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| 113-hr-5856 | 113 | hr | 5856 | No Armed Drones for DHS Act | Emergency Management | 2014-12-11 | 2014-12-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9] | FL | D | G000556 | 0 | No Armed Drones for DHS Act - Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from purchasing, operating, or maintaining armed unmanned aerial vehicles. | 2023-01-11T13:25:10Z | |
| 113-hr-5770 | 113 | hr | 5770 | Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-12-01 | 2014-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5] | NY | D | M001137 | 2 | Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2014 - Amends the Disaster Assistance Recoupment Fairness Act of 2011 to make the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive certain debts relating to disaster assistance provided to individuals and households applicable to such assistance provided between August 28, 2005, and December 31, 2014 (currently, December 31, 2010). | 2023-01-11T13:25:15Z | |
| 113-hr-5738 | 113 | hr | 5738 | Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for purposes of establishing and maintaining mobile hospital units for responding to an epidemic, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2014-11-19 | 2014-11-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Bentivolio, Kerry L. [R-MI-11] | MI | R | B001280 | 0 | Makes supplemental appropriations to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish and maintain mobile hospital units for responding to a possible epidemic. | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5744 | 113 | hr | 5744 | SWIC Enhancement Act | Emergency Management | 2014-11-19 | 2014-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 1 | State Wide Interoperable Communications Enhancement Act or the SWIC Enhancement Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require a state to include in its application for State Homeland Security Grant Program funding a certification: (1) that the governor of the state has designated a Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, or (2) indicating that the state is performing the functions of such a Coordinator in another manner and identifying the primary point of contact for performance of such functions. Sets forth as such Coordinator's functions: overseeing the daily operations of the state's interoperability efforts; coordinating state interoperability and communications projects and grant applications for such projects; establishing and maintaining working groups to develop and implement key interoperability initiatives; and implementing and updating a Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan that specifies the current status of state efforts to enhance communications interoperability within the state, including future goals for communications interoperability among emergency response agencies in the state. | 2023-01-11T13:25:21Z | |
| 113-hr-5712 | 113 | hr | 5712 | DHS Private Sector Office Engagement Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-11-14 | 2014-12-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. | House | Rep. Clawson, Curt [R-FL-19] | FL | R | C001102 | 1 | DHS Private Sector Office Engagement Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to replace provisions directing the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to appoint a Special Assistant responsible for private sector matters with provisions establishing within DHS a Private Sector Office, to be headed by an Assistant Secretary for Private Sector Coordination. Establishes as the Office's mission to: (1) create and foster strategic engagement with the private sector to enhance the primary mission of DHS to protect the United States; and (2) conduct ongoing economic impact analysis to reduce the burden of DHS decisions, regulations, and initiatives on the private sector and the U.S. economy. Includes among the Assistant Secretary's responsibilities: to create a strategic plan for the Office; to advise the Secretary regarding the impact of DHS's policies, regulations, processes, and actions on the private sector; to analyze the economic impact of changes in homeland security policy; to determine actions needed to reduce associated homeland security burdens on the private sector; to foster strategic engagement with the private sector to improve homeland security; to promote to the private sector best practices regarding cyber security and critical infrastructure protection; to promote and develop public-private partnerships to provide for collaboration and mutual support to address homeland security challenges; and to collaborate with the Chief Human Capital Officer to facilitate the DHS Loaned Executive Program. Terminates the Office on December 31, 2018. Directs the Secretary to conduct an assessment of the Office concurrently with the next Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. | 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z | |
| 113-hr-5698 | 113 | hr | 5698 | United States Secret Service Accountability and Improvement Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-11-13 | 2014-11-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. | House | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | TX | R | M001157 | 0 | United States Secret Service Accountability and Improvement Act of 2014 - Establishes in the legislative branch an independent advisory panel to: (1) examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the leadership structure, protocols, training, tools, and capabilities of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) mission to protect national leaders, visiting heads of state and government, designated sites, and special events of national significance; and (2) make recommendations to improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the United States Secret Service. Directs the panel to assess the current leadership structure, protocols, training, tools, and capabilities of the Service, including assessing: the unity of effort between the divisions of the Service, law enforcement agencies, and other components of DHS related to the protective and investigative missions; the impact of Service personnel culture on its effectiveness and efficiency; the impact any leadership or security deficiencies have on the threat from acts of terrorism or other security incidents; identification of all security breaches at locations under Service protection in the past five years; the extent to which current resources provide for accomplishing its mission, and the effectiveness of communications and dissemination of homeland security information within the Service and with other law enforcement entities in routine and emergency situations. Sets forth reporting requirements, including requiring the final report to identify lessons learned regarding Service leadership issues and to include recommendations for improving efficiency and effectiveness, improving unity of effort, eliminating barriers to effective communications, identifying and mitigating culture issues that detract from its mission, and mitigating risks based on past security breaches. | 2023-01-11T13:25:22Z | |
