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| 101-s-2789 | 101 | s | 2789 | National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act | Emergency Management | 1990-06-26 | 1990-11-16 | Became Public Law No: 101-614. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 12 | National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to replace provisions setting forth the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Gives the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the primary responsibility for planning and coordinating the Program. Sets forth the administrative and program duties of the Director of FEMA in carrying out Program responsibilities. Prohibits grants to States under the Program from requiring cost sharing at a level greater than specified percentages. Requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct research necessary to characterize and identify earthquake hazards, assess earthquake risks, monitor seismic activity, and improve earthquake predictions. Sets forth duties of the Director of the USGS with regard to earthquakes, including: (1) issuing earthquake predictions or other earthquake advisories; (2) establishing, using existing facilities, a Center for the International Exchange of Earthquake Information; and (3) operating a National Seismic Network and supporting regional seismic networks. Makes the National Science Foundation responsible for funding research on earth sciences to improve the understanding of the causes and behavior of earthquakes, on earthquake engineering, and on human response to earthquakes. Makes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) responsible for carrying out research and development to improve building codes and standards and practices for structures and lifelines. Defines lifelines to mean public works and utilities, including those relating to transportation, power, communications, water, and sewage. Replaces provisions directing the President to make an annual report to congressional committees with provisions requiring the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to report to specified congressional committees regarding the role of the Office in interagency coordination, planning, and operation of the Program. Establishes the Na… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 101-hr-4915 | 101 | hr | 4915 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Amendments Act | Emergency Management | 1990-05-24 | 1990-06-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Policy, Research and Insurance. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 21 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Amendments Act - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to add carrying out the insurance program established by this Act to the list of duties of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Requires the Director to: (1) publish in the Federal Register and in local newspapers in the applicable area a tentative identification of areas subject to earthquake hazards; (2) notify the chief executive officer of communities in any such areas not already participating in the national earthquake insurance program of the identification, and of loss reduction measures as provided in this Act; (3) on a continuing basis, identify earthquake related factors in any earthquake-prone area; (4) make information available to the public and any agency or official regarding an earthquake hazard, the insurance program, and estimated actuarial premium rates and chargeable premium rates under the insurance program; and (5) encourage local officials to disseminate information widely. Allows communities identified to apply to participate in the insurance program or, within 90 days of notification, submit technical data establishing that the community is not earthquake-prone. Requires the Director to appoint an earthquake insurance advisory committee. Requires the National Institutes of Standards and Technology to develop comprehensive criteria for State and local land use and management ordinances, building codes, and other loss reduction measures, and to periodically update the criteria. Requires the Director to coordinate with and provide technical assistance to State, interstate, and local officials and agencies. Prohibits participation in the insurance program unless the appropriate public body has adopted and is enforcing loss reduction measures in conformance to this Act. Prohibits coverage of any property declared to be in violation of State or local law regulating location or construction in earthquake-prone areas. Requires earthquake insurance coverage in certain amou… | 2025-08-26T17:28:28Z | |
| 101-hr-4522 | 101 | hr | 4522 | Firefighters' Safety Study Act | Emergency Management | 1990-04-18 | 1990-10-22 | Became Public Law No: 101-446. | House | Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3] | KS | R | M000684 | 26 | Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration to review existing response information used by emergency response personnel at the State and local levels to evaluate its accuracy, consistency, and clarity. Specifies that such information should clearly communicate to such personnel the probable hazards in an emergency situation involving hazardous materials and the appropriate response to such hazards. Directs the Administrator to establish a working group to develop and disseminate hazardous materials identification, response, and incident data. Requires such working group to submit a report to the Administrator, along with recommendations to ensure that response information disseminated to emergency response personnel is appropriate for operational personnel at the local level. Requires the working group to meet at least once a year to review and recommend changes to the report. | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 101-hr-4461 | 101 | hr | 4461 | National Flood Insurance Compliance, Mitigation, and Erosion Management Act of 1990 | Emergency Management | 1990-04-04 | 1990-07-13 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Bereuter, Doug [R-NE-1] | NE | R | B000403 | 1 | National Flood Insurance Compliance, Mitigation, and Erosion Management Act of 1990 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (the Act) to terminate the flooded property purchase and loan program. Terminates the erosion-threatened structures program. Establishes a system of ratings and incentives for community floodplain management. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (the Director) to: (1) evaluate the floodplain and erosion management measures taken by areas (and subdivisions) for which national flood insurance coverage has been made available; and (2) provide incentives in the form of reduced premium rates for such flood insurance coverage in areas that have adopted exemplary or particularly effective measures for such management. Requires such program to be carried out with amounts from the National Flood Insurance Fund. Terminates such program after ten years, or sooner if Congress so legislates. Requires the Director to report to specified congressional committees. Authorizes programs funding. Establishes a program of mitigation insurance for flood and erosion damage. Requires the Director to provide, under the Federal flood insurance program, for such mitigation insurance to: (1) reduce damage and losses from future floods to structures in special flood hazard areas and other areas; and (2) prevent damages to structures along shorelines subject to erosion. Provides for supplemental or separate contracts and separate premiums and claims for such insurance. Prohibits mitigation insurance claim payments to relocate or demolish structures subject to imminent erosion damage unless the appropriate public body has adopted erosion management measures that prohibit construction in 30-year erosion setback areas and limit construction in 60-year erosion setback areas. Prohibits federally-regulated or insured lending institutions from making any loan secured by a building or mobile home unless such property is covered by mitigation insurance at a rate determined necessary b… | 2025-08-26T17:28:22Z | |
