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction and requires it to offer assessments on: (1) trends and developments in the natural, social, and engineering sciences and practices of earthquake hazards impact mitigation; and (2) the priorities of the Program's strategic plan.  (Sec. 104) Requires USGS to utilize the coordination expertise of the lead Program agency to organize investigations to study the implications of an earthquake in the areas of responsibility of each Program agency. Title II: Wind - National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2011 - (Sec. 203) Amends the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 to revise the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program and to authorize appropriations to carry out such Program for FY2012-FY2014. Designates NIST as the lead agency. Eliminates provisions providing for establishment of an Interagency Working Group and sets forth revised responsibilities of NIST and the other Program agencies: FEMA, NSF, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  (Sec. 204) Revises provisions concerning establishment of an Advisory Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction, which shall offer assessments on: (1) trends and developments in the natural, social, and engineering sciences and practices of windstorm impact mitigation; and (2) the priorities of the Program's strategic plan. Title III: Interagency Coordination - (Sec. 301) Replaces provisions establishing an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction with provisions establishing an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Natural Hazards Risk Reduction, which shall oversee the planning and coordination of the Earthquake and Windstorm Programs and make proposals for planning and coordination of other federal research for natural hazard mitigation. Requires such Committee to develop and submit strategic plans, progress reports, and coordinated budgets for both such Programs. (Sec. 302) Requires the Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council to submit a report on federal research, development, and technology transfer activities that address hazard mitigation for natural disasters. Title IV: Fire Research Program - (Sec. 401) Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to include within authorized fire research scientific investigations into the early stages of, and the behavior of, fires at the wildland-urban interface that are the result of natural causes.",2022-03-02T05:39:26Z,
112-hr-3492,112,hr,3492,Port Security Grant Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-11-18,2011-12-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.,House,"Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36]",CA,D,H001063,0,Port Security Grant Act of 2011 - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the port security grant program through FY2015.,2019-11-15T21:13:12Z,
112-hr-3272,112,hr,3272,National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-10-27,2011-11-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.,House,"Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19]",TX,R,N000182,2,"National Windstorm Impact Reduction Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 to revise provisions governing the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. Designates the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as the entity with primary responsibility for Program planning and coordination.  Replaces provisions establishing an Interagency Working Group with provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction. Directs the Committee to submit a Strategic Plan for the Program that includes: (1) prioritized goals that will mitigate against the loss of life and property from future windstorms; (2) research objectives to achieve those goals; (3) a description of the role of each Program agency in achieving such goals; (4) the methods by which progress will be assessed; and (5) an explanation of how the Program will foster the transfer of research results into outcomes, such as improved model building codes. Requires the Committee to submit a progress report and to develop a coordinated budget for the Program, to be submitted at the time of the President's annual budget submission. Revises provisions providing for the establishment of an Advisory Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction (currently, the National Advisory Committee on Windstorm Impact Reduction) to offer assessments of the Program, including assessments of the priorities of the Strategic Plan. Terminates the Committee on September 30, 2014.  Authorizes appropriations to the agencies carrying out the Program for FY2012-FY2014.",2023-01-11T13:22:02Z,
112-hr-3273,112,hr,3273,Port Security Efficiency Act,Emergency Management,2011-10-27,2011-11-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.,House,"Rep. Rigell, E. Scott [R-VA-2]",VA,R,R000589,0,"Port Security Efficiency Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) or of any other department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in assessing the effectiveness of antiterrorism measures maintained at foreign ports and notifying foreign governments of any steps necessary to improve such antiterrorism measures, to treat an assessment conducted by a foreign government or international organization as an assessment by the Secretary, provided that the Secretary certifies that such assessment was conducted in accordance with procedures specified in existing port security laws. Allows the appropriate Secretary to enter into agreements with a foreign government or international organization under which: (1) such governments or organizations may conduct such assessments on behalf of the Secretary or share related information, and (2) the Secretary may conduct such assessments on behalf of such governments or organizations or share related information.  Prohibits this Act from: (1) requiring the approprite Secretary to recognize an assessment conducted by a foreign government or international organization, or (2) limiting the discretion or ability of the Secretary to conduct such an assessment.",2023-01-11T13:22:02Z,
112-hr-3260,112,hr,3260,Strengthening Community Safety Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-10-25,2011-11-18,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4]",AR,D,R000573,1,"Strengthening Community Safety Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make a grant to an eligible first responder agency for the additional costs incurred as a direct result of one or more of its employees who are reservists being placed on active duty. Defines ""eligible first responder agency"" as one for which the cost of personnel has increased by not less than 5% as a direct result of such employees being placed on active duty and which is not a for-profit organization.  Prohibits the Administrator from making a grant for costs relating to an employee being placed on active duty if federal funds are used for that employee's pay or benefits. Limits the total amount of grants made to an eligible first responder agency in any fiscal year to $100,000. Terminates the Administrator's authority to make grants three years after this Act's enactment. Authorizes the use of grant funds for: (1) pay or benefits for an individual hired to replace such an employee that are in addition to any pay and benefits that would have been provided to the deployed employee, (2) overtime expenses for an individual who performs tasks that would have been performed by such an employee, and (3) the costs associated with filling a vacancy created by an employee being placed on active duty. Allows a recipient to use grant funds to cover expenses incurred beginning 90 days before deployment until the date the employee returns to fully paid employment status. Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to reduce funding for FY2011 for grants to private operators providing transportation by an over-the-road bus for security improvements.",2023-01-11T13:22:02Z,
112-hr-3251,112,hr,3251,"To ensure that Federal assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the construction of certain emergency levees is not conditioned on the subsequent dismantlement of those levees, except as provided for in a status certificate, and for other purposes.",Emergency Management,2011-10-24,2011-10-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2]",MN,R,K000363,4,"Prohibits federal assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for the construction of a covered levee from being conditioned on its dismantlement, except as provided for in a status certificate. Requires the Chief of Engineers to provide a status certificate for each levee constructed with federal assistance provided under that Act. Defines "covered levee" to mean a levee or similar structure constructed: (1) in response to a major disaster or emergency; and (2) in an area in which at least one other such structure was constructed in response to such a disaster or emergency, and subsequently dismantled, during the 10-year period preceding the date on which the President declares the major disaster or emergency. Defines "status certificate" to mean a written determination by the Chief of Engineers that a levee or similar structure: (1) is constructed in a manner that satisfies standards applicable to a permanent levee or similar structure, is not constructed in a manner that satisfies such standards but there is an adequate plan for improvements to ensure that such standards will be satisfied, or is not constructed in a manner that satisfies such standards and there is no adequate plan for improvements; and (2) may safely remain in place subject to specified conditions and for a specified period.",2023-01-11T13:22:03Z,
112-hr-3173,112,hr,3173,"To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) to require, in total, not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center.",Emergency Management,2011-10-12,2012-06-29,"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.",House,"Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]",LA,R,S001176,42,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 15, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it is urgent that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) application process be reformed by the end of 2012, (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) should promulgate final regulations to require the deployment of TWIC readers as soon as practicable to ensure security, and (3) Port Security Grant Program funds for TWIC projects shall not expire before issuance of the final TWIC reader rule. Directs the Secretary to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a TWIC to require not more than one in-person visit to a designated enrollment center, except in cases in which there are extenuating circumstances requiring more than one such in-person visit.",2023-01-11T13:22:07Z,
112-hr-3116,112,hr,3116,Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012,Emergency Management,2011-10-06,2012-12-21,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 520.",House,"Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]",NY,R,K000210,12,"Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 -Title I: Policy, Management, and Efficiency - (Sec. 101) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to establish in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) the position of Under Secretary for Policy, which shall serve as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary of DHS and shall conduct long-range, risk-based, strategic planning for DHS. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary of DHS to designate a DHS official to coordinate efforts to counter homegrown violent Islamic extremism in the United States, including the violent ideology of Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups. Requires the designated DHS official to report to the House Committee on Homeland Security and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Homeland Security Committees) detailing: (1) departmental strategy and activities to counter homegrown violent Islamic extremism; (2) the division of responsibilities for countering such extremism; (3) the strategy to monitor open source messaging that incites violence, including websites that disseminate videos and other materials calling for violent activities; (4) the number of DHS employees and the amount of funding dedicated by DHS to countering such extremism; (5) the type of DHS-sponsored activities and training for states and local governments for countering such extremism; and (6) the metrics used to measure the effectiveness of DHS programs or activities for countering such extremism. (Sec. 103) Includes as DHS chief operating officers, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Procurement Officer, the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Human Capital Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, and the Chief Security Officer. Grants the chief operating officers direct authority over their respective counterparts in the components of DHS to ensure that such components comply with the laws, rules, regulations, and departmental policies that such officers are responsible for implementing. (Sec. 104) Expands the DHS Office of International Affairs, which is to be headed by the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs. Sets forth the responsibilities of the Assistant Secretary, including the coordination of international functions within DHS and the development of a strategic plan for DHS international activities and programs to support DHS overseas programs. Requires the Office to provide the Homeland Security Committees an annual accounting of all DHS assets, including personnel, deployed outside the United States.  (Sec. 105) Amends HSA to provide for the position of Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs who shall: (1) ensure that the DHS workforce has science-based policy, standards, requirements, and metrics for occupational safety and health; (2) provide medical expertise; and (3) develop guidance for handling catastrophic events. (Sec. 106) Amends HSA to provide that the reorganization authority of DHS shall not extend to the discontinuance, abolition, substantial consolidation, alteration, or transfer of any agency, entity, unit, program, or function established or required to be maintained by statute. Allows an exception from such limitation if the President determines that the exercise of reorganization authority is necessary because of an imminent threat to homeland security. Requires the President or the Secretary to publish in the Federal Register the reasons for an exercise of reorganization authority and a list of each statutory provision implicated by the action. Requires notification of any significant organizational change in DHS to the Homeland Security Committees. (Sec. 107) Repeals provisions authorizing an Office of Domestic Preparedness in DHS.  (Sec. 108) Expands the scope of the quadrennial homeland security review to require the Secretary to: (1) examine the homeland security aspects of the national security environment; (2) review the capabilities and capacities across the homeland security enterprise; (3) evaluate and prioritize homeland security mission areas; (4) identify additional capabilities and capacities that may be needed to respond to potential homeland security threats and challenges; and (5) identify redundant, wasteful, or unnecessary capabilities. Requires the Secretary to report to the Homeland Security Committees on such review.  (Sec. 109) Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to require the Secretary to issue accreditation and certification standards for all explosives detection canines. Authorizes appropriations for FY2012. (Sec. 110) Requires each component of DHA to coordinate with the Chief Human Capital Officer to develop its own five-year workforce strategy that will support DHS goals, objectives, and performance measures for determining the proper balance of federal employees and private labor resources.  (Sec. 111) Makes DHS employees eligible for danger pay allowances.  (Sec. 112) Requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center to submit to the Homeland Security Committees: (1) the classified case study information that DHS provided to the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism regarding the radicalization process for the goal of violent extremism, (2) a detailed description of the training that the Center intends to implement, (3) an identification of the agency that participated in the development of the training, (4) a description of what qualifications will be required for instructors to provide the training, and (5) an estimate of the amount of funds that DHS will expend for such program. (Sec. 113) Requires the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a future-years homeland security program that provides detailed estimates of the projected expenditures and corresponding requests for appropriations included in the President's annual budget. Requires each future year homeland security funding program to project acquisition estimates for a period of five fiscal years, with specified estimates for each fiscal year, for all technology acquisitions within DHS and its components, including refresh and sustainment expenses, as well as the annual deployment schedule of any acquisition with a total cost over the five-fiscal-year period estimated to exceed $50 million. Requires information to be made available to the public in electronic form.  (Sec. 114) Requires the Secretary to provide the Homeland Security Committees information on the costs for complying with congressional mandates for providing information to Congress.  (Sec. 115) Amends HSA to prohibit any person from knowingly using the name, initials, insignia, or seal of DHS in connection with any advertisement, commercial, audiovisual production, impersonation, Internet domain name, Internet e-mail address, or Internet website, merchandise, retail product, or solicitation in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the impression that DHS has approved, endorsed, or authorized such use. Authorizes the Attorney General to initiate a civil action to enjoin any unauthorized use of DHS identifiers. (Sec. 116) Establishes in DHS the Office of Policy to develop DHS policies, programs, and planning, consistent with the quadrennial homeland security review, and to develop and articulate the long-term strategic view of DHS.  (Sec. 117) Requires the Secretary to notify the Homeland Security Committees of any position in DHS that is held by an individual on a temporary or acting basis for 210 days.  (Sec. 118) Requires the Secretary, to the greatest extent practicable, to submit each plan, report, strategy, or other written material required by a congressional mandate in an electronic format.  (Sec. 119) Sets forth the duties of the Chief Information Officer of DHS, including advising and assisting the Secretary on information technology, establishing the information technology priorities and procedures of DHS, and assuming responsibility for information technology capital planning and investment management. (Sec. 120) Requires the Under Secretary for Management to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a report that provides a detailed accounting of DHS expenditures and identifies potential cost savings.  Title II: Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Policy - (Sec. 201) Amends HSA to require the Secretary of DHS to: (1) review the proposed acquisitions and procurements of DHS, (2) establish an Acquisition Review Board, and (3) submit to the Homeland Security Committees an annual report on the activities of the Acquisition Review Board. (Sec. 202) Establishes a Capabilities and Requirements Council in DHS to provide recommendations and assistance to the Secretary with respect to homeland security investments and acquisition requirements. (Sec. 203) Designates the DHS Under Secretary for Management as the senior acquisition officer in DHS. Requires the Under Secretary to report to Congress on a comprehensive acquisition management plan for DHS. (Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary to establish an Acquisition Professional Career Program for the recruitment, training, and retention of acquisition professionals for DHS.  (Sec. 205) Requires the Chief Procurement Officer and the Chief Human Capital Officer of DHS to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a five-year strategic plan for the DHS acquisition workforce. Requires such plan to: (1) designate the acquisition positions that will be necessary to support DHS acquisition requirements; (2) identify acquisition workforce needs of each DHS component performing acquisition functions; (3) include guidance and risk-based policies on the use of contractors; (4) summarize the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of the workforce; and (5) establish goals for achieving integration and consistency with government-wide training and accreditation standards, acquisition training tools, and training facilities. (Sec. 206) Requires the Secretary to notify the Homeland Security Committees three business days prior to awarding a contract exceeding $10 million or announcing the intention to make such award. Allows a waiver of this requirement if the Secretary determines that notification would pose a substantial risk to homeland security. (Sec. 207) Requires the Under Secretary for Management of DHS to establish a process for the evaluation of the integrity and quality of major acquisitions, to be conducted independently by personnel with no involvement or interest in the underlying acquisitions. (Sec. 208) Extends until September 30, 2016, the other transaction authority of the Secretary to carry out basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects. (Sec. 209) Requires the Inspector General of DHS to prepare a report analyzing the use of competition in the award of contracts by DHS under the requirements of the Competition in Contracting Act. (Sec. 210) Amends HSA to prohibit the Secretary from procuring specified items directly related to national security interests if they are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the United States, with specified exceptions. (Sec. 211) Amends HSA to require the Chief Procurement Officer of DHS, before the development and procurement of any marine or aviation asset or equipment or any detection or screening technology, to coordinate with the chief procurement officers of DHS components to: (1) identify common mission requirements; and (2) standardize equipment purchases, streamline the acquisition process, improve efficiencies, and conduct best practices for strategic sourcing.  (Sec. 213) Authorizes the Secretary to permit a class deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) with respect to the micropurchase threshold, not exceeding $15,000, to support domestic emergency operations and response activities related to acts of terrorism. (Sec. 214) Requires the Chief Information Officer of DHS to conduct an inventory of all existing software licenses and assess the needs of DHS for software licenses for the upcoming two fiscal years. Requires the Secretary, based on such inventory, to establish a plan for bringing the number of software licenses into balance with the needs of DHS.  (Sec. 215) Requires the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a Department-wide financial management strategy. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to review such strategy and submit such review to Congress with recommendations for any additional actions necessary to address existing financial internal control weaknesses and achieve financial management integration. Title III: Information Sharing and Intelligence Analysis - (Sec. 301) Amends HSA to provide for a DHS National Network of Fusion Centers Initiative to establish partnerships with state and major urban area fusion centers. Requires the Secretary to assign personnel from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the U.S. Coast Guard, and experts in mass transit security to fusion centers. Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the DHS Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis that delineates the roles and responsibilities of their respective organizations with respect to policy and guidance for fusion center-related expenditures with grant funds. (Sec. 302) Requires the Secretary to develop and submit to the Homeland Security Committees a comprehensive strategy for the coordinated development and deployment of unclassified, sensitive but unclassified, and classified information sharing computer networks of DHS. Requires such strategy to include a comprehensive plan for the further development, acquisition, deployment, and continual operations of: (1) the Homeland Security Information Network, (2) the Homeland Secure Data Network, and (3) the Homeland Top Secret Network.  (Sec. 303) Authorizes the Secretary to convert both unencumbered and encumbered competitive service positions within the elements of the intelligence community in DHS to excepted service positions as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the intelligence functions of DHS. (Sec. 304) Requires the DHS Inspector General to submit a report including: (1) an audit of homeland security grant funding awarded to fusion centers, (2) an assessment of the processes in place to track and measure the effectiveness of grant funding to fusion centers, (3) an assessment to determine whether each fusion center has privacy protections in place, and (4) recommendations on the development and implementation of a metrics program for FEMA to measure the efficacy of grant funding to fusion centers.  (Sec. 305) Requires the DHS Inspector General to conduct and report to the Homeland Security Committees on an audit of DHS activities to ensure that state and local fusion centers take appropriate measures to protect privacy and civil liberties. Requires the DHS Privacy Officer to update the 2008 Privacy Impact Assessment for the State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative and submit such updated Assessment to the Homeland Security Committees.  Requires the DHS Officer for Civil Liberties and Civil Rights to update the 2008 Civil Liberties Impact Assessment for the State, Local, and Regional Fusion Center Initiative and submit such updated Assessment to the Homeland Security Committees. Title IV: 9/11 Review Commission - 9/11 Review Commission Act - (Sec. 402) Establishes in the legislative branch a National Commission to Review the National Response Since the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11 Review Commission).  (Sec. 403) Directs the 9/11 Review Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the implementation of recommendations proposed in the report issued by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) by: (1) assessing the progress and challenges in carrying out the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission; (2) analyzing the trends of domestic terror attacks since September 11, 2001, including the growing influence of domestic radicalization and its causes; (3) investigating whether there is evidence about the terrorist attacks not considered by the 9/11 Commission; and (4) providing additional recommendations for protecting U.S. homeland security, ensuring interagency intelligence sharing, and other matters relating to counterterrorism policy.  (Sec. 410) Sets forth the reporting requirements of the 9/11 Review Commission. Provides for the termination of the Commission after it issues its final report. (Sec. 411) Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Preparedness and Response - Subtitle A: WMD Preparedness and Response - (Sec. 501) Amends HSA to require the Secretary of DHS to issue, at least once every four years, a biodefense strategy that establishes detailed strategic biodefense objectives for DHS mission areas. Requires such strategy to: (1) delineate those areas of biodefense for which DHS is explicitly responsible; (2) include an inventory of DHS biodefense capabilities and assets; (3) be sufficiently detailed to guide prioritization of DHS investments in and strategic approach to biodefense-related research, development, planning, and preparedness; and (4) include an implementation plan. Requires the Secretary to: (1) annually review the most recent biodefense strategy and submit each biodefense strategy and annual review to the Homeland Security Committees, and (2) complete the first biodefense strategy not later than one year after the enactment of this Act.  (Sec. 502) Amends HSA to require the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis to: (1) support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials; (2) support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of global infectious disease, public health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; (3) support homeland security-focused risk analysis and risk assessments of terrorist activities; (4) leverage existing and emerging homeland security capabilities and structures to enhance prevention; and (5) share information and provide analytical support on terrorist threats to state, local, and tribal authorities. Requires the Secretary to report to the Homeland Security Committees on DHS intelligence and information sharing activities for countering the threat from weapons of mass destruction.  (Sec. 503) Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to produce and periodically update: (1) a terrorism risk assessment of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats; and (2) an integrated terrorism risk assessment that assesses and compares all threats. (Sec. 504) Requires the FEMA Administrator to assist state, local, and tribal authorities in improving and promoting individual and community preparedness and collective response to weapons of mass destruction and terrorist attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials, including those that cause mass fatalities, against the United States.  (Sec. 505) Requires the Secretary to carry out a program to detect a biological attack or event that poses a high risk to homeland security. (Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary to require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to assess whether the development of technological screening capabilities for biological agents, pandemic influenza, and other infectious diseases should be undertaken by the Science and Technology Directorate to support entry and exit screening at ports of entry for other homeland security purposes.  (Sec. 507) Requires the Administrator to develop and report to the Homeland Security Committees on a communications plan to provide information to the public related to preventing, protecting against, responding to, and recovering from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks. (Sec. 508) Requires the Secretary: (1) to develop, for police, fire, emergency medical services, emergency management, and medical and public health personnel, voluntary guidance for responding to chemical, biological, radiologic, or nuclear attacks; (2) to make such guidance available to state, local, and tribal authorities, educational institutions, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and the public; and (3) in developing such guidance, to review the experiences of other countries and the expertise of academic institutions and nongovernmental organizations and consider the unique needs of children and other vulnerable populations.  (Sec. 509) Directs the Secretary to acquire, use, and disseminate the best available integrated plume models to enable rapid response activities following a chemical, biological, nuclear, or radiological attack or event. Defines "plume model" as the assessment of the location and prediction of the spread of agents following a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack or event.  (Sec. 510) Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to conduct tailored risk assessments to inform prioritization of national recovery activities for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop and issue guidance for clean-up and restoration of indoor and outdoor areas, including subways and other mass transportation facilities, that have been exposed to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials; and (2) develop exercises that address indoor environmental cleanup methods and decontamination standards.. Subtitle B: Grants - (Sec. 521) Expresses the sense of Congress that grant programs such as the State Homeland Security Grant Program, Urban Area Security Initiative, Transit Security Grant Program, and Port Security Grant Program should be funded at previously authorized levels. (Sec. 522) Allows grant funds under the State Homeland Security Grant Program and the Urban Area Security Initiative to be used for work with a national laboratory or research facility when designing, conducting, and evaluating training and exercises. (Sec. 523) Amends HSA to require the Administrator of FEMA to report to the Homeland Security Committees not less than three business days in advance of announcing publicly an allocation or award of grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program.  (Sec. 524) Designates the Assistant Administrator of the Grant Programs Directorate as the Authorization Liaison Officer within FEMA. Requires such Officer to provide the Homeland Security Committees, upon request, with timely information on all grants administered by FEMA. Requires the Administrator of FEMA to submit to the Homeland Security Committees, on not less than a semiannual basis, a written report that provides a full accounting of DHS grant funds administered by FEMA for the previous five fiscal years. (Sec. 525) Amends HSA to direct the Secretary to conduct a Metropolitan Medical Response System Program to assist state and local governments in preparing for and responding to public health and mass casualty incidents resulting from acts of terrorism and natural disasters. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants for such Program. (Repeals provisions of the Post-Katrina Management Reform Act of 2006 providing for a Metropolitan Medical Response Program.) Allows grant funds to be used to support the integration of emergency management, health, and medical systems into a coordinated repose to mass casualty incidents. Authorizes appropriations for FY2012-FY2016. Requires the Administrator of FEMA, the Assistant Secretary of DHS for Health Affairs, and the National Metropolitan Medical Response System Working Group to conduct a review of such Program and report the results to the Homeland Security Committees. (Sec. 526) Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to make law enforcement agencies eligible for the transit security grant program. (Sec. 527) Requires the Administrator to consider cruise ship passengers as part of the tourist population for purposes of prioritizing grant funding under the State Homeland Security Grant Program and Urban Area Security Initiative. (Sec. 528) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct and report to the Homeland Security Committees on a study evaluating the homeland security impacts of transportation security grant program funding levels in states located on the west coast.  (Sec. 529) Requires the Secretary, in coordination with relevant departments and agencies, to establish an interagency working group to better coordinate federal preparedness grants and to report to the Homeland Security Committees on its activities.  Subtitle C: Communications - (Sec. 541) Expresses the sense of Congress that federal resources should be allocated to improve first responder interoperable communications and that the D Block spectrum should be reallocated for the construction of a national interoperable public safety wireless broadband network as expeditiously as possible. (Sec. 542) Amends HSA to: (1) require the Director of the Office of Emergency Communications in DHS to provide guidance on interoperable emergency communications to the Administrator of FEMA, and (2) the Administrator to execute a memorandum of understanding with the Director delineating the roles and responsibilities of each office with respect to policy and guidance for communications-related expenditures with grant funds. (Sec. 543) Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a national integrated public alert and warning system, and (2) designate any agency within DHS to receive, aggregate, validate, and authenticate homeland security and other information originated by governmental entities to facilitate the transmission of the Personalized Localized Alerting Network. Subtitle D: Broadband for First Responders - (Sec. 561) Requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to: (1) license the paired electromagnetic spectrum bands of 758-763 MHz and 788-793 MHz (D Block), for public safety broadband communications within 60 days after enactment of this Act, and (2) establish rules to permit the construction and operation of a wireless public safety broadband network within nine months after enactment of this Act. (Sec. 562) Requires the Chairman of the FCC to develop a public safety agency statement of requirements that enables nationwide interoperability and roaming across any communications system using public safety broadband spectrum. Requires the Secretary to establish an appropriate standard for: (1) enhancing domestic preparedness for, and collective response to, a catastrophic incident; and (2) meeting the public safety agency statement requirements. (Sec. 563) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to overturn, supersede, or otherwise preempt the FCC's Order adopted on November 19, 2007 (FCC 07-199), setting forth the roles and responsibilities of the public safety broadband licensee and the FCC. (Sec. 564) Establishes in the Treasury the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Construction Fund and the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Maintenance and Operation Fund to fund broadband networks. (Sec. 565) Directs the Secretary to establish a grant program to assist public safety entities to establish a nationwide public safety interoperable network in the 700 megahertz band. (Sec. 566) Requires the Secretary to administer a program for reimbursement of maintenance and operational expenses associated with the public safety interoperable broadband network from the Maintenance and Operation Fund and report to Congress on whether to continue to provide funding for the Fund.  (Sec. 567) Requires the Comptroller General to perform, in three year intervals, an audit of the financial records of: (1) the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Construction Fund, (2) the Public Safety Interoperable Broadband Network Maintenance and Operation Fund, (3) the construction grant program, and (4) the maintenance and operation grant program. Requires a copy of each audit to be submitted to the Homeland Security Committees.  (Sec. 568) Requires the Assistant Secretary to reallocate for commercial use electromagnetic spectrum at 1755-1780 megahertz. Requires the FCC to establish rules for pairing electromagnetic spectrum bands and to auction the licenses for such paired spectrum in accordance with the Communications Act of 1934. (Sec. 569) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend the auction authority of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) until 2020. Requires the FCC to ensure that no bidder is excluded from an auction or any other competitive bidding process on account of its size or the amount of its other spectrum holdings. Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions - (Sec. 581) Requires the DHS Inspector General to: (1) conduct an audit of expenses for the 2010 and 2011 National Level Exercises; (2) conduct a review of whether FEMA is incorporating lessons learned from national exercises into training, planning, and other operations; and (3) report on the findings of the audit and review to the Homeland Security Committees. (Sec. 582) Requires the Administrator of FEMA to report to the Homeland Security Committees on the progress of FEMA in improving sourcing for disaster response goods and services.  (Sec. 583) Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of DHS to conduct research to assist state, local, and tribal leaders and the private sector in enhancing the rural preparation for, and response and resilience to, terrorist attacks and other incidents.  (Sec. 584) Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, with respect to the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, to: (1) make the Railroad Research Foundation a member of such Consortium (in lieu of the Transportation Technology Center, Incorporated, in Pueblo, Colorado); (2) include medical readiness training in the training provided to state, local, and tribal emergency response providers; and (3) authorize appropriations in FY2012 for the Center for Domestic Preparedness and other training and research centers. (Sec. 586) Requires the Administrator to certify to the Department of the Treasury that any recipient of disaster funds subject to recoupment received a notice of the debt and an opportunity to appeal prior to FEMA's forwarding of such debt to the Department of the Treasury. (Sec. 588) Requires the Inspector General of DHS to audit how all regional offices within FEMA are carrying out delegated authorities pursuant to the Post Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 and the FEMA Administrator's July 2009 memorandum. (Sec. 589) Requires the Administrator to provide, electronically, lessons learned reports to each designated representative of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions and private sector entities that participate in the National Level Exercises of DHS and to the Homeland Security Committees. (Sec. 590) Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of DHS to establish and maintain a program for system assessment and validation of emergency responder equipment (SAVER Program). (Sec. 591) Amends the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 to authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Security Center of Excellence in FY2012-FY2014. (Sec. 592) Requires the Secretary to conduct a review of mental health counseling for disaster victims.  (Sec. 593) Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study evaluating the effectiveness of disaster housing programs and collaboration and coordination between FEMA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Title VI: Border Security Provisions - (Sec. 602) Directs the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a comprehensive strategy for gaining, within five years, operational control of the international borders between the ports of entry of the United States. Requires such strategy to include an analysis of : (1) staffing requirements for all border security functions; (2) investment in infrastructure; (3) the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), camera technology, sensors, and other innovative technology; (4) cooperative agreements with international, state, local, tribal, and other federal law enforcement agencies; (5) a schedule for implementing security measures; (6) a comprehensive technology plan for major surveillance and detection technology programs; and (7) the feasibility of using existing Tethered Aerostat Radar Systems for use along the southwest border. Requires the Secretary to: (1) develop metrics to measure the effectiveness of security at ports of entry, and (2) submit a request to a Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory with appropriate expertise in border security to evaluate the stability and statistical validity of the measurement system for analyzing progress in the interdiction of unlawful crossings and contraband at ports of entry. Requires the Secretary to report to the Homeland Security Committees on staffing requirements and manpower data at ports of entry. Directs the Commissioner of CBP to give priority, in making infrastructure improvements, to those ports of entry determined to be in most need of repair in order to improve border security.  (Sec. 603) Requires the Secretary to maintain a force of not fewer than 21,300 border patrol agents and sufficient support staff in FY2012 and FY2013 and to assign not fewer than 2,200 agents to the northern border (the border between the United States and Canada). Requires the Commissioner of CBP to take into account apprehension rates, unlawful border crossings, and the number of apprehensions of unlawful aliens in determining the deployment locations of such border agents.  (Sec. 604) Establishes in ICE the Border Enforcement Security Task Force program. Declares as the purpose of the program to establish units to enhance border security and reduce border security threats and violence by: (1) facilitating collaboration among governmental and law enforcement agencies to execute coordinated activities in furtherance of border security and homeland security, and (2) enhancing information sharing. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on the effectiveness of the program. Authorizes appropriations for FY2012. (Sec. 605) Directs the Comptroller General to review the basic training provided to CBP border patrol agents. (Sec. 606) Prohibits the Secretaries of Agriculture or the Interior from impeding, prohibiting, or restricting activities of CBP on land that is located within 100 miles of the international land borders of the United States. Grants CBP access to land under the jurisdiction of such Secretaries for the purpose of conducting activities that assist in securing the international land borders.  (Sec. 607) Requires the Commissioner of CBP to identify equipment and technology that would enhance the security of the northern and southern borders. (Sec. 608) Directs the Secretary to: (1) deploy no less than one additional canine enforcement team, capable of detecting narcotics, at each of the five busiest ports of entry; and (2) report to the Homeland Security Committees on the effectiveness of the canine enforcement teams. Authorizes appropriations.  (Sec. 609) Directs the Commissioner of CBP to initiate a six-month pilot program to test the use of autonomous unmanned vehicles to patrol the maritime environment along the northern border and the land environment along the southern border (the border between the United States and Mexico). Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to report to the Homeland Security Committees on the effectiveness and scalability of the use of such vehicles.  (Sec. 610) Requires the Comptroller General to report to the Homeland Security Committees on the effectiveness of UAVs.  (Sec. 611) Directs the Secretary to review applications and conduct in-person interviews of student and exchange visitor program visa applicants to determine whether any applicant is inadmissible due to terrorist-related activities. (Sec. 612) Authorizes the Secretary of DHS, in coordination with the Secretary of State, to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards to any eligible person, including business leaders and U.S. officials engaged in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation business. (Sec. 613) Directs the Commissioner of CBP to carry out the NEXUS, SENTRI, Global Entry, and ABT Card programs of CBP.  (Sec. 614) Directs CBP to conduct an internal review to ensure that there are enough border protection agents in each of the 10 U.S. international airports with the largest volume of international travelers.  (Sec. 615) Extends through FY2014 the port security grant program. (Sec. 616) Allows port security grant funding to pay overtime and backfill costs, provided that such costs do not exceed 50% of the total grant funding received by a grant recipient in a fiscal year. (Sec. 617) Requires the Secretary to establish a process to ensure that illegal aliens are unable to obtain or use a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC). (Sec. 618) Requires the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a report analyzing the threat of, vulnerability to, and consequence of an act of terrorism using a small vessel to attack U.S. vessels, ports, or maritime interests.  (Sec. 619) Requires CBP to: (1) publish live wait times at all U.S. air ports of entry, (2) make information about such wait times available to the public, (3) submit monthly reports to Congress that include compilations of all such wait times and that rank all U.S. international airports by wait times, and (4) increase staffing to reduce wait times to under 10 minutes. (Sec. 620) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should deploy an additional UAV at the southwest border airfield between DHS operations located at Fort Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Arizona, and the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas, to reduce the frequent weather-related lapses in constant surveillance. (Sec. 621) Requires the Secretary to report to the Homeland Security Committees on the status of $640 million in unobligated balances in the Customs User Fee Account. (Sec. 622) Requires the Secretary to ensure that: (1) CBP has instituted an outbound inspections program at land ports of entry, and (2) such outbound inspections do not add significantly to wait times for crossing the border. (Sec. 623) Authorizes appropriations in FY2012-FY2013 for ICE to identify aliens who have been convicted of a crime or who may pose a serious risk to public safety or national security and to remove such aliens from the United States.  (Sec. 624) Amends HSA to establish as the primary functions of ICE: (1) conducting criminal investigations relating to homeland security, and (2) enforcing federal immigration and naturalization laws. Sets forth the scope of ICE's authority in conducting criminal investigations and in enforcing immigration and naturalization laws. (Sec. 625) Directs the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a report on the activities of specified gangs and cartels designated as foreign terrorist organizations or as involved in international terrorism.  (Sec. 626) Requires the Secretary to increase by at least two the number of UAVs for use along the southwest border.  (Sec. 627) Redesignates the DHS Operation Stonegarden as the Border Area Security Initiative. Authorizes appropriations for such Initiative. Requires the Secretary to allocate 80.7% of such funding for activities along the southern border. (Sec. 628) Directs the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a report on Hezbollah, other designated foreign terrorist organizations, and Mexican drug traffic organizations along the southern border. (Sec. 629) Directs the Secretary, in developing the Border Condition Index, to consider: (1) flow estimates, by border patrol sector, of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States; (2) interdiction efficiency measuring; and (3) recidivism data relating to repeat apprehensions of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.  (Sec. 630) Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary should complete at least 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the southwest border where it is geographically feasible to construct the fence. (Sec. 631) Amends HSA to require the Secretary to conduct an on-site review of all visa applications and supporting documentation at the 20 highest-risk visa issuing diplomatic and consular posts. (Sec. 632) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a private-public partnership to accept funding or a donation of real or personal property or services from any private sector entity or any state, county, or other municipal entity to construct a designated project at a designated land border port of entry, designed to reduce wait times at such port of entry. (Sec. 633) Directs the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a report on: (1) the top 20 highest-risk foreign airports that are last points of departure to the United States, (2) the current status of CBP's Immigration Advisory Program at such airports, and (3) the number of Immigration Advisory Program personnel required to carry out operations in any location where such personnel are not currently present.  (Sec. 634) Requires the Secretary to establish and maintain at each Maritime Security Response Team location, to support Coast Guard operations, a minimum of one dedicated medium range air responder that is capable of offshore operations and that can provide shore-based aviation surveillance capability and transport. (Sec. 635) Directs the Secretary to submit to the Homeland Security Committees a plan to implement a biometric exit capability at airports under the US-VISIT program. (Sec. 636) Directs the Commissioner of CBP to work with the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to cross-designate persons enrolled in trusted passengers programs operated by CBP. Requires the Commissioner to report to the Homeland Security Committees and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on progress in implementing the cross designation of the trusted passenger program. (Sec. 637) Requires the Secretary to: (1) ensure that a comprehensive plan for CBP, TSA, and ICE is developed and implemented to improve professionalism and customer service, and (2) report annually to Congress on such plan.  Title VII: Science and Technology - Subtitle A: Directorate of Science and Technology - (Sec. 701) Amends HSA to require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to develop and update as necessary a strategy to guide the activities of the Directorate of Science and Technology. Requires that such strategy be risk-based and aligned with other strategic guidance provided by the National Strategy for Homeland Security, the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, the Capabilities and Requirements Council, and other relevant strategic planning documents as determined by the Under Secretary.  (Sec. 702) Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to develop and revise at least every five years a five-year research and development plan for the activities of the Directorate, which shall define the Directorate's research, development, testing, and evaluation activities, priorities, performance metrics and key milestones and deliverables for FY2013-FY2017 and for each five-fiscal-year period thereafter. (Sec. 703) Requires the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to establish and implement a process to identify, prioritize, fund, and task the basic and applied homeland security research and development activities of the Directorate of Science and Technology.  (Sec. 704) Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to monitor the progress of the research, development, testing, and evaluation activities undertaken by the Directorate of Science and Technology and provide regular biennial updates on that progress.  (Sec. 705) Expands the responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to include: (1) providing science-based , analytic capability and capacity across DHS; and (2) establishing a formal process to evaluate technology maturity and reduce technical risks. (Sec. 706) Establishes in DHS the Department of Operational Test and Evaluation, to be headed by a Director who shall advise the Secretary, the Under Secretary for Management, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and heads of other DHS components on all activities related to operational test and evaluation in DHS. Requires the Director to: (1) prescribe operational test and evaluation policies and procedures for DHS; (2) ensure the effectiveness, reliability, and suitability of operational testing and evaluation activities; (3) provide DHS with independent and objective assessments of the adequacy of operational testing and evaluation activities; and (4) coordinate operational testing conducted jointly by more than one DHS component. Grants the Director full access to test and evaluation and acquisition documents, data, and test results. (Sec. 707) Authorizes the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to make available the services of any DHS-owned testing facility for the testing of materials, equipment, models, computer software, and other items designed to advance the homeland security mission. (Sec. 708) Authorizes the establishment of a bioforensics analysis center in DHS to provide support for law enforcement and intelligence-related investigations and action to: (1) provide definitive bioforensics analysis in support of executive agencies with primary responsibilities for preventing, deterring, responding to, attributing, and recovering from biological attacks; and (2) undertake other related bioforensics activities.  (Sec. 709) Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to establish the Homeland Security Science and Technology Fellows Program to place scientists, on a temporary basis, in relevant scientific or technological fields for up to two years in DHS components with a need for scientific and technological expertise. (Sec. 710) Modifies provisions establishing a Science and Technology Advisory Committee within the Directorate of Science and Technology to require the Advisory Committee to meet no fewer than two times each year and to make recommendations with respect to the activities of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, including: (1) identifying research and development areas of potential importance to national security, and (2) providing advice in development and updating the strategic plan and the five-year homeland security research and development plan. Extends the termination date for the Advisory Committee to seven years after the enactment of this Act.  (Sec. 711) Requires the Secretary to review and revise DHS policies relating to personnel conflicts of interest to ensure that such policies specifically address employees of federally funded research and development centers who are in a position to make or materially influence research findings or agency decisionmaking.  (Sec. 712) Expands the criteria for designating colleges and universities as DHS Centers of Excellence to include institutions with expertise in medical readiness training and research, community resiliency for public health and health care critical infrastructure, and explosives detection. (Sec. 713) Amends HSA to authorize the Secretary, until January 1, 2017, to fill up to 5% of the overall positions in the Science and Technology Directorate with personnel who have advanced degrees in science and engineering without regard to competitive hiring requirements.  (Sec. 714) Requires the Secretary to implement a test and evaluation program for commercially available chemical and biological detection equipment.  (Sec. 715) Directs the DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology, in conjunction with the Commissioner of CBP, to research and develop technologies to allow routine operation of medium-sized UAVs, including autonomously piloted drones, within the national airspace for border and maritime security missions. Requires the Secretary to begin a pilot program in airspace along the northern border to conduct experiments and collect data to accelerate the safe integration of medium-sized unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.  Subtitle B: Domestic Nuclear Detection Office - (Sec. 721) Amends HSA to grant authority to the Director for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for radiological and nuclear research, development, testing and evaluation activities. Requires the Director to maintain awareness of the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture and its assets. (Sec. 722) Requires the Director to provide support for planning, organization and sustainment, training, exercises, and operational assessments to state, local, and tribal entities to assist in implementing preventive radiological and nuclear detection capabilities. (Sec. 723) Requires the Director to analyze and report to the Homeland Security Committees on existing and developmental alternatives that could provide an enhanced capability to currently deployed radiation portal monitors. (Sec. 724) Amends HSA to permit the Secretary to enter into contracts and other transactions relating to nuclear detection unrelated to radiological and nuclear research, development, testing, and evaluation. (Sec. 725) Requires the Secretary to develop and submit to the Homeland Security Committees a five-year plan of investments for implementing DHS responsibilities under the domestic component of the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture. (Sec. 726) Requires the Secretary to implement outreach to enhance awareness and increase participation of qualified students at institutions of higher education, including historically black, Hispanic, and tribal institutions. (Sec. 727) Requires the Secretary to contract for procurement of information technology products or services only with a U.S.-owned corporation or other entity. (Sec. 728) Authorizes appropriations for FY2012 to carry out the university-based centers program of DHS.  (Sec. 729) Requires the Comptroller General to assess the university-based centers for homeland security program and provide recommendations to the Homeland Security Committees for improvements. Prohibits the Secretary from designating any new university-based centers before the completion of the Comptroller General's review. Title VIII: Immunity for Reports of Suspected Terrorist Activity or Suspicious Behavior and Response - See Something, Say Something Act of 2011 - (Sec. 802) Amends HSA to grant immunity from civil liability to persons who, in good faith and based on an objectively reasonable suspicion, report suspicious activity indicating that an individual may be engaging, or preparing to engage, in a violation of law relating to an act of terrorism. Grants qualified immunity from civil liability to an authorized official who observes or receives a report of such activity and who takes reasonable action in good faith to respond. Provides that an authorized official not entitled to assert the defense of qualified immunity shall nonetheless be immune from civil immunity if that official takes reasonable action, in good faith, to respond to the reported activity. Entitles any authorized official or other person found to be immune from civil liability under this Act to recover all reasonable costs and attorney fees in any action against such official or person. Title IX: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 902) Requires the Secretary of DHS to provide guidance to, and coordinate with, local educational and school districts that are at a high risk of acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or public health emergencies.  (Sec. 903) Requires the Secretary to make federal law enforcement training opportunities available to local law enforcement personnel responsible for securing ports.  (Sec. 904) Requires the Secretary to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a plan to address security gaps at drinking water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities. (Sec. 905) Requires the Secretary to provide guidance in implementing plans for outreach to people with disabilities during emergencies. (Sec. 906) Directs the Secretary to reform the process for the enrollment, activation, issuance, and renewal of a Transportation Worker Identification Credential.  (Sec. 907) Requires the Secretary to report on the progress of TSA in conducting security vulnerability assessments at 100% of U.S. airports. Requires such report to include steps taken to increase perimeter security since the Delvonte Tisdale incident in November 2010.  (Sec. 908) Amends HSA, with respect to regulations covering the sale or transfer of ammonium nitrate, to make such regulations applicable to the transfer of ownership rights to ammonium nitrate. Exempts from regulations any transportation provider who is covered by an existing security program. (Sec. 909) Expresses the sense of Congress that there exists a significant cause for concern from Iran's growing presence and influence in the Western Hemisphere and that the Secretary should include the Western Hemisphere in the 2012 National Strategy for Counterterrorism's "Area of Focus," with specific attention to the threat to the homeland from Iran.",2023-01-11T13:22:10Z,
112-hr-3140,112,hr,3140,Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act,Emergency Management,2011-10-06,2012-06-04,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-12]",CA,D,S001175,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to make it a priority to assign DHS officers and intelligence analysts, including from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), to participating state and urban area fusion centers located in high-risk jurisdictions with mass transit systems to enhance security of such systems by assisting law enforcement authorities in identifying, investigating, and otherwise interdicting persons, weapons, and contraband that pose a threat to homeland security. Makes it a primary responsibility of such officers and analysts to create mass transit intelligence products that: (1) assist law enforcement agencies in deploying their resources most efficiently to help detect and interdict terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and contraband at U.S. mass transit systems; (2) promote more consistent and timely dissemination of mass transit security-relevant information among jurisdictions with such systems; and (3) enhance DHS's situational awareness with respect to the threat of terrorist acts at or involving U.S. mass transit systems.",2023-01-11T13:22:09Z,
112-hr-3089,112,hr,3089,RELIEF Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-10-04,2011-10-05,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT-5]",CT,D,M001169,1,"Rebuilding the Economy and Limiting the Impacts of Expected Flooding Act of 2011 or the RELIEF Act of 2011 - Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants to local governments for flood mitigation projects. Directs the Administrator to give priority to: (1) projects that will resolve the greatest safety and property hazards, and (2) projects with significant capacities for job creation. Allows the Administrator to provide such grant assistance to a local government without regard to its eligibility to receive financial assistance for the project under another federal program.",2023-01-11T13:22:11Z,
112-hr-3058,112,hr,3058,FEMA Flexibility Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-09-23,2011-10-03,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .",House,"Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]",MO,R,L000576,4,"FEMA Flexibility Act of 2011 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to permit a class deviation to the Federal Acquisition Regulation with respect to the micropurchase threshold in order to support domestic emergency operations. Prohibits such threshold from exceeding $15,000 in any such deviation. Defines "domestic emergency operation" to mean assistance activities carried out in support of: (1) an emergency or major disaster as defined in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; (2) any occasion for which the Secretary determines federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the United States; or (3) any natural catastrophe or fire, flood, or explosion in the United States that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant major disaster assistance to supplement the efforts and resources of states, local governments, and disaster relief organizations.",2023-01-11T13:22:20Z,
112-s-1630,112,s,1630,Disaster Recovery Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-09-23,2011-09-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]",LA,D,L000550,1,"Disaster Recovery Act of 2011 - Amends: (1) the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to revise the definition of "major disaster" to include any natural disaster (including a pandemic), act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster (currently, any natural catastrophe or, regardless of cause, any fire, flood, or explosion) that meets the specified criteria; and (2) the Stafford Act and the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (HSA) to define "recovery" as the process of restoring, reshaping, and enhancing the resiliency of the physical, social, cultural, economic, and natural environments and services, government institutions, and the well-being of affected individuals. Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to direct: (1) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure the preparedness of federal agencies to respond to and support recovery from a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster by specified means; and (2) the head of each federal agency with major responsibilities under the National Response Framework or the National Disaster Recovery Framework to designate a senior official to ensure that the agency is prepared to execute response and recovery responsibilities and to coordinate response and recovery activities with the Administrator. Amends the Stafford Act to authorize the President to declare a catastrophic disaster if: (1) a catastrophic incident has occurred; (2) the President has declared a major disaster relating to that incident in a state; (3) the state has requested that the President declare a catastrophic disaster; (4) an independent panel of experts has issued a recommendation to the President concerning whether a catastrophic disaster should be declared; and (5) the total estimated amount of federal assistance to support response, recovery, and mitigation costs related to the catastrophic incident exceeds $1 billion. Requires the President, immediately following the declaration of such a disaster, to establish a Commission to facilitate and support state and local governments in achieving an efficient, effective, and expeditious recovery. Directs the President to: (1) develop a catalog of federal disaster assistance, (2) establish procedures to monitor disaster recovery indicators after a catastrophic disaster, and (3) increase by 10% the federal share of assistance under the Stafford Act if, at the time of a declaration of a major disaster, a state or local government has in effect an approved recovery plan. Makes various changes to the Stafford Act, including adding the provision of rescue, care, shelter, and essential needs to children and to individuals with disabilities or other special needs to provisions regarding essential assistance. Authorizes the President to: (1) extend the period during which emergency shelter is provided upon determining that timely transition into housing assistance is not practicable or that an extension is necessary to meet housing needs after the major disaster; (2) reimburse a state or local government for costs relating to pay and benefits for its permanent employees conducting emergency protective measures; (3) provide temporary housing for volunteers under specified circumstances; and (4) establish streamlined procedures, including for consideration of multiple structures as a group and for an analysis of the environmental impacts, historical impacts, cost-effectiveness, and fulfillment of cost-share requirements for proposed hazard mitigation measures. Directs the President to increase the federal share of assistance to a state by 10% with respect to the major disaster if the state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. Prohibits the President from denying assistance to an individual or household because a member of the predisaster household has already received assistance if the individual or household is a victim of domestic violence. Extends the period for appeals of assistance decisions. Requires the President to direct the FEMA Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to establish a single comprehensive disaster case management system to facilitate rapid access by survivors of a major disaster to resources and services. Directs the President to: (1) establish rules and regulations under which an applicant may request the use of alternative dispute resolution to resolve disputes relating to eligible assistance, (2) issue guidance for the administration and use of catastrophic disaster recovery grants, and (3) eliminate regulations that are no longer relevant and simplify and expedite disaster recovery and assistance for a catastrophic disaster. Amends Stafford Act provisions regarding contributions to personnel and administrative expenses to require the FEMA Administrator, in approving standards for state and local emergency preparedness operational plans, to ensure that such plans take into account the needs of children and individuals with disabilities or other special needs. Amends HSA to: (1) require each state, local, or tribal government to integrate into mass evacuation plans evacuation plans for schools and child care centers; and (2) establish within FEMA a Disaster Reserve Workforce to supplement the work of permanent full-time FEMA employees.",2023-01-11T13:22:15Z,
112-hr-3005,112,hr,3005,Helping Devastated Farmers Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-09-21,2011-09-21,"Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-21]",NY,D,T000469,6,"Helping Devastated Farmers Act of 2011 - Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for FY2011 for expenses resulting from any event occurring in 2011 that is designated as a major disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act for: (1) the Farm Service Agency's Emergency Conservation Program, and (2) the Natural Resources Conservation Service's Emergency Watershed Protection Program.  Designates each amount made available by this Act as emergency spending.",2023-01-11T13:22:22Z,
112-hr-2919,112,hr,2919,Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-09-14,2012-12-20,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.",House,"Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6]",AL,R,B000013,8,Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from requiring an educational institution (elementary or secondary school that is provided FEMA assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) to reimburse FEMA for the market value of a covered temporary tornado shelter facility (a structure designed to protect children from a tornado that is constructed or acquired with federal financial assistance).,2023-01-11T13:22:24Z,
112-hr-2903,112,hr,2903,FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2011-09-13,2012-09-20,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-19]",CA,R,D000612,2,"FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Title I: Reauthorization of FEMA and Modernization of Integrated Public Alert and Warning System - (Sec. 101) Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to authorize appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for FY2012-FY2014 for salaries and expenses. (Sec. 102) Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of FEMA to modernize and implement the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States to ensure that the President is able, under all conditions, to alert governmental authorities and the civilian population in areas endangered by disasters, including by: (1) establishing common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for such system; (2) including in such system the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, or personal user preferences and to alert individuals with disabilities and individuals with access and functional needs; (3) ensuring that training, tests, and exercises are conducted for such system; (4) establishing and integrating into the National Incident Management System a comprehensive and periodic training program to instruct and educate federal, state, tribal, and local government officials in the use of the Common Alerting Protocol enabled Emergency Alert System; (5) conducting nationwide tests of the system at least every three years; and (6) ensuring that the system is resilient, secure, and can withstand acts of terrorism and other external attacks. Requires the system to: (1) incorporate multiple communications technologies, (2) be designed to incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public to provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible and to improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts, (3) promote local and regional partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response, (4) provide redundant alert mechanisms, and (5) protect individual privacy. Directs the Administrator to submit to specified congressional committees a detailed plan to implement the system, including a timeline, a spending plan, and recommendations for any additional authority necessary.  Directs the FEMA Administrator to establish the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Advisory Committee to develop recommendations for the system. Title II: Stafford Act and Other Programs - (Sec. 201) Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act) to direct the Administrator to: (1) continue to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, (2) provide for a national network of standardized search and rescue resources to assist states and local governments in responding to hazards, (3) designate task forces to participate in the System, (4) enter into an agreement with the state or local government sponsoring a task force (sponsoring agency) with respect to participation, and (5) maintain such management and other technical teams as necessary to administer the System.  Authorizes the Administrator to appoint a System member for a period of federal service to participate in sponsored or sanctioned exercises, pre incident staging, major disaster and emergency response activities, and training events.  Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish and maintain an advisory committee to provide expert recommendations to assist the Administrator in administering the System; (2) enter into an annual preparedness cooperative agreement with each sponsoring agency for training and exercises, equipment acquisition and maintenance, and medical monitoring required for responder safety and health; and (3) enter into response cooperative agreements under which the Administrator agrees to reimburse sponsoring agencies for costs incurred in responding to a major disaster or emergency. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the System for FY2012-FY2014. (Sec. 202) Amends the Stafford Act to authorize the Administrator to make grants to provide for implementation of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Makes states and the Administrator of the Compact eligible to receive such grants. Requires grants to be used to: (1) carry out recommendations identified in the Compact after-action reports for the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons; (2) administer Compact operations on behalf of states that have enacted it; (3) continue coordination with FEMA, appropriate federal agencies, states and local governments, and their respective national organizations; and (4) assist with credentialing emergency response providers and the typing of emergency response resources. Requires the FEMA Administrator to consult with the Compact Administrator to ensure effective coordination of efforts in responding to requests for assistance. Authorizes appropriations for Compact grants for FY2012-FY2014.  (Sec. 203) Amends the Stafford Act to authorize the President to transfer excess materials, supplies, or equipment acquired for response or recovery efforts in connection with a major disaster or emergency to a state, local government, or relief or disaster assistance organization for the purpose of assisting: (1) disaster survivors in other major disasters and emergencies; and (2) survivors in incidents caused by a hazard that do not result in a declaration of a major disaster or emergency if the governor of the affected state certifies that there is an urgent need for the materials, supplies, or equipment, and that the state is unable to provide such items in a timely manner. (Sec. 204) Directs the FEMA Administrator to: (1) determine the number of temporary housing units that FEMA needs to maintain in stock to respond appropriately to emergencies or major disasters; (2) establish a plan and guidelines for storing such number of units and for selling, transferring, donating, or otherwise disposing of units in FEMA's inventory in excess of such number; (3) report on actions taken to implement the plan and guidelines; and (4) update the plan as necessary to ensure that the Administrator maintains in FEMA's inventory only the units needed. Authorizes the Administrator to transfer or donate, on a priority basis, excess temporary housing units to states that agree to: (1) use the units to provide temporary housing to survivors of incidents that are caused by hazard, (2) pay to store and maintain the units, (3) make the units available to the President or use the units to provide housing directly to survivors in the event of a major disaster or emergency declared for the state by the President, (4) comply with nondiscrimination provisions, and (5) maintain hazard and flood insurance on the units.  (Sec. 205) Authorizes the sale, transfer, or donation of such units directly to a state or other governmental entity or to a voluntary organization for the sole purpose of providing temporary housing to disaster victims in disasters and incidents caused by a hazard that does not result in a declaration of a major disaster or emergency if the recipient agrees to comply with nondiscrimination provisions and to obtain and maintain hazard and flood insurance for the units. (Sec. 206) Directs the President, within 180 days of this Act's enactment, to establish criteria required under the Stafford Act for the approval of an application submitted by a state for the delegation of the authority to administer the hazard mitigation grant program. (Sec. 207) Directs the Administrator: (1) within 180 days of this Act's enactment, to review regulations and policies relating to federal disaster assistance to eliminate regulations that are no longer relevant, harmonize contradictory regulations, and simplify and expedite disaster recovery and assistance; (2) within 1 year of enactment, to report to specified congressional committees on changes made to regulations as a result of such review, together with any legislative recommendations; and (3) to revise regulations related to the submission of State Hazard Mitigation Plans to extend the hazard mitigation planning cycle to every 5 years, consistent with local planning cycles. (Sec. 208) Requires a decision regarding an appeal of a major disaster assistance decision to be rendered within 60 (currently, 90) days after the federal official designated to administer such appeal receives notice of such appeal. Requires the official to provide to the applicant a written explanation of any failure to meet such deadline. Directs the Administrator to transmit to specified committees a quarterly report on such failures. (Sec. 209) Directs the Administrator to issue and begin to implement regulations required under the Stafford Act to provide for cost estimation procedures that expedite recovery and to reduce the costs and time for completion of recovery projects through the creation of financial and performance incentives. (Sec. 210) Authorizes the chief executive of an affected Indian tribal government to submit a request for a major disaster or emergency declaration by the President under the Stafford Act. Authorizes the President, in providing assistance to such a government, to waive or adjust any payment of a non-federal contribution with respect to the assistance if the President: (1) has the authority to waive or adjust the payment under another provision under the Act, and (2) determines that the waiver or adjustment is necessary and appropriate.  (Sec. 211) Directs the Administrator, in cooperation with representatives of state, tribal, and local emergency management agencies, to review, update, and revise through rulemaking the factors considered when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster. (Sec. 212) Directs the Administrator, in coordination with states, tribal and local governments, and owners or operators of private nonprofit facilities, to establish and conduct a pilot program to: (1) reduce the costs to government of providing assistance to such states, governments, and owners or operators for the repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of a facility damaged or destroyed by a major disaster; (2) increase flexibility in the administration of such assistance; and (3) expedite such assistance. Requires the Administrator to establish new procedures to administer such assistance, which shall include: (1) making grants on the basis of estimates agreed to by the requesting entity and the Administrator to provide financial incentives and disincentives for the timely and cost-effective completion of projects; (2) providing an option for the requesting entity to elect to receive an in-lieu contribution, without reduction, on the basis of estimates of the cost of repair, restoration, reconstruction, or replacement of the facility and management expenses; (3) consolidating facilities as a single project based upon the estimates established under the pilot procedures; and (4) allowing the Administrator, if the actual costs of a project completed under the pilot procedures are less than the estimated costs, to permit a grantee or sub grantee to use all or part of the excess funds for cost-effective activities that reduce the risk of future damage, hardship, or suffering from a major disaster.  Permits the Administrator to waive such regulations or rules applicable to the repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities under the Stafford Act as the Administrator determines are necessary to carry out such pilot program. Directs the Administrator to report to specified committees by October 31, 2015, regarding the effectiveness of the pilot program. Prohibits the Administrator from approving a project under the pilot program after December 31, 2014. (Sec. 213) Directs the Administrator to establish new procedures to administer assistance under the Stafford Act for removal of debris and wreckage resulting from a major disaster or emergency, which may include: (1) making grants on the basis of fixed estimates to provide financial incentives and disincentives for the timely or cost effective completion of removal projects if the state, tribal, or local government or facility owner or operatoragrees to be responsible to pay for any actual costs that exceed the estimate; (2) using a sliding scale for the federal share based on the time it takes to complete removal; (3) allowing utilization of program income from recycled debris without offset to the grant amount; (4) reimbursing base and overtime wages for employees and extra hires performing removal; and (5) authorizing the Administrator, if the actual costs of projects are less than the estimated costs, to permit a grantee or subgrantee to use all or part of the excess funds for purposes of debris management planning, acquisition of debris management equipment for current or future use, and other activities to improve future debris removal operations. (Sec. 214) Authorizes the Administrator to use amounts authorized under the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 for FEMA administration and operations for reviews, reports, and studies included in this Act. (Sec. 215) Reduces the FY2012 authorization of appropriations for Emergency Management Performance Grants under the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act. (Sec. 217) Dam Safety Act of 2012 - Authorizes appropriations for the National Dam Safety Program for FY2012-FY2015. Requires the head of a federal agency, on request, to provide a state dam safety agency with information on the condition and provision for emergency operations of any dam the failure of which would affect the state. Includes as an objective of the Program the development and implementation of a comprehensive dam safety hazard education and public awareness program to assist the public in preparing for, mitigating against, responding to, and recovering from dam incidents. Changes the limit on the amount allocated to a state under the Program from 50% of the reasonable cost of implementing the state's dam safety program to the amount of funds committed by the state to implement dam safety program activities.",2023-01-11T13:22:25Z,
112-hr-2904,112,hr,2904,Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-09-13,2011-09-14,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-19]",CA,R,D000612,3,"Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2011 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to modernize and implement the integrated U.S. public alert and warning system to ensure that the President can alert governmental authorities and the civilian population in areas endangered by disasters. Directs the Administrator, consistent with the final recommendations of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Advisory Committee (established by this Act), to: (1) establish common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for such system; (2) include in such system the capability to adapt the distribution and content of communications on the basis of geographic location, risks, or personal user preferences and to alert individuals with disabilities or limited English proficiency; and (3) ensure that training, tests, and exercises are conducted for such system. Requires the system to: (1) incorporate multiple communications technologies; (2) be designed to incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public, to provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible, including nonresident visitors and tourists, and to improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; (3) promote local and regional partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response; and (4) provide redundant alert mechanisms.",2023-01-11T13:22:25Z,
112-hr-2907,112,hr,2907,Guaranteeing Airport Physical Screening Standards Act,Emergency Management,2011-09-13,2011-09-27,Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security.,House,"Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]",NY,D,L000480,0,"Guaranteeing Airport Physical Screening Standards Act - Directs the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration [TSA]) to: (1) issue regulations, directives, or other appropriate measures to implement requirements directing airport perimeter screening of all individuals, goods, property, vehicles, and other equipment before entry into a secured airport area; and (2) set a schedule for requiring airports to update their airport security plans to comply with such perimeter screening requirements. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to hire the necessary number of passenger and baggage screeners to ensure aviation security.",2023-01-11T13:22:25Z,
112-hr-2890,112,hr,2890,To expand homeland security at public water systems and treatment works by allowing the Secretary of Homeland Security to include these facilities in the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program.,Emergency Management,2011-09-12,2011-09-20,Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.,House,"Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13]",MI,D,C001085,0,"Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to repeal provisions prohibiting the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) from applying regulations establishing risk-based performance standards for the security of chemical facilities and requiring vulnerability assessments and the development and implementation of site security plans to public water systems or treatment works. Directs the President to delegate to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to apply such regulations to such systems and works. Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance regarding compliance with such regulations to any facility or works operator.",2023-01-11T13:22:25Z,
112-hr-2894,112,hr,2894,Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act,Emergency Management,2011-09-12,2011-09-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.,House,"Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18]",NY,D,L000480,0,"Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to award up to 100 grants for task forces (two or more fire services that collectively consist of at least 50 firefighting personnel, operating under a cooperative agreement to coordinate incident response) each fiscal year for: (1) salary and benefits to hire firefighting personnel, (2) training, (3) equipment or support systems, (4) communications between task force members and a local police department or hospital or with any other appropriate governmental or private sector entity, and (5) compatibility and interoperability of training and equipment.Requires the Administrator to give priority to task forces serving geographic areas that have a high population density or that are located within 50 miles of: (1) a nuclear power facility; (2) a large facility that produces, treats, or refines chemicals or petroleum products; (3) a business district of national significance; or (4) a location with one or more critical infrastructures.Requires grantees to obtain non-federal matching funds of at least 55% of the amount awarded by the Administrator for each fiscal year.",2023-01-11T13:22:25Z,
112-hr-2849,112,hr,2849,Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act,Emergency Management,2011-09-07,2011-09-08,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,7,"Disability Integration and Coordination Improvement Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) establish an Office of Disability Integration and Coordination; (2) use such Office to implement strategies and activities in support of the responsibilities of the Disability Coordinator, who shall serve as the head of the Office; and (3) establish specific, measurable, achievable, and relevant performance measures for the Office, including to ensure the integration of people with disabilities into emergency, preparedness, protection, mitigation, evacuation, sheltering, transition, resiliency, and recovery plans.",2023-01-11T13:22:26Z,
112-hr-2850,112,hr,2850,Communication and Alert Maintenance Program for Early Response Act,Emergency Management,2011-09-07,2011-09-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37]",CA,D,R000581,1,"Communication and Alert Maintenance Program for Early Response Act or CAMPER Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) provide technical assistance to a state or local government to develop and implement an emergency notification system to warn persons using public recreational lands administered by such government of emergency situations, and (2) make grants to state and local governments to procure and install such systems.  Limits a grant to $100,000. Requires a recipient to match not less than 5% of the federal funds provided. Authorizes the Secretary to establish conditions under which the cost-sharing requirement may be reduced or waived. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees, for each fiscal year such assistance is provided, regarding: (1) the state of preparedness of state park and recreation departments to provide adequate emergency notification, and (2) recommendations for appropriate additional legislative action.",2023-01-11T13:22:26Z,
112-hr-2764,112,hr,2764,WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2011-08-01,2012-06-04,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,House,"Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]",PA,R,M001181,5,"WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2012 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and their plans to conduct attacks involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials against the nation and of global biological threats, including global infectious disease, public health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues, through activities such as engagement of international partners; (2) support homeland security-focused risk analysis and risk assessments of such homeland security hazards by providing relevant quantitative and nonquantitative threat information; (3) leverage homeland security intelligence capabilities and structures to enhance prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts with respect to a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear attack; and (4) share information and provide tailored analytical support on these threats to state, local, and tribal authorities as well as other national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders. Requires the Office to coordinate with other DHS components, the Intelligence Community, and federal, state, local, and tribal authorities where appropriate and enable such entities to provide recommendations on optimal information sharing mechanisms and on how they can provide information to DHS.Directs the Secretary of DHS to report annually on: (1) intelligence and information sharing activities to counter the threat from weapons of mass destruction, and (2) DHS's activities in accordance with relevant intelligence strategies.Requires the Secretary to ensure that homeland security information analyzed by DHS concerning terrorist threats is provided to state, local, and private entities and the public.",2023-01-11T13:22:33Z,
112-hr-2658,112,hr,2658,Federal Protective Service Reform and Enhancement Act,Emergency Management,2011-07-26,2011-07-28,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .,House,"Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]",CA,R,L000517,0,"Federal Protective Service Reform and Enhancement Act - Revises provisions governing the Federal Protective Service (FPS) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (currently, FPS is a component of of the National Protection and Programs Directorate of DHS). Declares FPS's mission to be to secure all facilities and surrounding federal property under its protection and to safeguard all occupants.  Requires the Director of FPS to: (1) report to the Under Secretary responsible for critical infrastructure; (2) establish a training program for all FPS employees and security guards hired by contract; (3) ensure effective coordination and liaison with other law enforcement agencies regarding threats to FPS-protected facilities; (4) conduct a security risk assessment for each such facility; (5) inspect and patrol such facilities for the purpose of detecting terrorist or criminal activity and determining compliance with federal security standards; (6) ensure that each facility has and carries out adequate plans for emergency situations; (7) ensure the effective operation of security countermeasures for such facilities; and (8) ensure that background investigations are conducted for contract guards and building service contractors. Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) ensure that security personnel are provided training in terrorism prevention, (2) report annually with estimates of FPS staffing needs for the next five-year period, and (3) submit a five-year budget outlook and strategic plan for FPS. Directs the Under Secretary to: (1) manage risk by utilizing and maintaining a risk assessment tool and centralized database in order to conduct facility security risk assessments, track contract guard posts, and validate contract guard certifications; and (2) issue and implement a list of items, including component parts, that are prohibited from being brought into facilities protected by FPS unless an exemption is granted. Requires the Director to: (1) establish minimum training and annual certification requirements for all FPS contract guards; (2) establish a program to periodically assess such training and the security of FPS-protected facilities; and (3) publish a list of qualified vendors and qualified products that would promote common standards of deployment of personnel and technology, procedures and requirements for the proper administration of such list, and best practices for utilizing such products. Gives the Secretary, acting through FPS, primary authority in the executive branch for implementing counterterrorism and homeland security functions to secure any building and all federal property located in or on a facility that is owned, occupied, or secured by any component of the federal government. Directs the Secretary to submit: (1) a strategy for more effectively managing the contract guard program; (2) a coordinated strategy for cooperation between the Under Secretary responsible for critical infrastructure protection and the Under Secretary for Science and Technology regarding research, development, and deployment of security technology conducted by the Transportation Security Laboratory; and (3) a report on retention rates within the FPS contract guard workforce.",2023-01-11T13:22:42Z,
112-s-1418,112,s,1418,Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-07-26,2011-07-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR]",AR,D,P000590,1,"Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act of 2011 - Amends the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 to authorize the use of Emergency Management Assistance Compact grants to: (1) educate emergency response providers by offering training materials and courses relating to the Compact; (2) conduct exercises regarding deployments under the Compact and related procedures; (3) establish a system for tracking resources deployed under the Compact; and (4) conduct after-action assessments, prepare reports, and carry out recommendations in response to large-scale activations, as determined appropriate by Compact administrators. Authorizes appropriations for Compact grants for FY2012-FY2016.",2023-01-11T13:22:36Z,