| 113-hr-5629 | 113 | hr | 5629 | Strengthening Domestic Nuclear Security Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-09-18 | 2014-12-03 | 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 | 1 | Strengthening Domestic Nuclear Security Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize appropriations for the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office for FY2015-FY2016. Requires the Director for Domestic Nuclear Detection: (1) in developing and implementing the enhanced global nuclear detection architecture, to provide support for planning, organization, equipment, training, exercises, and operational assessments to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal entities to assist in implementing radiological and nuclear detection capabilities in the event of a radiological or nuclear act of terror or other attack; and (2) to establish the Securing the Cities (STC) program to enhance the ability of the United States to detect and prevent a radiological or nuclear act of terror or other attack in high-risk urban areas. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to submit to specified congressional committees an assessment of the STC program within one year after enactment of this Act. Requires, in the event of an acquisition of a new system for a component of DHS or any other DHS-related or -associated end-user, the head of such component to complete and sign a Mission Need Statement and Operational Requirements Document. Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to change the joint annual interagency review of global nuclear detection architecture and the required annual report thereon to a biennial review and report. | 2023-01-11T13:25:15Z | |
| 113-hr-5635 | 113 | hr | 5635 | DISASTER Act | Emergency Management | 2014-09-18 | 2014-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] | CA | D | P000608 | 3 | Disclosing Aid Spent to Ensure Relief Act or the DISASTER Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit annually to Congress a report on all disaster-related assistance provided by the federal government. Requires the report to include all federal obligations related to disaster response, recovery, mitigation efforts, and administrative costs associated with these activities for specified agencies and programs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:32Z | |
| 113-hr-5521 | 113 | hr | 5521 | Urban Flooding Awareness Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-09-17 | 2014-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] | IL | D | Q000023 | 1 | Urban Flooding Awareness Act of 2014 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to conduct a study on urban flooding. Defines "urban flooding" as the inundation of property in a built environment, particularly in more densely populated areas, caused by rain falling on increased amounts of impervious surface and overwhelming the capacity of drainage systems. Directs the Council to evaluate the latest research, laws, regulations, policies, best practices, procedures, and institutional knowledge regarding urban flooding. Requires the Council's study to include an examination of: the prevalence of and costs associated with urban flooding events across the United States, with a focus on the largest metropolitan areas and trends in frequency and severity over the past two decades; the adequacy of federally provided flood risk information and the most cost-effective methods and products to characterize the risk of property damage from urban flooding on a property-by-property basis; the potential for training and certifying local experts in flood risk characterization as a service to property purchasers and owners; the causes of urban flooding and its apparent increase over the past 20 years; the most cost-effective strategies, practices, and technologies used to reduce the impacts of urban flooding; the role of the federal government and state governments in spurring market innovations based on public-private-nonprofit partnerships; the most sustainable and effective methods for funding flood risk and flood damage reduction at all levels of government; the relevance of the National Flood Insurance Program and Community Rating System to urban flooding areas outside traditional flood plains and strategies for broadening coverage and increasing participation under the Program; and strategies for protecting downstream communities from the flooding impacts of development in upstream communities. | 2023-01-11T13:25:35Z | |
| 113-hr-5314 | 113 | hr | 5314 | PREPARE Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-07-31 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17] | PA | D | C001090 | 17 | Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience Act of 2014 or the PREPARE Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and Risk Management (Council), co-chaired by an employee of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to provide administrative support and additional resources to the Council. Requires the Council to establish government-wide goals and priorities for extreme weather preparedness and risk management. Requires each agency to submit biannually to OMB and to the Council a comprehensive plan that integrates extreme weather into its operations and overall objectives. Requires the United States Global Change Research Program to designate a participating agency to maintain an Internet website providing extreme weather preparedness information. Directs the Council to publish biannually an inventory of all regional agency offices, centers, and programs that assist with extreme weather preparedness and risk management at the municipal level. Requires annual agency performance plans to include the most recent agency extreme weather plan. | 2023-01-11T13:25:53Z | |
| 113-hr-5345 | 113 | hr | 5345 | RESPONSE Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-07-31 | 2014-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. | House | Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] | WI | D | K000188 | 5 | RESPONSE Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council. Directs the Subcommittee to evaluate the following topics and develop recommendations for improving emergency responder training and resource allocation for hazardous materials incidents involving railroads: the quality and application of training for local emergency first responders related to rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities near railroads; the effectiveness of funding levels related to training local emergency responders for rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities; a strategy for integration of commodity flow studies, mapping, and access platforms for local emergency responders and how to increase the rate of access to the individual responder in existing or emerging communications technology; the need for emergency response plans for rail, similar to existing law related to maritime and stationary facility emergency response plans for hazardous materials; the need for a rail hazardous materials incident database; increasing access to relevant, useful, and timely information for the local emergency responder for training purposes and in the event of a rail hazardous materials incident; and determining the most appropriate agencies and offices for the implementation of the recommendations. Terminates the Subcommittee not later than four years after this Act's enactment, subject to one year extensions. | 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z | |
| 113-hr-5348 | 113 | hr | 5348 | FTO Reform Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-07-31 | 2014-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] | NY | R | K000210 | 1 | FTO Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) revise the list of relevant committees to which the Secretary of State must provide prior notice with respect to the designation of a foreign terrorist organization (FTO) to include the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the House Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs Committees, and (2) include the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) among the officials the Secretary of State must consult in making such designation. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding an FTO designation, including an assessment of the threat to national security due to terrorist activity or terrorism carried out by the organization. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report on: DHS activities relating to FTO designations and an accounting of the effects each such designation has on DHS operations; the number of individuals denied entry into the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs; the number of individuals removed from the United States due to their support for an FTO and an identification of such FTOs; a list of all revocations of otherwise ineligible nonimmigrant visas considered by DHS; and a list of all individuals with respect to whom a revocation was granted, their associations with an FTO, and an identification of such FTOs. | 2023-01-11T13:25:52Z | |