| 101-hr-4462 | 101 | hr | 4462 | National Earthquake Insurance and Reinsurance Act of 1990 | Emergency Management | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Policy, Research and Insurance. | House | Rep. Brown, George E., Jr. [D-CA-36] | CA | D | B000918 | 14 | National Earthquake Insurance and Reinsurance Act of 1990 - Title I: Participation in National Earthquake Insurance Program and Adoption of Hazard Reduction Measures - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to publish in the Federal Register and local newspapers information tentatively identifying areas subject to earthquake hazards and to notify the chief executive officers of the identification as an earthquake-prone community. Requires such identifications to be continually updated. Requires the Director to make information available with regard to: (1) an earthquake hazard as it affects any community; (2) the national earthquake insurance program, its coverage, and its objectives; and (3) estimated premium rates under the national earthquake insurance program. Requires local officials to disseminate earthquake information and data. Directs identified communities to submit technical data sufficient to establish that the community is not an earthquake-prone community. Requires the hearings and final determinations on the issue of such identification. Requires earthquake-prone communities to fulfill requirements for participation in the national earthquake insurance program. Requires the appointment of an earthquake insurance advisory committee to advise the Director on the Administration of this Act. Authorizes the Director to carry out studies and investigations with respect to establishing earthquake-related comprehensive criteria requiring State and local governments to adopt land use and management ordinances, building codes, and other loss reduction measures in earthquake-prone areas. Requires such criteria to be periodically updated to reflect technical advances designed to reduce losses from earthquakes. Requires the Director to encourage State and local officials to adopt local loss reduction measures that incorporate such comprehensive criteria. Prohibits any State or local community identified as an earthquake-prone area from participating in the national earthquake insu… | 2025-08-26T17:27:05Z | |
| 101-hr-4480 | 101 | hr | 4480 | Federal Earthquake Insurance and Reinsurance Act | Emergency Management | 1990-04-04 | 1990-04-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Policy, Research and Insurance. | House | Rep. Swift, Al [D-WA-2] | WA | D | S001115 | 23 | Federal Earthquake Insurance and Reinsurance Act - Creates the Federal Earthquake Insurance and Reinsurance Corporation to make available: (1) earthquake and volcanic eruption insurance for residential property; and (2) property and casualty excess reinsurance for private insurers and private reinsurers for losses associated with earthquake or volcanic eruption. Makes the Corporation, its Residential Property Insurance Fund, its Reinsurance Fund, and its activities, property, and income exempt from all taxation, subject to exception. Directs the Corporation to develop a practical, cost-effective, and workable plan of earthquake loss mitigation. | 2025-08-26T17:26:40Z | |
| 101-s-2353 | 101 | s | 2353 | National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990 | Emergency Management | 1990-03-28 | 1990-03-28 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] | AL | D | H000445 | 4 | National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations which shall be divided equally between State forestry agencies and rural volunteer fire departments and be used to improve their firefighting capacity and provide firefighting assistance to other firefighting organizations. Limits the Federal share of the cost of any activity of a State or rural volunteer fire department carried out with such funds to 50 percent. | 2025-08-26T17:25:09Z | |
| 101-hr-4362 | 101 | hr | 4362 | Authorizing funding for certain programs under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 1990-03-22 | 1990-11-16 | See S.2789. | House | Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-4] | CA | D | F000053 | 36 | Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to define "lifeline" to include transportation infrastructure, utilities, and communication facilities. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to consult with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy before planning and coordinating the national earthquake hazards reduction program. Requires the Director of such Office to report to specified congressional committees on the Office's role in interagency coordination, planning, and operation of the program. Authorizes appropriations to the Director of FEMA to carry out the program for FY 1991 through 1994, with special emphasis on: (1) a program to identify Federal buildings at seismic risk and set seismic standards for new construction; (2) grants to States for programs of seismic safety inspections of critical structures and lifelines; and (3) developing recommended building codes and practices for buildings, lifelines, and other structures in coordination with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and appropriate private organizations. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for FY 1991 through 1994 for carrying out the responsibilities that may be assigned to the Director of the United States Geological Survey under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act, with special emphasis on the establishment and operation of intensive hazardous fault monitoring projects, seismic microzonation studies in areas determined to be of significant earthquake risk, and seismological engineering studies. Extends through FY 1994 the authorization of appropriations to the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology for their responsibilities under such Act. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 101-s-2306 | 101 | s | 2306 | A bill to provide relief for national forests damaged by Hurricane Hugo, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 1990-03-20 | 1990-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 1 | Title I: National Forests - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, with regard to National Forest System lands damaged by Hurricane Hugo or the Loma Prieta Earthquake, to undertake the following activities: (1) timber salvage; (2) reforestation; (3) fish and wildlife habitat restoration; (4) watershed restoration; (5) fire prevention and management; (6) insect and disease prevention and management; and (7) facilities repair and land restoration. Directs the Secretary to conduct related studies and report to the Congress with regard to: (1) wilderness areas damage; (2) forest ecosystems; (3) renewable resource recovery; and (4) threatened species. Title II: Agriculture - Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 to treat separately for disaster assistance purposes crops of the same commodity planted in different seasons on different acreage. Makes orchards damaged by Hurricane Hugo in the southeastern United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands eligible for such assistance. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hr-4256 | 101 | hr | 4256 | Federal Wildland Firefighting Fund Act of 1990 | Emergency Management | 1990-03-13 | 1990-05-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands. | House | Rep. Smith, Robert [R-OR-2] | OR | R | S000607 | 0 | Federal Wildland Firefighting Fund Act of 1990 - Establishes the Federal Wildland Firefighting Fund from which authorized expenditures for the fire protection, fire suppression, and emergency burn rehabilitation activities of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall be made. Derives financing for such Fund from timber and on-shore mineral receipts collected from the operation of specified Federal laws. Sets forth expenditure accountability provisions. | 2025-08-26T17:25:34Z | |
| 101-hr-4098 | 101 | hr | 4098 | Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act | Emergency Management | 1990-02-22 | 1990-04-24 | Reported by the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. H. Rept. 101-459, Part I. | House | Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] | PA | R | W000268 | 271 | Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of a child, spouse, or dependent parent of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 and the provision of information concerning surplus Federal property and infectious diseases pursuant to this Act. Establishes the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to provide States with funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund for distribution to lo… | 2025-08-26T17:25:36Z | |