112-hr-2623,112,hr,2623,9/11 Commission Review Act,Emergency Management,2011-07-22,2011-07-22,Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.,House,"Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-3]",NY,R,K000210,1,"9/11 Commission Review Act - Establishes in the legislative branch a National Commission to Review the National Response Since the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.  Directs the Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of the implementation of the recommendations proposed in the report issued by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) and to: (1) assess the progress and challenges in carrying out such recommendations; (2) analyze the trends of domestic terror attacks since the attacks of September 11, 2001, including the growing influence of domestic radicalization and how federal, state, and local agencies can deter and mitigate it; (3) investigate whether there is evidence of any conduct, relationships, or other factors which served to contribute to, facilitate, support, or assist the hijackers who carried out the attacks that was not considered by the 9/11 Commission; and (4) provide additional recommendations with regard to U.S. homeland security protection, interagency intelligence sharing, and counterterrorism policy.",2023-01-11T13:22:43Z,
112-s-1349,112,s,1349,A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to clarify the effective date of policies covering properties affected by floods in progress.,Emergency Management,2011-07-12,2011-07-12,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.",Senate,"Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]",NE,R,J000291,7,"Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to state that, if a flood has commenced or is in progress before expiration of the 30-day waiting period before a new or modified flood insurance policy becomes effective, the insurance coverage shall take effect upon the expiration of such 30-day period. Allows coverage for damage occurring after expiration of the waiting period, however, only if the property has not suffered damage or loss as a result of such flood before the waiting period expires.",2023-01-11T13:22:38Z,
112-hr-2463,112,hr,2463,Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-07-08,2011-07-13,Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .,House,"Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4]",TX,R,H000067,13,"Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2011 - Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that any federal government interagency or intra-agency agreement entered into by the Under Secretary to develop and transition new technology explicitly characterizes the requirements, expected use, and concept of operations for that technology. Changes the termination date for DHS's Homeland Security Science and Technology Advisory Committee to December 31, 2014.Directs the Comptroller General to assess the basic science research needs in the border and maritime security domain.Requires: (1) the Secretary of DHS and the Director of the Joint Planning and Development Office to continue to research and develop technologies to permit routine operation of unmanned aerial vehicles, including autonomously piloted drones, within the national airspace for border and maritime security missions without any degradation of existing levels of safety for all national airspace system users; (2) the Secretary to coordinate with the Director to enter into pilot projects in designated test ranges in sparsely populated, low-density air traffic airspace to conduct research, experiments, and data collection in order to accelerate the safe integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system as part of that Office's research activities; (3) the Under Secretary to continue to research and develop technologies to permit detection of near surface voids, such as tunnels, with an emphasis on technologies with real time capability; and (4) the Secretary to coordinate with other federal agencies and ensure the integration of such activities with relevant efforts of such other agencies and DHS's Centers of Excellence Program.Directs the Under Secretary, in coordination with: (1) the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to continue a joint research and development program on anti-counterfeit technologies and standards; and (2) the Commissioner of United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), to continue research on the use of mobile biometric technology at the nation's borders between the ports of entry.",2023-01-11T13:22:47Z,
112-hr-2455,112,hr,2455,Humanitarian Aid for Americans Act,Emergency Management,2011-07-07,2011-07-07,"Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]",LA,D,R000588,0,"Humanitarian Aid for Americans Act - Prohibits any appropriation during calendar year 2011 or 2012 for disaster assistance from being: (1) counted for any budgetary purpose of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 or of any rule of either chamber, or (2) required to be accompanied by any budgetary offset.",2023-01-11T13:22:48Z,
112-sres-229,112,sres,229,A resolution recognizing the heroic efforts of firefighters to contain numerous wildfires that have affected thousands of people throughout the United States.,Emergency Management,2011-07-07,2011-07-07,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4458-4459; text as passed Senate: CR S4458-4459; text of measure as introduced: CR S4455)",Senate,"Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO]",CO,D,U000038,12,"Recognizes the heroic efforts of firefighters to contain wildfires and protect lives, homes, natural resources, and rural economies throughout the United States.  Encourages: (1) people and government officials to express appreciation to those serving in the firefighting services, (2) people and communities to be diligent in preventing and preparing for wildfires, and (3) people to keep in their thoughts those who have experienced loss as a result of wildfire.",2019-02-20T22:48:13Z,
112-s-1284,112,s,1284,A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider reconstruction and improvement of flood protection systems when establishing flood insurance rates.,Emergency Management,2011-06-28,2011-06-28,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4160-4161)",Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,0,"Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to: (1) make communities that reconstruct and improve flood protection systems (in addition to constructing them) eligible for premium flood insurance rates under such Act; and (2) allow entities that own, operate, maintain, or repair flood protection systems (instead of a federal agency) to determine whether a flood protection system is restorable.",2023-01-11T13:22:51Z,
112-s-1282,112,s,1282,National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Enhancement Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-06-27,2011-06-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]",NY,D,S000148,1,National Domestic Preparedness Consortium Enhancement Act of 2011 - Requires the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium to include the SUNY (State University of New York) National Center for Security and Preparedness.,2023-01-11T13:22:52Z,
112-hr-2356,112,hr,2356,WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2012,Emergency Management,2011-06-24,2012-11-30,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 510.",House,"Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8]",NJ,D,P000096,10,"WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2012 - Title I: A National Biodefense Enterprise - (Sec. 101) Requires the President to assign a member of the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense to: (1) serve as the President's principal advisor regarding coordination of federal biodefense policy; (2) identify inefficiencies in existing biodefense activities and the actions necessary to overcome them; (3) lead the development of a coordinated National Biodefense Plan, a coordinated National Biosurveillance Strategy, and a coordinated national research and development strategy and implementation plan for microbial forensics; (4) oversee, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the development of a comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense budget analysis to inform prioritization of resources and ensure that biodefense challenges are adequately addressed; and (5) conduct ongoing oversight and evaluation of implementation of federal biodefense activities by relevant government agencies. (Sec. 102) Directs the Special Assistant to submit to the President and update as necessary a National Biodefense Plan that: (1) defines the scope and purpose of a national biodefense capability; (2) identifies biological risks to the nation and activities and tasks to be performed to address them; (3) defines organizational roles, responsibilities, and coordination of federal, state, local, and tribal authorities with respect to such activities and tasks; (4) defines research and development needs for improving the capacity for threat awareness and prevention, protection, response, and recovery; (5) identifies biodefense assets, interdependencies, and capability gaps; (6) provides goals and performance measures; (7) identifies resource and investment needs; (8) integrates and supports the strategies outlined in Presidential Policy Directives 2 and 8 and Homeland Security Presidential Directives 5, 9, 10, 18, and 21, the National Biosurveillance Strategy, and the National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy; (9) is consistent with the National Response Framework; (10) incorporates input from federal, state, local, and tribal stakeholders; and (11) provides planning guidance to biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders. (Sec. 103) Directs the Special Assistant to publish and update every four years a National Biosurveillance Strategy that: (1) identifies the purpose and scope of a nationally integrated biosurveillance capability; (2) establishes objectives and performance measures to guide the development of such capability; (3) defines and prioritizes costs, benefits, and resource and investment needs, with particular attention to leveraging existing resources; (4) delineates federal, state, local, tribal, and private roles and responsibilities; and (5) describes how the Strategy is integrated with related national strategies. Requires the Special Assistant to publish an implementation plan for such Strategy that includes a plan for: (1) advancing situational awareness of biological threats; (2) fostering information sharing among national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders to identify potential threats, reduce vulnerabilities, and improve collective response to and investigations of suspected biological attacks; and (3) enhancing the capability of the federal government to rapidly identify, characterize, localize, and track a biological event of national concern by integrating and analyzing data relating to human health, animal, plant, food, and environmental monitoring systems. (Sec. 104) Requires the Special Assistant, in coordination with the Director of OMB, to transmit to specified congressional committees, concurrent with the submission of the President's annual budget to Congress, a comprehensive cross-cutting biodefense budget analysis that delineates and integrates the biodefense expenditure requests for the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense (DOD), Energy (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security, Justice, State, and Veterans Affairs (VA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Title II: Intelligence Matters - (Sec. 201) Requires the DNI to develop and implement: (1) a National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction that is designed to improve U.S. capabilities to collect, analyze, and disseminate intelligence related to weapons of mass destruction (WMD); and (2) a plan to implement such Strategy. Requires such Strategy to: (1) identify and address core capabilities needed for successful intelligence collection on WMD; (2) include methods for the recruitment, training, and retention of a workforce with expertise in the collection, analysis, and dissemination of intelligence related to all types of WMD and science and technology related to WMD, as well as expertise in science and technology relating to risks posed by WMD; and (3) include methods for information sharing and collaboration with non-federal national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders. Requires the implementation plan to include: (1) actions necessary to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the sharing of intelligence on WMD throughout the Intelligence Community and with other federal partners; (2) methods to disseminate intelligence products to national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders in classified and unclassified formats to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of information sharing; and (3) actions necessary to provide open-source intelligence relating to WMD to appropriate federal agencies, state, local, and tribal authorities, and private entities. (Sec. 202) Requires the DNI to develop and implement: (1) a National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats that is integrated into the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction, and (2) a plan for implementing such Strategy. Requires such Strategy to: (1) identify and address target capabilities needed for successful intelligence collection on biological threats; (2) include a plan for establishing in the Intelligence Community a cadre of collectors and analysts that are familiar with biological threats, biological science, and biotechnology; (3) include a plan for defining the functions, capabilities, and gaps in that Community's workforce with respect to assessing the biological threat; (4) include methods for collaboration with non-Intelligence Community technical experts within and outside of the federal government, in particular with state and local biodefense stakeholders; (5) include a plan for defining, integrating, focusing, and enhancing existing capabilities in the Intelligence Community dedicated to current and strategic biological threats; and (6) include a plan for ensuring the prioritization and sustained commitment of intelligence personnel and resources to address biological threats. Requires the implementation plan to: (1) include actions necessary to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the sharing of intelligence through the Intelligence Community on biological weapons and organisms that could be used for biological terrorism; (2) address strategic and tactical human intelligence, measurement and signature intelligence, technical intelligence, medical intelligence, and open-source intelligence activities necessary to implement the Strategy; and (3) include a schedule for regularly evaluating the efforts of the Intelligence Community and progress on understanding and countering biological threats. Title III: Homeland Security Matters - (Sec. 301) Amends the HSA to require DHS's Office of Intelligence and Analysis to: (1) conduct intelligence and information sharing activities consistent with the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction under the WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2012 and the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats; (2) support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of terrorist actors, their claims, and their plans to conduct attacks against the nation involving chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear materials; (3) support homeland security-focused intelligence analysis of global infectious disease, public health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; (4) support homeland security-focused risk analysis and risk assessments of such hazards by providing relevant quantitative and non-quantitative threat information; (5) leverage existing and emerging homeland security capabilities and structures, including fusion centers, to enhance prevention, protection, response, and recovery efforts with respect to a terrorist attack; (6) share information and provide tailored analytical support on such threats to state, local, and tribal authorities, as well as other national biosecurity and biodefense stakeholders; and (7) coordinate with other relevant DHS components, others in the Intelligence Community, and federal, state, local, and tribal authorities on optimal information sharing mechanisms. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the intelligence and information sharing activities described above and of all relevant entities within DHS to counter the threat from WMD, and (2) DHS's activities in accordance with relevant intelligence strategies. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, in coordination with relevant DHS components and other appropriate federal agencies, to produce and periodically update: (1) a terrorism risk assessment of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats; and (2) an integrated terrorism risk assessment that assesses all of those threats and compares their relative risks. Directs the Secretary to: (1) convene an interagency task force of relevant subject matter experts to assess and provide recommendations on the adequacy of proposed methodology to be used for such assessments; (2) conduct sensitivity analysis on each assessment to identify and prioritize research activities to close knowledge gaps; (3) consider the evolving threat from an intelligent adversary; (4) share the risk assessments with federal, state, local, and tribal officials with appropriate security clearances and a need for the information in the classified version; and (5) make available an unclassified version for federal, state, local, and tribal officials involved in prevention and preparedness for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events. Requires the Export Enforcement Coordination Center to be maintained in DHS, with capability for coordinating the export enforcement activities among specified federal departments, the Intelligence Community, and appropriate agencies. Directs the Center to: (1) enhance federal coordination for law enforcement counter proliferation investigations; (2) address licensing inquiries, reviews, requests, checks, and verifications; and (3) conduct outreach and provide training to the export trade community. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) develop a communications plan designed to provide information to the public related to preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear attacks; and (2) develop and disseminate, through an alerts and warnings system, pre-scripted messages and message templates for state, local, and tribal authorities to quickly disseminate critical information to the public in anticipation of, during, or in the immediate aftermath of such an attack, to be included in DHS's lessons learned information sharing system. Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the Attorney General and heads of appropriate federal agencies, to: (1) ensure that homeland security information concerning terrorist threats is provided to state, local, and tribal authorities and the public; and (2) establish a process to optimize opportunities for qualified heads of state, local, and tribal government entities to obtain security clearances so that they may receive classified threat information. Directs the Secretary, on a timely basis, to prepare unclassified threat bulletins that include guidance to the public for preventing and responding to acts of terrorism arising from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats, which shall be made available on the Internet website of DHS and other publicly accessible Internet websites, communication systems, and information networks. Directs the Secretary, using information provided by the terrorism risk assessments and material threat assessments and determinations under the Project BioShield Act of 2004, to: (1) provide to state, local, and trial authorities written guidance on communicating terrorism-related threats and risks to the public; and (2) articulate the governmental rationale for identifying particular communities as being at heightened risk of exploitation. Directs the Secretary, acting through the FEMA Administrator, to assist state, local, and tribal authorities in improving and promoting individual and community preparedness and collective response to terrorist attacks by: (1) developing and disseminating guidance and checklists of recommended actions for individual and community prevention and preparedness efforts, (2) providing information and training materials in support of individual and community preparedness efforts, and (3) conducting individual and community preparedness outreach efforts. Directs the Secretary to carry out a program to detect a biological attack or event that poses a high risk to homeland security, including by: (1) deploying detection capabilities to high risk areas to indicate the presence of biological agents; (2) considering multiple deployment strategies, including surge capability; (3) providing information to participating laboratories and programs for use in monitoring public health, and biological material or other data from those detectors to participating laboratories and programs for testing and evaluation; (4) regularly communicating with, and providing information about the presence of biological agents to, federal, state, and local agencies responsible for public health, law enforcement, and emergency services in a manner that ensures transparency; (5) providing advanced planning tools, concepts of operations, standard operating procedures, and training exercises for collective response to and recovery from biological attacks; and (6) providing technical assistance to jurisdictions hosting the program to improve their ability to respond to a detected pathogen. Directs the Secretary: (1) to require the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to assess whether the development of technological screening capabilities for biological agents, pandemic influenza, and other infectious diseases should be undertaken by the Directorate of Science and Technology to support entry and exit screening at ports of entry and for other homeland security purposes; and (2) if the Under Secretary's determination is affirmative, to initiate development of safe and effective methods to rapidly screen incoming persons at ports of entry. Authorizes the Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to carry out a program to: (1) establish near-term minimum performance metrics to support public safety actionable activities to evaluate the effectiveness of detection technology for high-priority biological agents and toxins and high-priority chemical agents; (2) establish a process for voluntary testing and evaluation of technology by an accredited laboratory to demonstrate conformance to consensus standards, or performance metrics if standards do not exist, for the effective detection of high-priority biological agents and toxins and high-priority chemical agents; and (3) make available to federal agencies, state, territorial, local, and tribal entities, and the private sector, with permission from the detection technology manufacturer, the results of detection system testing and evaluation. Requires the Director of the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to: (1) establish and maintain a multilayered system of detection technologies, programs, and guidelines designed to enhance the nation's ability to detect and prevent a radiological or nuclear attack in high-risk U.S. cities; and (2) develop a surge capability for radiological and nuclear detection systems that can be deployed within the United States rapidly in response to actionable intelligence or warnings. Requires such programs to be integrated into the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture and inform architecture studies, technology gaps, and research activities of the Office. Directs the Secretary: (1) to develop for police, fire, emergency medical services, emergency management, and medical and public health personnel voluntary guidance for responding to a release of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear material; (2) to make such guidance available to state, local, and tribal authorities, including primary and secondary schools and other educational institutions, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and the public; and (3) in developing the guidance, to review the experiences of other countries and the expertise of academic institutions and nongovernmental organizations and to consider the unique needs of children and other vulnerable populations. Directs the Secretary to: (1) acquire, use, and disseminate the best available integrated plume models (i.e., assessments of the location and prediction of the spread of agents following a chemical, biological, nuclear, or radiological attack or event that integrate protective action guidance) to enable rapid response activities following such an attack or event; and (2) carry out a program for system assessment and validation of emergency response equipment at DHS, to be known as the SAVER Program. Authorizes the Secretary, Attorney General, and heads of other federal agencies, in carrying out functions to counter biological terrorism, to enter into contracts with laboratories that comprise the Laboratory Response Network for Biological Terrorism and other federally networked laboratories for the provision of laboratory testing services. Authorizes in DHS a bioforensics analysis center to provide definitive bioforensics analysis in support of the executive agencies with primary responsibilities for preventing, deterring, responding to, attributing, and recovering from biological attacks. Directs the Secretary to conduct a Metropolitan Medical Response System Program that shall assist state and local governments in preparing for and responding to public health and mass casualty incidents resulting from acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other man-made disasters. Allows a grant under such Program to be used to support the integration of emergency management, health, and medical systems into a coordinated response to mass casualty incidents caused by any hazard. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, in coordination with the Administrator, to conduct tailored risk assessments to inform prioritization of national recovery activities for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear incidents, to be updated as necessary. Directs the Secretary to develop and issue guidance for clean-up and restoration of indoor and outdoor areas, including subways and other mass transportation facilities, that have been exposed to chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials. Directs the Secretary: (1) in consultation with state, local, and tribal authorities and other appropriate federal agencies, to develop exercises to facilitate recovery from a chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident and to foster collective response to terrorism; and (2) to provide lessons learned reports to designated representatives of state, local, and tribal jurisdictions and private sector entities that participate in National Level Exercises of DHS. Directs the FEMA Administrator, the DHS Chief Medical Officer, and the National Metropolitan Medical Response System Working Group to conduct a review of the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program and report the results of the review to specified congressional committees. (Sec. 302) Directs the President to establish the Federal Experts Security Advisory Panel to make technical and substantive recommendations on biological agent and toxin security. Requires the Panel to deliver to the Secretaries of Agriculture, HHS, and DHS recommendations concerning: (1) the designation as highest risk of that subset of biological agents and toxins that presents the greatest risk of deliberate misuse with significant potential for mass casualties or devastating effects to the economy; (2) the development of a set of minimum risk-based prescriptive laboratory security performance standards based on the risk at the lowest level, allowing for enhancements as risk increases; (3) the establishment of appropriate standards and practices to improve vetting and monitoring, and ensure reliability, of personnel with access to highest risk biological agents and toxins at facilities registered under the Public Health Service Act (PHSA); (4) the establishment of appropriate practices for physical security and cyber security for facilities that possess highest risk biological agents or toxins; (5) standards for training of laboratory personnel in security measures; (6) other emerging policy issues relevant to the security of biological agents and toxins; and (7) adequacy of information sharing protocols with biodefense and biosecurity stakeholders. Directs the Secretaries, after the date of receipt of such recommendations, to promulgate rules under the PHSA establishing security standards and procedures that are specific to highest risk biological agents and toxins. Requires the heads of specified government entities to: (1) develop and implement a plan for the coordination of biological agents and toxins security oversight for facilities in which the entity supports biological agent or toxin laboratory activities, that articulates a mechanism for coordinated inspections of and harmonized administrative practices for facilities registered under the PHSA and that ensures consistent and timely identification and resolution of biological agents and toxins security and compliance issues; and (2) coordinate or consolidate laboratory inspections and ensure that such inspections are conducted using a common set of inspection procedures across such entities to minimize the administrative burden on laboratories. Directs the Secretaries of HHS and Agriculture to: (1) develop a process for sharing information pertaining to biological agents and toxins with agencies that support biological agent or toxin laboratory activities; and (2) share relevant information pertaining to biological agents and toxins with each other and with appropriate state, local, and tribal government authorities. (Sec. 304) Expresses the sense of Congress that the field of synthetic biology has the potential to facilitate enormous gains in fundamental discovery, public health, and biotechnological applications, but it also presents inherent dual-use homeland security risks that must be managed. Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology: (1) every two years, to undertake a risk assessment of the dual-use and other risks associated with synthetic biology; and (2) to develop and provide to all agencies that fund life sciences research, guidance on compliance with U.S. laws, arms control agreement, and agency policies for research, development, or acquisition projects in the life sciences. Authorizes the Under Secretary to conduct research into the risks and ways to mitigate such risks of synthetic biology, including: (1) determining the current capability of synthetic nucleic acid providers to effectively differentiate a legitimate customer from a potential terrorist or other malicious actor, and to effectively screen orders for sequences of homeland security concern; and (2) making recommendations regarding screening, software, protocols, and other remaining capability gaps uncovered by such assessment. (Sec. 305) Amends HSA to require the dissemination of information analyzed by DHS to state, local, tribal, and private entities with responsibilities relating to homeland security to assist in preventing, deterring, or responding to acts of terrorism. Title IV: Public Health Matters - (Sec. 401) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) coordination among federal agencies involved in activities relating to researching, developing, and acquiring medical countermeasures still needs improvement; and (2) aggressive action should be taken by HHS, DHS, and the DOD to foster greater coordination with respect to such activities. (Sec. 402) Amends the PHSA to direct the Secretary of HHS, in coordination with the Secretaries of DHS and Agriculture, and other appropriate federal agencies, to develop, implement, and periodically update a National Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Strategy to enhance preparedness and collective response to a terrorist attack on humans or animals with any chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material, that delineates federal, state, and local responsibilities. (Sec. 403) Directs the HHS Secretary, in coordination with the Secretaries of DHS and Agriculture, to: (1) review the adequacy of domestic vaccination and antimicrobial dispensing policy, guidance, and information provided to the public in light of any known terrorist risk of a biological attack or other phenomena that may have serious health consequences for the United States, including wide-scale fatalities or infectious disease outbreaks including those associated with the avian flu; and (2) report to specified congressional committees on the review and any recommendations relating to the availability of domestic vaccine and antimicrobials for disbursing to the public and voluntary immunization by first responders. (Sec. 404) Directs the HHS Secretary to: (1) make available to state, local, and tribal first responders surplus vaccines and antimicrobials, and vaccines and antimicrobials with short shelf lives from the strategic national stockpile of drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, and other supplies; (2) establish any necessary logistical and tracking systems to facilitate making such vaccines and antimicrobials available; and (3) distribute disclosures regarding associated risks to end users. (Sec. 405) Amends the PHSA to require the HHS Secretary, on an ongoing basis, to: (1) establish criteria for the issuance of a material threat determination, and (2) review and reassess determinations of whether agents continue to present a material threat against the U.S. population sufficient to affect national security and homeland security. (Sec. 406) Amends the PHSA to direct the Attorney General, in identifying whether an individual is within a category of individuals reasonably suspected by any federal law enforcement or intelligence agency of knowing involvement with an organization that engages in domestic or international terrorism or with any other organization that engages in intentional crimes of violence, to consult with the DHS Secretary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State. Title V: Foreign Relations Matters - (Sec. 501) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) support efforts of other countries to effectively implement legislation criminalizing the development or use of biological weapons or acts of bioterrorism; (2) engage other countries and international nongovernmental entities to establish common standards for actions relevant to preventing acts of bioterrorism and the illicit use of life sciences; (3) support the efforts of other countries to enhance biosecurity and safety practices at laboratories and other facilities with materials that could be used in biological weapons or in an act of bioterrorism; (4) promote the development and adoption of international guidance for the safety and security of high-risk pathogens and toxins; and (5) promote information sharing relating to threats and best practices between the intelligence community, federal law enforcement, and international law enforcement and security officials. (Sec. 502) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) support efforts in other countries and regions to develop mechanisms and capabilities for reporting to United Nations organizations validated data on biological attacks or other phenomena that may have serious health consequences for the United States; (2) engage other federal and nongovernmental entities and other countries to advance awareness and understanding of the risk posed by information derived from the life sciences that has the potential for misuse to cause harm; (3) advance recommendations on how best to address such risk; (4) engage such entities and countries to promote greater awareness and understanding of the global availability of and access to life science technologies and materials; and (5) promote the development and use of mechanisms for reporting, preserving, and sharing data on federal programs and investments in international scientific, agricultural, medical, and public health collaborations in support of efforts to enhance global biosecurity. (Sec. 503) Directs the Secretary of State to convene and lead an interagency task force to examine: (1) the state of global biopreparedness for a major biological event, (2) necessary components of a global biopreparedness architecture that would advance international health security, (3) best practices for preparedness based on lessons learned from domestic efforts to address such issues and that may be applicable internationally, (4) activities undertaken through the National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats and the International Health Regulations 2005, and (5) the utility of working through existing international forums as a mechanism for distributing this information to the international community. (Sec. 504) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) promote confidence in effective implementation of and compliance with the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction by promoting transparency with respect to legitimate activities and pursuing compliance diplomatically to address concerns; (2) promote universal membership in the Convention; (3) develop an action plan for increasing international adherence to the Convention; and (4) ensure that U.S. participation in Convention meetings is broadly inclusive of representatives of relevant federal departments and agencies.",2022-03-02T16:39:41Z,
112-hr-2330,112,hr,2330,National Flood Research and Education Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-06-23,2011-07-19,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.,House,"Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]",IA,D,L000565,1,"National Flood Research and Education Act of 2011 - Establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) an Office of Flood Research and Policy, headed by a Director. Requires the Director to: (1) establish and oversee a National Flood Research and Education Consortium; (2) make recommendations and identify best practices for predicting, preventing, and minimizing flooding and its effects; (3) establish and maintain a page on the NOAA website; (4) select an institution of higher education to serve as the Lead Partner Institution (LPI) to head the Consortium and additional institutions to participate in the Consortium; and (5) review applications that have been approved by LPI and award grants for demonstration projects to implement such recommendations and best practices or to test techniques, strategies, technologies, methods, tools, and models for predicting, preventing, and minimizing flooding and its effects. Requires each member of the Consortium to conduct research, and develop undergraduate and graduate courses, on flooding, flood prevention, and other flood-related issues.  Directs LPI to: (1) establish a center to plan, coordinate, and facilitate research and information sharing among Consortium members; (2) review and approve grant applications; (3) oversee demonstration projects funded by grant awards; and (4) establish and maintain a website for the Consortium.",2022-02-03T05:53:40Z,