| 113-s-2664 | 113 | s | 2664 | Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-07-24 | 2014-07-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 2 | Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) modernize the integrated U.S. public alert and warning system to help 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 natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters or threats to public safety; and (2) implement such system to disseminate timely and effective warnings and homeland security information. 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 technologies and to alert, warn, and provide equivalent information to individuals with disabilities, access and functional needs, or limited English proficiency; (3) ensure that specified training, tests, and exercises for such system are conducted and that the system is resilient, secure, and can withstand external attacks; and (4) conduct public education efforts and a general market awareness campaign about the system. Requires the system to: (1) be designed to adapt to and incorporate future technologies for communicating directly with the public, provide alerts to the largest portion of the affected population feasible, and improve the ability of remote areas to receive alerts; (2) promote local and regional public and private partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response; (3) provide redundant alert mechanisms; and (4) protect individual privacy. Directs the Administrator to establish the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Subcommittee to develop and submit recommendations for an integrated public alert and warning system to the National A… | 2023-01-11T13:25:45Z | |
| 113-s-2665 | 113 | s | 2665 | Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-07-24 | 2014-09-08 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, with respect to entities that are eligible to receive certain disaster assitance, to include: (1) broadcasting facilities within the definition of a "private nonprofit facility" that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and (2) broadcast and telecommunications communications within the definition of "critical services" provided by such a facility. | 2023-01-11T13:25:28Z | |
| 113-hr-5116 | 113 | hr | 5116 | Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-07-15 | 2014-07-24 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] | NC | R | M001187 | 9 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Human Trafficking Detection Act of 2014 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement a program to: (1) train relevant Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and other DHS personnel on how to effectively deter, detect, and disrupt human trafficking and interdict suspected perpetrators during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities; and (2) ensure that such personnel regularly receive current information on matters related to the detection of human trafficking. Permits training to be conducted through in-class or virtual learning capabilities. Requires such training to include: methods for identifying suspected victims and perpetrators of human trafficking, methods for approaching a suspected victim in a manner that is sensitive to the victim and not likely to alert a perpetrator, training that is most appropriate for a particular location or environment, and a post-training evaluation of trainees. Directs the Secretary: (1) to reassess the training program annually; (2) within one year after enactment of this Act, to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that all such personnel have successfully completed the required training; and (3) to report annually on the overall effectiveness of the training program and on the number of human trafficking cases reported by DHS personnel and the number confirmed. Authorizes the Secretary, upon request, to provide training curricula to assist any state, local, or tribal government or private organization in establishing its program. | 2023-01-11T13:25:59Z | |
| 113-s-2547 | 113 | s | 2547 | RESPONSE Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-06-26 | 2014-06-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] | ND | D | H001069 | 6 | RESPONSE Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council. Directs the Subcommittee to develop recommendations for improving emergency responder training and resource allocation, including regarding: the quality and application of training for local emergency first responders related to rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities near railroads; the effectiveness of funding levels related to training local emergency responders for rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities; a strategy for integration of commodity flow studies, mapping, and access platforms for local emergency responders and how to increase the rate of access to the individual responder in communications technology; the lack of emergency response plans for rail, similar to existing law related to maritime and stationary facility emergency response plans; the development of a train incident database; increasing access to relevant, useful, and timely information for the local emergency responder; and determining the most efficient agencies and offices for the implementation of the recommendations. Terminates the Subcommittee not later than four years after this Act's enactment, subject to one year extensions. | 2023-01-11T13:26:05Z | |
| 113-hres-634 | 113 | hres | 634 | Expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives to the victims of the devastating landslide on March 22, 2014, extending the thanks of those who took quick action to provide aid and comfort to the victims of the landslide, commending the resiliency of the affected communities for their strength, and committing to provide the necessary resources and to stand by the people of the affected communities. | Emergency Management | 2014-06-20 | 2014-06-20 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] | WA | D | D000617 | 9 | Expresses condolences to the victims of the devastating landslide near Oso, Washington on March 22, 2014. Extends thanks to the first responders, firefighters, law enforcement personnel, volunteers, and medical personnel who took quick action to provide aid and comfort to the victims. Commends the resiliency of the affected communities. Commits to provide the necessary resources and to stand by the people of those communities. | 2023-01-11T13:26:10Z | |