| 101-hr-4065 | 101 | hr | 4065 | National Disaster Preparedness Inventory Act of 1990 | Emergency Management | 1990-02-21 | 1990-03-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] | PA | R | W000268 | 34 | National Disaster Preparedness Inventory Act of 1990 - Amends the Disaster Relief Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) establish the Committee on Standards to identify resources and establish standards for those resources needed to provide relief and assist in search and rescue operations following a major disaster or emergency; (2) inventory resources identified by the Committee that are available to the Federal Government for such uses in a manner as to facilitate the dispatch of resources on a regional basis; (3) make the inventory available to the Governor of each State for requesting Federal assistance after a major disaster or emergency; (4) prepare a plan to deploy such resources to major disaster or emergency sites following the declaration of such by the President; and (5) request all Governors to identify the public safety officials responsible for coordinating or overseeing State and local responses to disasters and emergencies. Requires such officials to have direct and immediate access to information in the inventory to expedite State and local responses to disasters and emergencies not declared as such by the President. | 2025-08-26T17:26:26Z | |
| 101-hr-3955 | 101 | hr | 3955 | National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990 | Emergency Management | 1990-02-06 | 1990-06-13 | Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from USDA. | House | Rep. Harris, Claude [D-AL-7] | AL | D | H000236 | 108 | National Fire Forces Mobilization Act of 1990 - Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations to be provided as Federal matching funds to State forestry agencies and rural volunteer fire departments so that they may assist other fire fighting organizations in combatting fires. | 2025-08-26T17:25:18Z | |
| 101-s-2000 | 101 | s | 2000 | Disaster Relief Act of 1989 | Emergency Management | 1989-11-22 | 1990-04-26 | Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. | Senate | Sen. Thurmond, Strom [R-SC] | SC | R | T000254 | 0 | Disaster Relief Act of 1989 - Title I: Agriculture and Forestry- Subtitle A: Agriculture - Authorizes additional appropriations for Emergency Conservation Program assistance under the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 for farmland damage in the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and California resulting from Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta earthquake. Amends the Disaster Assistance Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-82) with respect to such disasters. Directs the Administrator of the Extension Service to provide aid to each area warranting Federal assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act due to Hurricane Hugo and the Loma Prieta earthquake. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a supplemental food assistance program for residents of Puerto Rico needing such assistance as a result of Hurricane Hugo. Subtitle B: Forestry - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to National Forest System lands damaged by Hurricane Hugo or the Loma Prieta earthquake to provide for: (1) timber salvage; (2) reforestation; (3) fish and wildlife habitation restoration; (4) watershed restoration; (5) fire prevention and management; and (6) insect and disease prevention and management. Authorizes the Secretary to repair, reconstruct, and replace Forest Service facilities and restore lands damaged by such disasters to their full productive potential. Directs the Secretary to conduct: (1) research on forested ecosystems response; (2) surveys and analysis of renewable resources; and (3) research on threatened and endangered species. Authorizes the Secretary, for FY 1990 through 1992, to: (1) provide technical assistance to owners of private timber stands in using and marketing standing remnants and down timber; and (2) give priority to areas damaged by the disasters in the administration of cost-share assistance for forest fire and pest management. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Environment and Public Works - Authorizes… | 2025-08-26T17:27:07Z | |
| 101-s-1933 | 101 | s | 1933 | Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act | Emergency Management | 1989-11-20 | 1990-10-27 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. | Senate | Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] | PA | R | H000456 | 42 | Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal Government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equi… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 101-hr-3648 | 101 | hr | 3648 | To help Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands recover from devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo. | Emergency Management | 1989-11-14 | 1989-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation Credit and Rural Development. | House | Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | D000209 | 7 | Makes low-income households in Puerto Rico eligible for emergency food assistance necessitated by Hurricane Hugo. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to reforest those areas in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico in which trees were substantially destroyed in 1989 as a result of Hugo. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 for farmlands in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico to rebuild fences and remove debris resulting from Hugo. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 101-hr-3649 | 101 | hr | 3649 | To help Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands recover from devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo. | Emergency Management | 1989-11-14 | 1990-10-27 | Provisions Included In S.2362. | House | Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | D000209 | 7 | Deems Puerto Rico to be an insular area for purposes of Federal provisions relating to grant-in-aid programs, currently available to the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Government of the Northern Mariana Islands, where such treatment would facilitate recovery from damage in 1989 caused by Hurricane Hugo or economic or social development. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to guarantee for purchase by the Federal Financing Bank bonds or other obligations of the Government Development Bank of the Virgin Islands issued to provide for economic or social development or recovery from damage caused by Hugo. Authorizes the Federal Financing Bank to purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire such bonds and obligations. Authorizes appropriations to the Secretary of the Interior for technical assistance to the Virgin Islands, including funds for the development and maintenance of infrastructure and for economic development. | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 101-hr-3653 | 101 | hr | 3653 | To help Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands recover from devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo. | Emergency Management | 1989-11-14 | 1989-11-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | R000053 | 7 | Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make the limitation on cover over of tax on distilled spirits inapplicable to articles brought into the United States after September 16, 1989, and before September 17, 1992; and (2) apply the tax credit for investments in a possession to investments in projects relating to the repair or replacement of property damaged by Hurricane Hugo. Amends the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 to provide a temporary waiver of reimbursement by the Virgin Islands of customs collection costs. Authorizes the use of surplus amounts in the account of Puerto Rico in the Unemployment Trust Fund for: (1) projects relating to the repair or replacement of property damaged by Hugo; and (2) public service employment related to disaster reconstruction in areas in which private sector employment and training opportunities have been reduced or eliminated as a result of Hugo. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 101-hr-3624 | 101 | hr | 3624 | National Earthquake Preparedness Act of 1989 | Emergency Management | 1989-11-08 | 1990-01-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-9] | CA | D | S000810 | 6 | National Earthquake Preparedness Act of 1989 - Establishes the National Commission on Earthquake Construction Standards. Requires the Commission to develop for each region of the United States standards for the construction of structures which would minimize loss of life and damage to property in an earthquake. Requires such standards to reflect the probability of an earthquake in such region. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress on the construction standards. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report to the President and the Congress which designates earthquake probability zones in the United States and estimates the probability and severity of earthquakes in each zone. Directs the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers to report to the President and the Congress an estimate of the impact that implementation of the standards developed by the Commission would have on the cost and availability of residential and commercial structures in each zone. Directs the President to issue standards for the construction of structures in each zone. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny the deductibility of certain charges and expenses with respect to structures which do not meet the earthquake construction standards under this Act. | 2025-08-26T17:24:39Z | |