112-hr-2269,112,hr,2269,Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-06-22,2011-06-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]",TX,D,J000126,39,"Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to reauthorize through FY2016 the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program. Modifies the scope of the AFG program, including by permitting the use of grant funds for volunteer, non-fire service emergency medical services organizations and for certifying fire and building inspectors employed by a fire department or serving as a volunteer building inspector with a fire department. Prohibits providing program funds to the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or allied organizations.  Increases: (1) funding for fire prevention and firefighter safety programs, and (2) maximum AFG grant amounts. Lowers matching and maintenance of expenditure requirements and authorizes the Administrator of FEMA to waive or reduce such requirements for applicants facing demonstrated economic hardship. Revises grant allocation requirements to require 25% of grant amounts for a fiscal year to be allocated to each of: (1) career fire departments, (2) volunteer fire departments, and (3) combination fire departments. Requires remaining amounts to be awarded on a competitive basis among such fire departments. Revises grant limits based on jurisdiction populations. Sets forth new limits on awards to state fire training academies. Limits grant amounts used to obtain training to training that complies with applicable national voluntary consensus standards. Amends SAFER program provisions to: (1) limit the period of program grants to three years; (2) require grantees to commit to retaining firefighters hired for the entire grant period, with an economic hardship exception; and (3) limit to 80% the portion of the cost of hiring firefighters for each fiscal year that may be provided under a grant.  Directs the Administrator of FEMA to make grants directly to career, volunteer, and combination fire departments for the purpose of increasing the number of firefighters to help communities meet industry minimum standards and attain 24-hour staffing to provide adequate protection from fire and fire-related hazards and to fulfill traditional missions of fire departments that antedate the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).  Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, in conjunction with the National Fire Protection Association, to conduct and report to Congress on a study to: (1) define the current roles and activities associated with the fire services on a national, state, regional, and local level: (2) identify the equipment, staffing, and training required to fulfill such roles and activities; (3) conduct an assessment to identify gaps between what fire departments currently possess and what they require on a national and state-by-state basis; and (4) measure the impact of the AFG program in meeting the needs and filling the gaps identified.",2019-11-15T21:44:17Z,
112-hr-2265,112,hr,2265,FEMA Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-06-21,2011-06-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.",House,"Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]",LA,D,R000588,1,"FEMA Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 - Directs the President to forgo recoupment of liabilities to the United States relating to assistance provided under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to individuals and households in relation to a major disaster declared by the President between August 28, 2005, and December 31, 2010, if: (1) such assistance was provided based on an error by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and (2) there was no fault on behalf of the recipient with respect to the error, including fraud, presentation of a false claim, or misrepresentation by the recipient or any party having an interest in the claim.  Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to specified congressional committees a report assessing the cost-effectiveness of the efforts of FEMA to recoup erroneous assistance provided for such a major disaster or other catastrophic incident.",2022-02-03T06:03:05Z,
112-hr-2069,112,hr,2069,Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-06-01,2011-06-02,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-21]",FL,R,D000600,42,"Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2011 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to increase the maximum total of contributions for a major disaster by an amount equal to 4% of the estimated aggregate amount of grants to be made under the Act, if at the time of a declaration of a major disaster the affected state has in effect and is actively enforcing an approved state building code. Requires a state, to be eligible for the increased federal share, to submit its state building code to the President for approval.Directs the President to approve a state building code submitted upon determining that it: (1) is consistent with the most recent version of a nationally recognized model building code, (2) has been adopted by the state within six years of the most recent version of the nationally recognized code, and (3) uses the nationally recognized code as a minimum standard.Requires the President, acting through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to set appropriate standards for the periodic update, resubmittal, and approval of state building codes, consistent with similar mitigation planning requirements under the Stafford Act.Authorizes the use by states and local governments of technical and financial assistance to implement predisaster hazard mitigation measures to establish and operate a building department and carry out enforcement activities to implement an approved state building code.Directs the President, in determining whether to provide technical and financial assistance to a state or local government, to take into account the extent to which that government is carrying out activities to implement an approved state building code.",2022-03-02T15:16:58Z,
112-hr-2078,112,hr,2078,Homeowners Flood Insurance Awareness Act,Emergency Management,2011-06-01,2011-07-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.",House,"Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]",IA,D,L000565,0,"Homeowners Flood Insurance Awareness Act - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to publicize determinations of proposed flood elevations (including during the 90-day period for appeals) by notifying: (1) a prominent local television and radio station, and (2) each Member of the House of Representatives and each Senator that represents any part of such community. Requires the Administrator to extend the 90-day period for appeals for 90 additional days if an affected community certifies that it: (1) believes there are property owners or lessees in the community who are unaware of such period for appeals, and (2) will use such extension to notify affected property owners or lessees of the period for appeals and the opportunity to appeal the proposed determinations. Allows reimbursement of expenses for the services of surveyors, engineers, or similar services (but not legal services) incurred in effecting a successful petition to dispute the designation of a property as being located in an area with a special flood hazard. Directs the Administrator to: (1) revise annually each flood insurance rate map to permanently remove any property whose owner or lessee (or a community) successfully petitions to remove the designation of such property as being located in an area with a special flood hazard, and (2) ensure that each such map indicates no history of such property being designated as located in a special flood hazard area.",2019-11-15T20:53:46Z,
112-hr-2017,112,hr,2017,"Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012",Emergency Management,2011-05-26,2011-09-30,Became Public Law No: 112-33.,House,"Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]",AL,R,A000055,0,"(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on September 26, 2011. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Continuing Appropriations Act, 2012 - Makes continuing appropriations for FY2012. (Sec. 101) Makes appropriations for continuing operations, projects, or activities which were conducted in FY2011 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available in: (1) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2011 (division A of Public Law 112-10); and (2) the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (division B of Public Law 112-10). Reduces the rate for operations by 1.503%. (Sec. 102) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act for the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) new production of items not funded for production in FY2011 or prior years; (2) the increase in production rates above those sustained with FY2011 funds; or (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation of any project, activity, operation, or organization for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011. Bars the use of DOD appropriations, funds, or authority granted under this Act to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement unless specifically appropriated later.  (Sec. 104) Prohibits the use of appropriations, funds, or authority granted by this Act to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during FY2011.  (Sec. 106) Provides funding under this Act until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this Act; (2) enactment of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2012 without any provision for such project or activity; or (3) October 4, 2011. (Sec. 111) Continues through October 4, 2011, certain activities for entitlements and other mandatory payments whose budget authority was provided in FY2011 appropriations Acts, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008. Declares that, notwithstanding such date, funds shall be available and obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month after October 2011 but within 30 days after October 4, 2011. (Sec. 112) Authorizes apportionment of amounts made available under this Act for federal civilian personnel compensation and benefits up to the rate for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within a department or agency. Prohibits the use of such authority until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. (Sec. 114) Designates specified funds for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, but only if the President subsequently makes such a designation and notifies Congress.  Exempts from such requirement amounts for the Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for salaries and expenses.  (Sec. 115) Requires discretionary amounts appropriated for FY2012 provided in advance by appropriations Acts to be available in the amounts provided in such Acts, reduced by 1.503%.  (Sec. 116) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use through October 4, 2011, certain amounts for operations and activities of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq and security assistance teams.  (Sec. 117) Makes certain funds available for Overseas Contingency Operations at a rate for operations permitted by the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012 as passed by the House of Representatives on July 8, 2011.  (Sec. 118) Continues through October 4, 2011, DOD authority to pay monetary rewards for the provision to U.S. government personnel of information or nonlethal assistance beneficial to an operation, activity, or force protection for U.S. Armed Forces.  (Sec. 119) Continues through October 4, 2011, DOD authority to use acquisition and cross-servicing agreements to lend certain military equipment to foreign forces in Iraq and Afghanistan for personnel protection and survivability purposes.  (Sec. 120) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations for the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for salaries and expenses.  (Sec. 121) Authorizes the District of Columbia to expend local funds for programs and activities, subject to specified conditions.  (Sec. 122) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations for necessary expenses of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board to carry out its functions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.  (Sec. 123) Continues through October 4, 2011, the authority of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out: (1) the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, (2) the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, and (3) the Commercialization Pilot Program.  (Sec. 124) Extends through October 4, 2011, the requirement that the U.S. Postal Service pay $5.5 billion into the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund.  (Sec. 125) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for disaster relief. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide a full accounting of disaster relief funding requirements for FY2012 and FY2013, including specified estimates.  (Sec. 126) Authorizes the obligation of any DHS funds made available pursuant to this Act at a rate for operations necessary to sustain essential security activities.  (Sec. 127) Continues through October 4, 2011, U.S. Secret Service authority to use proceeds derived from undercover criminal investigations for such operations.  (Sec. 128) Continues through October 4, 2011, DHS authority to carry out basic, applied, and advanced research and development projects.  (Sec. 129) Continues through October 4, 2011, DHS issued interim final regulations establishing risk-based performance standards.  (Sec. 130) Continues through October 4, 2011, the authority of the Administrator of FEMA to issue notes or other obligations to the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out the flood insurance program.  (Sec. 131) Continues through October 4, 2011, the authorities of Service First (a partnership authority among the Bureau of Land Management [BLM], the Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service).  (Sec. 132) Increases appropriations for salaries and expenses in the Mine Safety and Health Administration of the Department of Labor.  (Sec. 134) Provides amounts at a specified rate for operations for the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for salaries and expenses.  (Sec. 135) Continues through October 4, 2011 the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) with respect to: (1) autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities; and (2) autism education, early detection, and intervention. Continues through such date the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee.  (Sec. 136) Eliminates certain FY2011 appropriations for military construction for the Army, the Air Force, and defense-wide.  (Sec. 137) Extends through October 4, 2011, the authority of the Export-Import Bank of the United States to provide financing for the export of nonlethal articles or services meant primarily for civilian purposes.  (Sec. 138) Continues through October 4, 2011, the Commission on International Religious Freedom.  (Sec. 139) Limits to a specified rate of operations any commitments to guarantee loans incurred under the General and Special Risk Insurance Funds authorized under the National Housing Act.  (Sec. 140) Approves the renewal of certain import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and deems this Act a renewal resolution under such Act.",2023-09-06T22:27:35Z,
112-s-1118,112,s,1118,FEMA Common Sense and Cost Effectiveness Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-05-26,2011-05-26,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.,Senate,"Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]",ND,R,H001061,10,"FEMA Common Sense and Cost Effectiveness Act of 2011 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the construction and maintenance of levees on property acquired under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) hazard mitigation grant programs, including: (1) a levee that is federally owned and operated; (2) a permanent levee that is federally constructed and nonfederally operated and maintained; (3) a levee that is federally constructed as a nonpermanent levee, that a nonfederal entity desires to operate and maintain as a permanent levee, and the owners of which are participating in, or, in a specified period after the date on which the levee is constructed, will begin participating in, the emergency response to natural disasters program; and (4) a nonfederal levee the owners of which are participating in the program. Authorizes an application to construct or maintain a levee on acquired lands to be denied if the levee poses a significant threat of harm to downstream communities.",2019-02-20T23:09:02Z,
112-hr-1953,112,hr,1953,"To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes.",Emergency Management,2011-05-24,2011-05-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3]",WV,D,R000011,11,"Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government (the person recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as the chief elected administrative officer of that government) to submit a request for a declaration by the President that, consistent with requirements of that Act, a major disaster or emergency exists.  Provides that: (1) in implementing assistance authorized by the President in response to such requests, references to ""state"" and ""governor"" shall mean ""Indian tribal government"" (the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994) and the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government; and (2) nothing in this Act shall prohibit a tribal government from receiving such assistance through a presidential declaration at the request of a state if the President does not make a declaration under this Act for the same incident. Requires any non-federal contributions of less than $200,000 required under such Act to be paid by an Indian tribal government to be waived. Allows any required non-federal contribution more than $200,000 to be adjusted or waived in accordance with criteria established by the President.",2022-03-02T15:16:58Z,
112-sres-182,112,sres,182,"A resolution expressing the condolences of the United States to the victims of the devastating tornadoes that touched down in the South in April 2011, commending the resiliency of the people of the affected States, including the people of the States of Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina, and committing to stand by the people affected in the relief and recovery efforts.",Emergency Management,2011-05-12,2011-05-12,"Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2970-2971; text as passed Senate: CR S2970-2971; text of measure as introduced: CR S2957-2958)",Senate,"Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL]",AL,R,S001141,9,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Expresses condolences to the families and friends of those who lost their lives, homes, and livelihoods in the storms and tornadoes of April 2011 and extends wishes for a full recovery for those who were injured.  Commends the resiliency of the people of the affected states, including Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina, and commits to provide the necessary resources and to stand by them.  Extends thanks to the forecasters, first responders, firefighters, law enforcement personnel, volunteers, and medical personnel who took quick action to provide warnings, aid, and comfort to the victims.",2022-02-03T05:54:26Z,
112-hr-1766,112,hr,1766,Local Disaster Contracting Fairness Act of 2011,Emergency Management,2011-05-05,2011-05-13,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform     .",House,"Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7]",LA,R,B001255,0,"Local Disaster Contracting Fairness Act of 2011- Prohibits the head of an executive agency from entering into an agreement for debris removal or demolition services in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts unless the agreement specifies that: (1) all of the work under the contract will be performed by the prime contractor or one or more subcontractors at one tier under the contract; (2) any work performed under the contract by subcontractors will be performed by local subcontractors, except to the extent that local subcontractors are not available to perform any such work; (3) the prime contractor will act as the project manager or construction manager for the contract; and (4) the prime contractor has primary responsibility for managing all work under the contract and will be paid a certain percentage of the overall value of the contract as sole compensation for assuming the risk associated with such responsibility.  Requires the agency head, in entering into an agreement for debris removal or demolition services in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts, to give preference in the source selection process to each offeror who certifies that any work that is to be performed under the contract by subcontractors will be performed by local subcontractors.",2019-11-15T21:11:07Z,