| 113-hr-4903 | 113 | hr | 4903 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 | Emergency Management | 2014-06-19 | 2014-06-19 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 357. | House | Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] | TX | R | C001051 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2015.Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security 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 coordination 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 transportation of unaccompanied minor aliens; (3) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for civil aviation security services (including explosives detection systems), surface transportation security activities, the development and implementation of intelligence and vetting activities, and transportation security support; (4) U.S. Coast Guard; and (5) U.S. Secret Service. Requires: (1) the Border Patrol to maintain an active duty presence of not less than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents protecting U.S. borders in FY2015; (2) ICE funding to maintain a level of not less than 34,000 detention beds through September 30, 2015; and (3) the TSA Administrator to submit a semiannual report, by April 15, 2015, updating information on a strategy to incre… | 2023-01-11T13:26:14Z | |
| 113-hr-4352 | 113 | hr | 4352 | Flood Insurance Integrity Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-04-01 | 2014-04-01 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | B001257 | 8 | Flood Insurance Integrity Act of 2014 - Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to review every four years the rate tables established by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for implementing the national flood insurance program under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA), and determine whether: (1) the chargeable premium rates for flood insurance coverage determined by those tables are actuarially sound, based on standard actuarial practices used in the private sector; and (2) such chargeable premium rates are sufficient to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the national flood insurance program. Directs GAO to review annually the process for establishing and updating flood insurance rate maps and determine the degree of accuracy of the mapping process. | 2023-01-11T13:26:42Z | |
| 113-s-2198 | 113 | s | 2198 | Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-04-01 | 2014-05-23 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] | CA | D | F000062 | 12 | Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - (Sec. 4) Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaries), in response to the declaration of a state of drought emergency in California, to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project (CVP) agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project (SWP) contractors, and any other locality or municipality in California by approving projects and operations to provide additional water supplies as quickly as possible to address the emergency conditions. Applies such requirement to projects or operations involving the Klamath Project that would benefit federal water contractors in California. Sets forth actions to be taken by the Secretaries to increase water supply, including: ensuring that the Delta Cross Channel Gates remain open to the greatest extent possible; requiring the Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service to recommend revisions to operations of the CVP and the SWP; implementing turbidity control strategies that allow for increased water deliveries while avoiding jeopardy to adult Delta smelt due to entrainment at CVP and SWP pumping plants; managing reverse flow in the Old and Middle Rivers for Delta smelt and salmonids to minimize water supply reductions for the CVP and SWP; adopting a 1:1 inflow to export ratio for the increased flow of the San Joaquin River; issuing all necessary permit decisions within 30 days of receiving a completed application by California to place and use temporary barriers or operable gates in Delta channels to improve water quantity and quality for SWP and CVP water contractors and other water users; requiring the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation to complete all requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the E… | 2023-01-11T13:26:23Z | |
| 113-sres-400 | 113 | sres | 400 | A resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Great Alaska Earthquake, which struck the State of Alaska at 5:36 p.m. on Good Friday, March 27, 1964, honoring those who lost their lives in the Great Alaska Earthquake and associated tsunamis, and expressing continued support for research on earthquake and tsunami prediction and mitigation strategies. | Emergency Management | 2014-03-27 | 2014-03-27 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1800-1803; text as passed Senate: CR S1831) | Senate | Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] | AK | R | M001153 | 5 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Mourns the lives lost due to the Great Alaska Earthquake and associated tsunamis that occurred on March 27, 1964. Recognizes the improved understanding of earthquakes and tsunamis and the scientific and technological advancements that resulted from the study of data collected during that earthquake. Commends the efforts of scientists and engineers from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), as well as those in earthquake-impacted states, to improve earthquake and tsunami prediction and hazard mitigation strategies and protect the well-being of U.S. citizens threatened by these hazards. Expresses support for continued research, education, and outreach about earthquakes and other natural hazards. Encourages participation in the Great Alaska ShakeOut earthquake drill scheduled to occur on March 27, 2014. | 2022-03-03T21:28:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4313 | 113 | hr | 4313 | Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-03-26 | 2014-03-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Jolly, David [R-FL-13] | FL | R | J000296 | 4 | Flood Insurance Premium Parity Act of 2014 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) from estimating reduced (subsidized) risk premium rates for flood insurance for residential property that is neither the primary residence of an individual (as under current law) nor the secondary residence of the property owner. Directs FEMA to establish standards for a residential property to qualify as a secondary residence eligible for subsidized risk flood insurance premium rates that: (1) require the owner to occupy the property for an appropriate minimum period of time each year, and (2) limit subsidized risk premium rates to but a single property of the owner. Repeals the prohibition against estimating subsidized risk premium rates for business property (thus qualifying business property for such rates). Directs FEMA to refund directly to insureds any flood insurance premiums collected in excess of the rates required under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:26:48Z | |