| 101-hr-3593 | 101 | hr | 3593 | Hurricane Hugo Emergency Relief Act | Emergency Management | 1989-11-07 | 1990-02-07 | Executive Comment Received from FEMA. | House | Del. de Lugo, Ron [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | D000209 | 12 | Hurricane Hugo Emergency Relief Act - Requires the Secretary of the Army, upon request of the Governor of the Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico, to conduct an assessment of beaches in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico damaged by Hurricane Hugo to determine the extent of damages, the measures necessary for restoration, and the estimated cost and required construction period for restoration. Requires the Secretary to submit to the Congress, the Governor of the Virgin Islands, and the Governor of Puerto Rico a report on the results of such assessment. Provides that, upon request of the Governor of the Virgin Islands, the Federal official administering assistance for a construction project in the Virgin Islands may make such assistance available to the Secretary instead of the Virgin Islands. Declares that the maximum amount which may be allotted under the Flood Control Act of 1948 for the flood control project for Savan Gut, Virgin Islands, shall be $10,000,000 instead of $5,000,000. Waives the $5,000,000 limitation on obligations for projects in a fiscal year in the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands with respect to obligations for projects resulting from Hurricane Hugo. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide not less than two Federal Highway Administration technicians to provide assistance in repairing and reconstructing portions of the Federal-aid highway system in the Virgin Islands damaged or destroyed as a result of Hurricane Hugo. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 101-hr-3587 | 101 | hr | 3587 | Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act | Emergency Management | 1989-11-02 | 1990-02-22 | For Further Action See H.R.4098. | House | Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] | PA | R | W000268 | 255 | Benjamin Franklin Memorial Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Title I: Minting of Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin - Benjamin Franklin National Memorial Commemorative Coin Act - Provides for the sale of Benjamin Franklin commemorative coins at a surcharge of which 25 percent shall be paid to the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial and the remainder be distributed in specified percentages to the National Fire Center and Museum Account, the National Hero Scholarship Account, the Firefighter's Tuition Assistance Account, the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account, the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account, and the Burn Research Grant Account of the Firefighter Assistance Trust Fund (Fund). Prohibits the issuance of such coins from resulting in any net cost to the Federal government. Title II: Fire Service Bill of Rights - Fire Service Bill of Rights Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to establish a fire service bill of rights. Establishes the National Fire Center and Museum in the District of Columbia to provide information about the fire service and safety to the public and fire services. Funds such museum exclusively through the Fund. Establishes a National Hero Scholarship to fund the higher education of the children or spouse of a deceased firefighter. Establishes a scholarship providing tuition assistance to firefighters for higher education in fire safety or protection. Authorizes the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to use amounts in the In Search of Excellence Research and Education Account of the Fund to fund other specified programs under the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. Establishes the Firefighters Assistance Trust Fund. Places the National Academy for Fire Prevention and Control within the United States Fire Administration. Directs the Administrator to use funds from the Hazardous Materials Response Computer Account of the fund to procure computer equipment for fire services that want such equ… | 2025-08-26T17:25:41Z | |
| 101-hr-3533 | 101 | hr | 3533 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 Amendments Act | Emergency Management | 1989-10-26 | 1990-10-24 | Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1019. | House | Rep. Emerson, Bill [R-MO-8] | MO | R | E000174 | 71 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 Amendments Act - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (the Act) to give the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the primary responsibility for planning and coordinating the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Revises Program objectives. Sets forth the duties of FEMA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (the Program agencies). Replaces provisions requiring an annual report on the status of the Program with provisions requiring the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to report to specified congressional committees on the role of that Office. Establishes the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Advisory Committee. Terminates the Committee on September 30, 1993. Directs the President to adopt standards for assessing and enhancing the seismic safety of existing buildings constructed or leased by the Federal Government. Requires that the standards be developed by the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction. Requires the FEMA Director to submit to the Congress a plan for developing and adopting design and construction standards for lifelines (defined as public works and utilities, including transportation facilities and infrastructure, oil and gas pipelines, electrical power and communication facilities, and water supply and sewage treatment facilities). Authorizes the FEMA Director to accept gifts in furtherance of the purposes of the Act, notwithstanding specified provisions of Federal law. Prohibits a grant under the Act that is made with certain funds from requiring cost sharing greater than 25 percent. Allows any cost sharing requirement to be satisfied through in-kind contributions. Establishes within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) an earthquake investigations program. Requires the USGS, after any significant earthquake, to organize investigations in the areas of responsibility of each Program agency. … | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 101-hr-3507 | 101 | hr | 3507 | Hurricane Hugo and Loma Prieta Earthquake Emergency Relief Act | Emergency Management | 1989-10-23 | 1990-08-01 | See H.R.5314. | House | Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32] | CA | D | A000189 | 28 | Hurricane Hugo and Loma Prieta Earthquake Emergency Relief Act - Title I: Highway Emergency Assistance Program - Authorizes $1,000,000,000 in additional appropriations out of the Highway Trust Fund to the emergency relief fund for FY 1990 for the repair or reconstruction of highways, roads, and trails damaged from natural disasters or catastrophic failures within the United States. (Provides that obligations incurred and expenditures made from such funds shall not be charged against the Budget Act, the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act, or other ceilings.) Waives limitations on emergency relief fund expenditures and obligations with respect to projects resulting from Hurricane Hugo or the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989. Specifies that the Federal share of any such project on the interstate and Federal-aid highway systems shall be 100 percent of the costs incurred within 180 days of each such natural disaster. Makes projects on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in California resulting from such earthquake eligible for emergency relief funds, provided the Governor of California certifies in writing to the Secretary of Transportation that the State has established and will maintain insurance or other evidence of financial responsibility for damages to, or destruction of, such bridge resulting from earthquakes. Specifies that allocations for emergency relief for highways, roads, and trails for projects resulting from Hugo or Loma Prieta shall be excluded for purposes of provisions regarding the allocation of funds for interstate and Federal-aid highway programs among the States. Requires the Secretary of Transportation to provide at least two technicians from the Federal Highway Administration to assist in repairing and reconstructing portions of the Federal-aid highway system in the Virgin Islands damaged or destroyed as a result of Hugo. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Transportation to transmit to the Congress a report on the adequacy of current Federal and State standards in areas which are likely to be subject to e… | 2025-08-26T17:24:58Z | |
| 101-sconres-77 | 101 | sconres | 77 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with regard to the major earthquake which occurred in the San Francisco Bay area on October 17, 1989. | Emergency Management | 1989-10-18 | 1989-10-19 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Mitchell, George J. [D-ME] | ME | D | M000811 | 3 | Expresses sorrow at the destruction and loss of life caused by the earthquake which struck the San Francisco Bay area, California, on October 17, 1989. Commends individuals, government officials, and rescue personnel for their actions during the crisis. Declares congressional readiness to assist the area. Calls for efforts toward continual and complete preparedness for a more devastating quake. | 2021-07-01T14:59:35Z | |
| 101-hr-3456 | 101 | hr | 3456 | National Flood and Erosion Insurance and Mitigation Act of 1989 | Emergency Management | 1989-10-12 | 1990-07-13 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C000174 | 6 | National Flood and Erosion Insurance and Mitigation Act of 1989 - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to allow each Federal instrumentality responsible for the supervision, approval, regulation, or insuring of banks, savings and loan associations, or similar institutions to promulgate regulations to direct that any premiums and fees for flood insurance under the Act on any property for which a loan has been made for acquisition or construction purposes shall be paid to the mortgage lender for the duration of the loan. Requires the lender to deposit the premiums in an escrow account on behalf of the borrower. States that upon receipt of notice that insurance premiums are due, the balance of the escrow account remaining shall be paid to the provider of the insurance. Directs each Federal instrumentality responsible for the supervision, approval, regulation, or insuring of banks, savings and loan associations, or similar institutions to promulgate regulations to impose a civil penalty on any such institution that fails to require the purchase of flood insurance for a property for which insurance is required under regulations issued pursuant to such Act. Directs that any penalties collected shall be paid into the U.S. Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (the Act) to require additional written notification of special flood hazards during the term of any applicable loan upon each notice of policy renewal or not less than once out of every three years remaining on the date of the loan transaction, whichever occurs more often. Requires the affected institutions to retain a record of the receipt of such notices by the recipients. Specifies notification contents. Provides a penalty for a violation of such requirement. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, if any property covered by a contract for flood insurance under such Act is designated a repetitive-loss property by the Director or at the request of any owner of … | 2025-08-26T17:25:17Z | |
| 101-hr-3378 | 101 | hr | 3378 | Hurricane Hugo Disaster Relief Act | Emergency Management | 1989-09-28 | 1989-10-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. | House | Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5] | PA | R | S000146 | 0 | Hurricane Hugo Disaster Relief Act - Directs the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico to make low-interest loans for the redevelopment of areas within a U.S. possession or qualified Caribbean Basin country that sustains severe damage as a result of any natural disaster. | 2025-08-26T17:24:18Z | |
| 101-s-1593 | 101 | s | 1593 | A bill to establish the National Commission on Natural Resources Disasters, to provide for increased planning and cooperation with local firefighting forces in the event of forest fires, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 1989-09-12 | 1990-01-17 | Referred to Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | Senate | Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] | ID | R | S001138 | 6 | Title I: National Commission on Natural Resources Disasters - Establishes a National Commission on Natural Resources Disasters to study the effects of natural fire disasters and make recommendations concerning a smooth transition from the loss of natural resources. Directs the Commission to study the effects of such fires on: (1) the economic stability of the affected communities; (2) the availability of sufficient timber supplies to meet future industry needs; (3) fish and wildlife habitats; (4) recreation in the affected areas; (5) the watershed and water quality protection plans in effect within National Forest Systems lands; (6) the ecosystems in the areas; and (7) management plans of the affected National Forest System lands. Requires a report to the Secretary of Agriculture by December 1, 1990. Authorizes the Commission to accept contributions of money and services in carrying out its duties. Authorizes the Secretary, if contributions are insufficient, to transfer to the Commission funds available from the general fund of the Treasury. Terminates the Commission 90 days after submission of its report to the Secretary. Title II: Forest Firefighting Planning and Cooperation - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to report to the Congress on the rehabilitation needs of each national forest resulting from forest fire damage during the previous year. Requires the Secretary to offer training programs annually to certify volunteers for suppressing forest fires on National Forest System lands. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the local fire emergency mobilization plans for fire fighting equipment in each area of the National Forest System which is prone to forest fires. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-3159 | 101 | hr | 3159 | National Flood and Erosion Insurance and Mitigation Act of 1989 | Emergency Management | 1989-08-04 | 1989-09-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Policy, Research and Insurance. | House | Rep. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE-At Large] | DE | D | C000174 | 1 | National Flood and Erosion Insurance and Mitigation Act of 1989 - Amends the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 to allow each Federal instrumentality responsible for the supervision, approval, regulation, or insuring of banks, savings and loan associations, or similar institutions to promulgate regulations to direct that any premiums and fees for flood insurance under the Act on any property for which a loan has been made for acquisition or construction purposes shall be paid to the mortgage lender for the duration of the loan. Requires the lender to deposit the premiums in an escrow account on behalf of the borrower. States that upon receipt of notice that insurance premiums are due, the balance of the escrow account remaining shall be paid to the provider of the insurance. Directs each Federal instrumentality responsible for the supervision, approval, regulation, or insuring of banks, savings and loan associations, or similar institutions to promulgate regulations to impose a civil penalty on any such institution that fails to require the purchase of flood insurance for a property for which insurance is required under regulations issued pursuant to such Act. Directs that any penalties collected shall be paid into the U.S. Treasury and credited as miscellaneous receipts. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (such Act) to require additional written notification of special flood hazards during the term of any applicable loan upon each notice of policy renewal or not less than once every three years remaining on the date of the loan transaction, whichever occurs more often. Requires the affected institutions to retain a record of the receipt of such notices by the recipients. Specifies notification contents. Provides a penalty for a violation of such requirement. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, if any property covered by a contract for flood insurance under such Act is designated a repetitive-loss property by the Director, or at the request of any owner of any p… | 2025-08-26T17:25:25Z | |
| 101-hjres-389 | 101 | hjres | 389 | Designating October 14, 1989, as "National Firefighters Day". | Emergency Management | 1989-08-03 | 1989-08-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] | PA | R | W000268 | 107 | Designates October 14, 1989, as National Firefighters Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hjres-379 | 101 | hjres | 379 | Commending the citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area for their heroism and spirit of volunteerism in selflessly providing assistance and life-saving services to the passengers and crew of United Flight 232. | Emergency Management | 1989-07-27 | 1989-08-16 | Became Public Law No: 101-91. | House | Rep. Grandy, Fred [R-IA-6] | IA | R | G000371 | 219 | Commends the citizens of the Sioux City, Iowa, tri-State area for their heroism and volunteerism in providing assistance to the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 232. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-sres-157 | 101 | sres | 157 | A resolution commending the citizens of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa for their assistance and extraordinary response to the crash of United flight 232 on July 19, 1989. | Emergency Management | 1989-07-25 | 1989-07-25 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. | Senate | Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] | IA | D | H000206 | 3 | Commends the citizens of Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa, for the assistance and services they provided to the passengers and crew of crashed United Airlines flight 232. | 2021-07-01T15:01:31Z | |
| 101-hr-2908 | 101 | hr | 2908 | National Flood Insurance Amendments Act of 1989 | Emergency Management | 1989-07-17 | 1989-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Policy, Research and Insurance. | House | Rep. Fascell, Dante B. [D-FL-19] | FL | D | F000041 | 0 | National Flood Insurance Amendments Act of 1989 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) establish flood plain areas in distinctive coastal areas; and (2) adopt land management criteria that take into account such areas' particular types of floods and their effects on structures, especially mobile homes. Authorizes loans to elderly or handicapped owners for structural mitigation (elevation). Directs the Director to carry out local flood insurance training. | 2025-08-26T17:25:17Z | |
| 101-sjres-177 | 101 | sjres | 177 | A joint resolution designating October 29, 1989, as "Fire Safety At Home-Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery Day". | Emergency Management | 1989-07-14 | 1989-10-30 | Became Public Law No: 101-135. | Senate | Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] | MO | R | B000611 | 56 | Designates October 29, 1989, as Fire Safety at Home--Change Your Clock, and Change Your Battery Day. Directs the President to issue a proclamation to urge people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they reset their clocks from daylight savings time. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | |
| 101-hr-2813 | 101 | hr | 2813 | To improve the information available to emergency response personnel in the field, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 1989-06-29 | 1990-04-18 | See H.R.4522. | House | Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3] | KS | R | M000684 | 11 | Directs the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration to review existing response information used by emergency response personnel at the State and local levels to evaluate its accuracy, consistency, and clarity. Specifies that such information should clearly communicate to such personnel the probable hazards in an emergency situation involving hazardous materials and the appropriate response to such hazards. Directs the Administrator to establish a working group to develop and disseminate hazardous materials identification, response, and incident data. Requires such working group to submit a report to the Administrator, along with recommendations to ensure that response information disseminated to emergency response personnel is appropriate for operational personnel at the local level. Requires the working group to meet at least once a year to review and recommend changes to the report. | 2024-02-07T15:21:41Z | |
| 101-hjres-346 | 101 | hjres | 346 | To designate October 29, 1989, as "Fire Safety at Home Day--Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery". | Emergency Management | 1989-06-28 | 1989-07-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Walgren, Doug [D-PA-18] | PA | D | W000044 | 218 | Designates October 29, 1989, as Fire Safety at Home Day: Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery. Directs the President to issue a proclamation to urge people to change the batteries in their smoke detectors when they reset their clocks from daylight savings time. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-hr-2771 | 101 | hr | 2771 | An Act to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, and to extend certain rural housing programs. | Emergency Management | 1989-06-28 | 1989-09-25 | Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Erdreich, Ben [D-AL-6] | AL | D | E000201 | 3 | Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to: (1) extend the National Flood Insurance Program through September 30, 1991; (2) provide for the establishment or updating of flood-risk zone data until such date to identify flood-prone areas; (3) require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to report on the Federal assumption of the Program to private insurance companies in addition to the Congress; (4) prohibit the Director from implementing the Program through Federal facilities until nine months after the submission of such report unless it would be impossible to continue to carry out the Program during that time; and (5) authorize appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for flood insurance studies. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987 to extend through September 30, 1991: (1) the limitation on rate increases for such insurance; and (2) the Rural Rental Rehabilitation Demonstration Program. Requires the Director of FEMA to conduct a study to determine the impact of relative sea level rise on flood insurance rate maps. Requires such study to project the economic losses associated with estimated sea level rise and aggregate such data for the United States as a whole and by region. Requires the Director to report the results of this study to the Congress within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides that funds for such study shall be made available from appropriations for flood insurance studies. Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to extend through September 30, 1991: (1) the rental housing loan authority; (2) the authority for classification of rural areas; and (3) the mutual and self-help housing grant and loan authority. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 101-s-1084 | 101 | s | 1084 | A bill to authorize appropriations for civil defense programs for fiscal years 1990 and 1991. | Emergency Management | 1989-05-31 | 1989-05-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Senate | Sen. Nunn, Sam [D-GA] | GA | D | N000171 | 1 | Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for civil defense programs under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. | 2025-01-14T17:07:58Z | |