| 113-hr-4289 | 113 | hr | 4289 | Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act | Emergency Management | 2014-03-24 | 2014-07-09 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 2 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Department of Homeland Security Interoperable Communications Act or the DHS Interoperable Communications Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to include among the responsibilities of the Under Secretary for Management responsibilities with respect to policies and directives to achieve and maintain interoperable communications among the components of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Requires such Under Secretary to submit to the House and Senate homeland security committees a strategy, which shall be updated as necessary, for achieving and maintaining interoperable communications, including for daily operations, planned events, and emergencies, with corresponding milestones, that includes: an assessment of interoperability gaps in radio communications among the DHS components, as of this Act's enactment date; information on DHS efforts and activities, including current and planned policies, directives, and training, since November 1, 2012, to achieve and maintain interoperable communications, and planned efforts and activities to achieve and maintain interoperable communications; an assessment of obstacles and challenges to achieving and maintaining interoperable communications; information on, and an assessment of, the adequacy of mechanisms available to the Under Secretary to enforce and compel compliance with interoperable communications policies and directives of DHS; guidance provided to DHS components to implement interoperable communications policies and directives; the total amount of funds expended by DHS since November 1, 2012, and projected future expenditures, to achieve interoperable communications; and dates upon which DHS-wide interoperability is projected to be achieved for voice, data, and video communications, respectively, and interim milestones. Directs the Under Secretary to submit information on any intra-agency effort or task force that has been delegated responsib… | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4263 | 113 | hr | 4263 | Social Media Working Group Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-03-14 | 2014-07-09 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Brooks, Susan W. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | B001284 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 19, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Social Media Working Group Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a social media working group (the Group) to provide guidance and best practices to the emergency preparedness and response community on the use of social media technologies before, during, and after a terrorist attack or other emergency. Requires the Group to submit an annual report that includes: (1) a review of current and emerging social media technologies being used to support preparedness and response activities related to terrorist attacks and other emergencies; (2) a review of best practices and lessons learned on the use of social media during the response to terrorist attacks and other emergencies that occurred during the period covered by the report; (3) recommendations to improve DHS's use of social media for emergency management purposes, to improve public awareness of the type of information disseminated through social media and how to access such information during a terrorist attack or other emergency, and to improve information sharing among DHS and its components and among state and local governments; (4) a review of available training for government officials on the use of social media in response to a terrorist attack or other emergency; and (5) a summary of coordination efforts with the private sector to discuss and resolve legal, operational, technical, privacy, and security concerns. | 2023-01-11T13:26:02Z | |
| 113-hr-4228 | 113 | hr | 4228 | DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act | Emergency Management | 2014-03-13 | 2014-06-10 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] | SC | R | D000615 | 14 | DHS Acquisition Accountability and Efficiency Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reform acquisition and procurement programs and activities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). (Sec. 5) Prohibits the authorization of appropriations of additional funds to carry out this Act. Title I: Acquisition Authorities - (Sec. 101) Designates the Under Secretary for Management of DHS as the DHS Chief Acquisition Officer. Sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Under Secretary related to acquisition, including: (1) advising the DHS Secretary on acquisition management activities; (2) exercising the authority to approve, halt, modify, or cancel a major acquisition program (defined as a program estimated to require an eventual total expenditure of at least $300 million over its life cycle cost); (3) establishing policies for acquisition; (4) ensuring that each major acquisition program has a DHS-approved acquisition program baseline (i.e., the summary of the cost, schedule, and performance parameters, expressed in standard, measurable, quantitative terms, which must be met in order to accomplish program goals); (5) ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and (6) distributing guidance to ensure that contractors adhere to internal cybersecurity policies established by DHS. Permits the Under Secretary to delegate acquisition authority in writing to the relevant Component Acquisition Executive (i.e. senior acquisition official within a DHS Component with authority and responsibility for leading a process and staff to provide acquisition and program management oversight, policy, and guidance) for an acquisition program with a specified life cycle cost. (Sec. 102) Requires the DHS Office of Program Analysis and Evaluation to provide leadership over financial management policy and programs for DHS as they relate to DHS's acquisition programs, in consultation with the Under Secretary for Management. (Sec. 103) Sets forth the acquisition responsibilities of the Chief Informa… | 2023-01-11T13:26:18Z | |
| 113-s-2137 | 113 | s | 2137 | A bill to ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes. | Emergency Management | 2014-03-13 | 2014-03-13 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | Senate | Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] | UT | R | L000577 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from refunding any flood insurance premium collected in excess of mandatory rates cited in the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014, if the premium refund is for flood insurance coverage for a residential property that is not the primary residence of an individual. | 2023-01-11T13:26:45Z | |
| 113-hconres-89 | 113 | hconres | 89 | Expressing support for designation of October 28, annually, as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day". | Emergency Management | 2014-03-05 | 2014-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11] | NC | R | M001187 | 2 | Expresses support for the designation of Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day. | 2023-01-11T13:26:53Z | |
| 113-hr-4109 | 113 | hr | 4109 | To require the President to designate a legal public holiday to be known as National First Responders Day. | Emergency Management | 2014-02-27 | 2014-02-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | C001037 | 27 | Directs the President to issue a proclamation that designates National First Responders Day as a legal public holiday. | 2023-01-11T13:26:58Z | |
| 113-hr-4071 | 113 | hr | 4071 | Flood Insurance Flexibility Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-02-21 | 2014-02-21 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5] | OR | D | S001180 | 2 | Flood Insurance Flexibility Act of 2014 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make available, at the option of the insured, flood insurance coverage for properties with premiums and deductibles which have an annual loss-deductible for damage to the covered property of at least $10,000. Authorizes FEMA to make coverage available with higher loss-deductible amounts that it considers feasible and appropriate. Requires such flood insurance coverage to have a chargeable risk premium rate that, as determined by FEMA, accurately reflects both the current risk of flood to the property and the deductible. | 2023-01-11T13:26:59Z | |