| 101-s-1062 | 101 | s | 1062 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 Amendments Act | Emergency Management | 1989-05-18 | 1990-06-06 | See H.R.3533. | Senate | Sen. Gore, Albert, Jr. [D-TN] | TN | D | G000321 | 5 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 Amendments Act - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to add new findings regarding the need for the geological study of faults and the need for earthquake-resistent building practices in private and Federal facilities. Removes earthquake prediction and control findings. Modifies the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its functions in leading the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Programm (NEHRP). Establishes an interagency committee to coordinate Federal emergency planning activities and an advisory committee to review and advise on the Program's performance. Adds to the Program's objectives: (1) accelerated implementation of State, local, and private programs and research to reduce earthquake hazards; and (2) the performance of basic and applied research in earthquake hazards reduction and innovative approaches to accelerating technology transfer. Adds the Department of Education to the agencies involved in NEHRP activities. Adds to the Program's research requirements an earthquake data base and assessments of earthquake-prone regions. Requires the mitigation elements of the Program to provide for additional factors, including: (1) guidelines for land-use management; (2) identification of social, economic, and legal factors motivating adoption of earthquake hazards mitigation programs; (3) training in emergency planning; and (4) adoption of seismic design and construction standards (to be developed by the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction). Requires public education efforts, regional clearinghouses, and cooperative programs to inform the public on earthquake hazards. Requires acceleration of the development of postulated earthquake planning and response scenarios for various events in risk areas throughout the United States, including expanded use of advanced technologies and development of national emergency response plans which assess the survivability of emergency broadcast capabilities. Establishes a Cente… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z | |
| 101-hr-2399 | 101 | hr | 2399 | To provide for money damages for injury or loss as a result of the 1988 Canyon Creek Fire in Montana. | Emergency Management | 1989-05-17 | 1989-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations. | House | Rep. Williams, Pat [D-MT-1] | MT | D | W000520 | 0 | Entitles individuals who incurred an injury to or a loss of property as a result of the 1988 Canyon Creek Fire in Montana to recover money damages from the Secretary of Agriculture, provided they file their claim with the Secretary before October 1, 1989. | 2021-07-01T13:44:53Z | |
| 101-hr-2377 | 101 | hr | 2377 | To authorize appropriations for civil defense programs for fiscal years 1990 and 1991. | Emergency Management | 1989-05-16 | 1989-11-29 | See H.R.2461. | House | Rep. Schroeder, Patricia [D-CO-1] | CO | D | S000142 | 1 | Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 and 1991 for civil defense programs under the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 101-s-923 | 101 | s | 923 | A bill to authorize flood protection for the City of Belen, New Mexico. | Emergency Management | 1989-05-04 | 1989-05-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. | Senate | Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] | NM | R | D000407 | 1 | Authorizes a flood protection project for Belen, New Mexico. Directs the Secretary of the Army to undertake flood control measures to protect Belen, New Mexico. | 2025-01-14T17:12:38Z | |
| 101-hr-2186 | 101 | hr | 2186 | Enclave Fire Protection Act of 1989 | Emergency Management | 1989-05-02 | 1989-05-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security. | House | Rep. Meyers, Jan [R-KS-3] | KS | R | M000684 | 36 | Enclave Fire Protection Act of 1989 - Requires a Federal, State, or regional enclave which relies on the services of the emergency response personnel of a subordinate jurisdiction to cooperate with such personnel when such personnel are planning for and responding to emergencies involving the enclave. Permits such enclaves to take the steps necessary to protect national security information. | 2025-08-26T17:27:04Z | |
| 101-hr-2045 | 101 | hr | 2045 | To authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop and install a flood warning system for the Santa Clara River, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, California. | Emergency Management | 1989-04-18 | 1990-08-01 | See H.R.5314. | House | Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19] | CA | R | L000020 | 1 | Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to develop and install a flood warning system for the Santa Clara River and its tributaries, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties, California. Requires such system to provide for base stations in both Ventura and Santa Paula, California. Specifies that non-Federal interests must agree to operate and maintain such system and to develop, maintain, and implement such emergency preparedness plans for flooding along the Santa Clara River as are satisfactory to the Secretary. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 101-hr-2046 | 101 | hr | 2046 | To authorize the Corps of Engineers to provide flood flight assistance to the Ventura County Flood Control District with respect to Santa Paula Creek, Ventura, California. | Emergency Management | 1989-04-18 | 1989-05-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources. | House | Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19] | CA | R | L000020 | 1 | Requires the Secretary of the Army to provide flood fight assistance to the Ventura County Flood Control District, upon the request of such district and when its flood warning system predicts a peak flood flow of greater than 16,000 cubic feet per second in Santa Paula Creek, near Santa Paula, California. | 2024-02-07T16:02:17Z | |
| 101-s-629 | 101 | s | 629 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 Amendments Act | Emergency Management | 1989-03-16 | 1989-04-07 | Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Cranston, Alan [D-CA] | CA | D | C000877 | 3 | Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 Amendments Act - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to: (1) add a number of congressional findings in connection with the need for seismic risk assessment and the vulnerability of buildings and other structures; (2) substitute the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as the lead agency in connection with the national earthquake hazards reduction program; (3) add a number of duties to be performed by the Director of the USGS in this new role; (4) add performance of problem-focused basic, applied, and developmental research on all aspects of earthquake hazards reduction as a program objective; (5) include the Department of Education as a participating agency; (6) require the President's report to the Congress on the program to include expressly preparedness plans prepared by the Director of FEMA for response to earthquake predictions in certain areas; and (7) authorize appropriations to the USGS and to FEMA to carry out their roles in the program. | 2025-08-26T17:25:23Z | |
| 101-s-575 | 101 | s | 575 | A bill to make permanent the authority provided under the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act. | Emergency Management | 1989-03-15 | 1989-03-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Amends the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to change the short title of such Act to the Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act. Repeals the provision terminating the authority of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with foreign fire organizations for wildfire protection, to furnish or accept emergency wildfire protection resources from foreign fire organizations, or to incur obligations for reimbursement to Canada or Canadian organizations in furnishing U.S. wildfire protection resources. | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-1011 | 101 | hr | 1011 | Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 | Emergency Management | 1989-02-09 | 1990-05-09 | Became Public Law No: 101-286. | House | Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] | CA | R | H000528 | 10 | Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989 - Title I: National Commission on Wildfire Disasters - Establishes a National Commission on Wildfire Disasters to study the effects of disastrous wildfires and make recommendations concerning a smooth and timely transition from the loss of natural resources due to such fires. Directs the Commission to study the effects of such fires on: (1) the current and future economy of affected communities; (2) the availability of sufficient timber supplies to meet future industry needs; (3) fish and wildlife habitats; (4) recreation in the affected areas; (5) watershed and water quality protection plans in effect within National Forest System lands; (6) ecosystems in the areas; (7) management plans of the affected National Forest System lands; (8) national parks; (9) Bureau of Land Management public lands; (10) wilderness; and (11) the biodiversity of affected areas. Requires the Commission to report to the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior, by December 1, 1991, concerning the future management of National Forest System lands, national parks, Bureau of Land Management public lands, and community redevelopment activities and programs. Directs the Secretaries to submit such report to specified congressional committees. Terminates the Commission 90 days after it submits its report to the Secretaries. Title II: Forest Firefighting Planning and Cooperation - Requires annual reports to the Congress, by the Secretary of Agriculture, on the rehabilitation needs of each Forest System Region and, by the Secretary of the Interior, on the rehabilitation needs of the Bureau of Land Management public lands and of each National Park Region resulting from disastrous forest fire damage during the previous year. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to annually offer training programs to certify volunteers for suppressing forest fires on National Forest System Lands, National Park System lands and Bureau of Land Management public lands. Directs the Secretaries to su… | 2025-01-14T16:41:20Z | |
| 101-hr-829 | 101 | hr | 829 | Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act | Emergency Management | 1989-02-02 | 1989-04-07 | Became Public Law No: 101-11. | House | Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9] | MO | D | V000112 | 10 | Wildfire Suppression Assistance Act - Amends the Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act to repeal the provision terminating the authority of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with foreign fire organizations for wildfire protection, to furnish or accept emergency wildfire protection resources from foreign fire organizations, or to incur obligations for reimbursement to Canada or Canadian organizations in furnishing U.S. wildfire protection resources. (Current law terminates such authority December 31, 1988.) | 2024-02-07T13:32:55Z | |
| 101-hr-728 | 101 | hr | 728 | To require certain flammable liquid storage facilities to have overflow alarm systems, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 1989-01-31 | 1989-02-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Safety. | House | Rep. Guarini, Frank J. [D-NJ-14] | NJ | D | G000511 | 0 | Requires storage tank facilities which contain flammable liquids to be equipped with high level alarm systems designed to activate upon the threat of an overflow. Subjects plans and specifications to the approval of the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health prior to installation. Requires the Assistant Secretary to inspect such installations for compliance with this Act. Requires an alarm system to have a distinctive sound signal audible to all personnel in the event of specified occurrences. Requires any high level alarm system at an unattended facility to prevent the flow of flammable liquid in the event of a power failure. Requires systems installed prior to enactment of this Act to be inspected by the Assistant Secretary. Requires fire and emergency plans for facilities to be filed with the appropriate fire department. Directs the Assistant Secretary to assess civil penalties against owners or operators of noncomplying terminals at a certain sum per day. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 101-hjres-101 | 101 | hjres | 101 | To designate October 10, 1989, as "National Smoke Detector Day". | Emergency Management | 1989-01-27 | 1989-02-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Designates October 10, 1989, as National Smoke Detector Day. | 2024-02-06T20:04:02Z | |
| 101-s-258 | 101 | s | 258 | A bill to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the program of flood insurance for structures on land subject to imminent collapse or subsidence. | Emergency Management | 1989-01-25 | 1989-01-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking. | Senate | Sen. Riegle, Donald W., Jr. [D-MI] | MI | D | R000249 | 5 | Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the program of flood insurance for structures on land subject to imminent collapse or subsidence through September 30, 1992 (currently, September 30, 1989). Expands the area on the southern shore of Long Island, New York, to which such program shall not apply. | 2025-01-14T18:20:21Z | |
| 101-hr-236 | 101 | hr | 236 | To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the program of flood insurance for structures on land subject to imminent collapse or subsidence. | Emergency Management | 1989-01-03 | 1990-06-20 | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House | Rep. Jones, Walter B. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | J000256 | 1 | Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to extend the program of flood insurance for structures on land subject to imminent collapse or subsidence through September 30, 1992 (currently, September 30, 1989). Expands the area on the southern shore of Long Island, New York, to which such program shall not apply. | 2024-02-06T19:38:08Z | |
| 101-hr-94 | 101 | hr | 94 | Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 | Emergency Management | 1989-01-03 | 1990-09-25 | Became Public Law No: 101-391. | House | Rep. Boehlert, Sherwood [R-NY-25] | NY | R | B000586 | 58 | Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to require States to submit to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency a list of public accommodations which meet this Act's fire safety guidelines so that the Director can compile, publish, and distribute to Federal agencies a master list of all public accommodations that meet such guidelines. Establishes fire safety guidelines requiring that, in each public accommodation: (1) hard-wired, single-station smoke detectors be installed in each guest room in accordance with the appropriate American National Standard for Fire Alarm Systems; and (2) an automatic sprinkler system be installed in accordance with the appropriate American National Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, except in places that are three stories or lower. Authorizes the Director to take steps to encourage States to promote the use of automatic sprinkler and smoke detection systems and to disseminate information on the life safety value and use of such systems. Amends Federal law to limit the studies and surveys conducted to establish the lodging expenses of Federal employees on official business to public accommodations which meet fire safety guidelines. Prohibits the General Services Administration (GSA) from listing rates offered by places of public accommodation which do not meet such guidelines in any directory of lodging accommodations for Federal employees on official business. Requires that such directories include a description of the access and safety devices which each listed public accommodation provides for handicapped guests. Permits the GSA to take additional actions encouraging Federal employees to use public accommodations that meet fire safety guidelines. Sets forth minimum percentages (eventually reaching 90 percent) of total nights spent by agency employees on official business in public accommodations which must be spent in accommodations meeting fire safety guidelines. Prohibits Federal fundin… | 2025-01-14T18:51:33Z |
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