| 113-hr-4034 | 113 | hr | 4034 | WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-02-11 | 2014-02-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. | House | Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] | NJ | D | P000096 | 1 | WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2014 - Title I: A National Biodefense Enterprise - 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. Directs the Special Assistant to submit to the President and update as necessary a National Biodefense Plan that: defines the scope and purpose of a national biodefense capability; identifies biological risks to the nation and activities and tasks to be performed to address them; defines organizational roles, responsibilities, and coordination of federal, state, local, and tribal authorities with respect to such activities and tasks; defines research and development needs for improving the capacity for threat awareness and prevention, protection, response, and recovery; identifies biodefense assets, interdependencies, and capability gaps; provides goals and performance measures; identifies resource and investment needs; 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 St… | 2023-01-11T13:27:00Z | |
| 113-hr-4007 | 113 | hr | 4007 | Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-02-06 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-254. | House | Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] | PA | R | M001181 | 10 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 10, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) reestablish the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and (2) authorize such Program for four years. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: identify chemical facilities of interest and covered chemical facilities; require each chemical facility of interest to submit a Top-Screen and any other information the Secretary determines necessary to enable DHS to assess the facility's security risks; establish risk-based performance standards designed to address high levels of security risk at covered chemical facilities; and require each covered chemical facility to submit a security vulnerability assessment and develop, submit, and implement a site security plan.. Defines: (1) a "chemical facility of interest" to mean a facility that holds a chemical of interest at a threshold quantity set pursuant to relevant risk-related security principles and that is not an excluded facility; (2) a "covered chemical facility" to mean a chemical facility of interest that the Secretary determines meets risk criteria under this Act based upon a review of the facility's Top-Screen; and (3) an "excluded facility" to mean a facility regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, a public water system, a treatment works, a facility owned or operated by the Department of Defense (DOD) or the Department of Energy (DOE), or a facility subject to regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Requires a covered chemical facility, in developing a site security plan, to include security measures that appropriately address the security vulnerability assessment and the risk-based performance standards for security for the facility. Directs the… | 2023-03-22T18:49:19Z | |
| 113-s-1960 | 113 | s | 1960 | Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-01-27 | 2014-01-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S488) | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 2 | Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014 - 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). | 2023-01-11T13:27:03Z | |
| 113-hr-3925 | 113 | hr | 3925 | Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-01-21 | 2014-01-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] | IL | R | D000619 | 6 | Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act of 2014 - 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). Makes such rules applicable to any major disaster declared on or after January 1, 2013. | 2023-01-11T13:27:07Z | |
| 113-hr-3924 | 113 | hr | 3924 | HOME Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2014-01-17 | 2014-01-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Garcia, Joe [D-FL-26] | FL | D | G000573 | 5 | Helping Owners Mitigate Effectively Act of 2014 or the HOME Act of 2014 - Delays any change in risk premium rates for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program resulting from amendments made by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Biggert-Waters Act) until five years after the enactment date of such Act. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to provide that the maximum annual chargeable flood insurance premium rate for a property shall be the appraised value of the property when purchased by its current owner divided by 30. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $7,500 for flood mitigation expenses in a taxable year for policy holders of flood insurance coverage and small businesses. Terminates such credit after December 31, 2022 Amends the Biggert-Waters Act to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to use any other amounts available to the Administrator to carry out the the study of participation in the National Flood Insurance Program and of the affordability of risk-based premiums under such Program. Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize increased appropriations for predisaster hazard mitigation for FY2014-FY2018. Authorizes appropriations for flood risk mitigation assistance for FY2014-FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:27:07Z | |
| 113-hr-3891 | 113 | hr | 3891 | To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award Urban Area Security Initiative grants to nonprofit organizations not located in high-risk urban areas. | Emergency Management | 2014-01-15 | 2014-01-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. | House | Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] | NV | D | T000468 | 1 | Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to award Urban Area Security Initiative grants to nonprofit organizations located in areas that are not designated as high-risk urban areas. | 2023-01-11T13:27:09Z | |
| 113-hr-3834 | 113 | hr | 3834 | Flood Safe Basements Act | Emergency Management | 2014-01-09 | 2014-01-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large] | ND | R | C001096 | 0 | Flood Safe Basements Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to rate a covered structure using the elevation difference between the floodproofed elevation and the adjusted base flood elevation of such structure. Defines "covered structure" as a residential structure: (1) located in a community that has adopted flood plain management measures approved by FEMA and satisfying requirements for an exception for floodproofed residential basements, and (2) built in compliance with the applicable flood plain management measures. | 2023-01-11T13:23:30Z | |
| 113-hr-3815 | 113 | hr | 3815 | To repeal the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. | Emergency Management | 2014-01-07 | 2014-01-08 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H56-57, H58, H59, H60, H61-62) | House | Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] | PA | R | M001179 | 0 | Repeals the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, but retains, until September 30, 2017, the financing of the National Flood Insurance Program. | 2023-01-11T13:23:31Z | |
| 113-s-1846 | 113 | s | 1846 | Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-12-17 | 2014-01-15 | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S335, S344-360) | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 33 | Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from implementing a requirement of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) that would: (1) increase flood insurance risk premium rates to reflect the current risk of flood for certain property located in specified areas subject to a specified mandatory premium adjustment, or (2) reduce statutory subsidies for any property not insured by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as of July 6, 2012, or any policy that has lapsed in coverage as a result of the policyholder's deliberate choice (pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map or pre-FIRM properties). Sets an expiration date for such prohibitions six months after one or another of three specified alternative events takes place. (A pre-FIRM property contains a structure neither constructed nor substantially improved after the later of December 31, 1974, or the effective date of the initial flood insurance rate map published by the FEMA Administrator under NFIA for the pertinent area.) Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to prohibit FEMA from providing flood insurance to prospective insureds at rates less than those estimated for property purchased after the expiration of such six-month period (currently, any property purchased after July 6, 2012). Prohibits FEMA from reducing the risk premium rate subsidy for flood insurance for a property purchased on or before the expiration of the same six-month period based upon the fact that: (1) the property was not insured by NFIP as of the date of enactment of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, or (2) on or before the expiration of the six-month period the policy for the property had lapsed in coverage owing to the policy holder's deliberate choice because the property was no longer required to retain such coverage. Directs FEMA to: (1) restore during such six-month period specified estimated flood insurance risk premium rate subsidies for certain pre-F… | 2021-07-06T15:04:37Z | |
| 113-s-1819 | 113 | s | 1819 | Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-12-12 | 2013-12-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] | AK | D | B001265 | 0 | Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include public broadcasting facilities within the definition of a "private nonprofit facility" that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and to include broadcast and telecommunications within the definition of "critical services" provided by such a facility, for purposes of eligibility for certain disaster assistance. Makes this Act applicable to a major disaster declared by the President under such Act on or after October 28, 2012. | 2023-01-11T13:23:33Z | |
| 113-hr-3693 | 113 | hr | 3693 | Flood Insurance Relief and Transparency Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-12-11 | 2013-12-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6] | LA | R | C001075 | 21 | Flood Insurance Relief and Transparency Act of 2013 - Delays until March 1, 2015, the effective date of specified changes in risk premium rates for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make publicly available all data affecting any changes in such risk premium rates. Amends the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 to remove the $750,000 restriction from the maximum amount of funds available to FEMA for the study of participation in and affordability of NFIP for certain flood insurance policyholders. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require FEMA to provide policyholders with the option of paying chargeable risk premiums for flood insurance coverage on an annual (as under current law) or a monthly basis. Sets forth criteria for policyholder eligibility to exercise the monthly option. | 2023-01-11T13:23:38Z | |
| 113-hr-3552 | 113 | hr | 3552 | Emergency Response Improvement Act | Emergency Management | 2013-11-20 | 2013-11-21 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Emergency Response Improvement Act - Requires the chief executive officer of a state, to be eligible for assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act on or after October 1, 2014, to maintain a State Office of Emergency Management to coordinate the state response to, and to request federal assistance with respect to, an emergency. Directs the President, if one or more federal agencies provides assistance to a state in response to an emergency, to designate an individual from one such agency to serve as the federal incident commander for that emergency. Requires such commander to meet with representatives of federal, state, and local entities involved in the response and assist such representatives in: (1) creating a response plan that specifies the responsibilities of each entity, (2) designating an individual to lead the response, and (3) drafting and executing a memorandum of understanding with respect to such plan. Requires the federal incident commander, in the absence of such a memorandum of understanding, to report to the President and recommend if, and to what extent, the relevant federal agencies should be involved in the response. | 2023-01-11T13:23:48Z | |
| 113-hr-3511 | 113 | hr | 3511 | Keeping Flood Insurance Affordable Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-11-15 | 2013-11-15 | Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-7] | MA | D | C001037 | 9 | Keeping Flood Insurance Affordable Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from: (1) increasing flood insurance risk premium rates to reflect the current risk of flood for certain property located in specified areas subject to a certain mandatory premium adjustment, or (2) reducing such subsidies for any property not insured by the flood insurance program as of July 6, 2012, or any policy that has lapsed in coverage as a result of the policyholder's deliberate choice (Pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map or pre-FIRM properties). Sets forth expiration dates for such prohibitions. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to prohibit FEMA from providing flood insurance to prospective insureds at rates less than those estimated for any property purchased after the expiration of such six-month period (currently, any property purchased after July 6, 2012). Prohibits FEMA from reducing flood insurance risk premium rate subsidies for one non-primary residential property of an owner, with an appraised value that does not exceed $1 million. Applies the same prohibition with respect to business properties, except that any single business may insure only a single property with such risk premium rate subsidies. Makes such business property coverage available for an aggregate liability of $1 million with respect to any single building, with another $1 million for contents owned by the building owner, and another $1 million for each unit within the building for contents owned by the tenant. Directs FEMA to: (1) restore during such six-month period specified estimated risk premium rate subsidies for flood insurance for pre-FIRM properties and properties purchased after such six-month period, and (2) submit to certain congressional committees a draft affordability framework addressing the affordability of flood insurance sold under the NFIA. Prescribes procedures for expedited congressional consideration of legislation on FEMA affordability authorities. Permits FEMA to en… | 2023-01-11T13:23:49Z | |
| 113-s-1628 | 113 | s | 1628 | Fallen Wildland Firefighters Fair Compensation Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-31 | 2013-10-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 1 | Fallen Wildland Firefighters Fair Compensation Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to make eligible for death or disability benefits an individual who: (1) serves the Forest Service, any agency of the Department of the Interior, or any state or local firefighting entity as a contractor or subcontractor, in an official capacity, with or without compensation; (2) performs under an exclusive use, call when needed, or equipment rental agreement with such agency or entity; and (3) directly performs fire suppression activities as a member of an aerial or ground-based firefighting crew or equipment operator in the direct fire suppression, or en route to or return from such direct fire suppression activity. Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to include such an individual within the definition of "public safety officer" for purposes of death benefits eligibility provisions. | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z | |
| 113-hr-3380 | 113 | hr | 3380 | To delay any increases in premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program until the Federal Emergency Management Agency completes a comprehensive review and updating of all flood insurance rate maps and the Army Corps of Engineers reviews and certifies that such maps include all flood mitigation and flood control projects completed by the Corps. | Emergency Management | 2013-10-30 | 2013-10-30 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Rahall, Nick J., II [D-WV-3] | WV | D | R000011 | 0 | Prohibits the risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage made available under the National Flood Insurance Program from being increased from such rates in effect as of September 30, 2013, until: (1) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) completes a first comprehensive review and updating of all flood insurance rate maps for such Program pursuant to the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, and (2) the Chief of Engineers reviews and certifies that such updated rate maps accurately reflect all flood mitigation and flood control projects completed within the affected watershed by the Army Corps of Engineers. Directs the Administrator to refund to insureds any premiums for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program collected in excess of the rates required under this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:23:25Z | |
| 113-hr-3410 | 113 | hr | 3410 | Critical Infrastructure Protection Act | Emergency Management | 2013-10-30 | 2014-12-02 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-8] | AZ | R | F000448 | 21 | Critical Infrastructure Protection Act or CIPA - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) include in national planning scenarios the threat of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events; and (2) conduct outreach to educate owners and operators of critical infrastructure, emergency planners, and emergency responders at all levels of government of the threat of EMP events. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to conduct research and development to mitigate the consequences of EMP events, including: (1) an objective scientific analysis of the risks to critical infrastructures from a range of EMP events; (2) determination of the critical national security assets and vital civic utilities and infrastructures that are at risk from EMP events; (3) an evaluation of emergency planning and response technologies that would address the findings and recommendations of experts, including those of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack; (4) an analysis of available technology options to improve the resiliency of critical infrastructure to EMP; and (5) the restoration and recovery capabilities of critical infrastructure under differing levels of damage and disruption from various EMP events. Includes among the responsibilities of the Secretary of Homeland Security relating to intelligence and analysis and infrastructure protection to prepare and submit to specified congressional committees: (1) a recommended strategy to protect and prepare the critical infrastructure of the American homeland against EMP events, including from acts of terrorism; and (2) biennial updates on the status of such strategy. Authorizes the Secretary to incorporate such strategy into a broader recommendation developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help protect and prepare critical infrastructure from terrorism and other threats. | 2023-01-11T13:23:56Z | |
| 113-hr-3438 | 113 | hr | 3438 | National Laboratories Mean National Security Act | Emergency Management | 2013-10-30 | 2014-12-02 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15] | CA | D | S001193 | 6 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) National Laboratories Mean National Security Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize recipients of grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with a National Laboratory to achieve target capabilities related to preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism. | 2023-01-11T13:23:55Z | |
| 113-hr-3370 | 113 | hr | 3370 | Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-29 | 2014-03-21 | Became Public Law No: 113-89. | House | Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11] | NY | R | G000569 | 238 | Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2014 - (Sec. 3) Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to repeal the prohibition against any extension by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of flood insurance premium subsidies to prospective insureds for property: (1) not insured as of the date of enactment of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, or (2) purchased after such date. Directs FEMA to: (1) make available rate tables that implement this repeal, (2) consult with "Write Your Own" companies when developing guidance and rate tables to implement this Act, (3) refund to insureds directly flood any insurance premiums under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that exceeded the rates required under this Act, and (4) permit the purchaser of any property covered under an existing flood insurance policy upon its purchase date to assume that policy at the chargeable premium rates for the remainder of its term. (Sec. 4) Removes catastrophic loss years from the calculation of "average historical loss year" obligations incurred by the National Flood Insurance Fund for which chargeable premium rates must be adequate. (Thus restores "grandfathered rates.") (Sec. 5) Limits to 18% the annual increase for the chargeable risk premium rate for flood insurance. Excludes specified properties from such limitation, including property that: (1) is located in a community downgraded under a certain statutory community rating system program, (2) was misrated, or (3) is covered by a policy where the policyholder has either decreased the amount of the deductible or increased the amount of coverage. Requires an increase in the chargeable flood insurance risk premium rates for specified properties by an amount that results in an average during any 12-month period of not less than 5% of the average of the risk premium rates for such properties. Reduces from 20% to 15% of the average of the risk premium rates for properties within the ris… | 2023-03-22T18:49:18Z | |
| 113-s-1601 | 113 | s | 1601 | Flood Safe Basements Act | Emergency Management | 2013-10-29 | 2013-10-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | ND | R | H001061 | 1 | Flood Safe Basements Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to rate a covered structure using the elevation difference between the floodproofed elevation and the adjusted base flood elevation of such structure. Defines "covered structure" as a residential structure: (1) located in a community that has adopted flood plain management measures approved by FEMA and satisfying requirements for an exception for floodproofed residential basements, and (2) built in compliance with the applicable flood plain management measures. | 2023-01-11T13:23:53Z | |
| 113-s-1610 | 113 | s | 1610 | Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-29 | 2013-10-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 28 | Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from: (1) increasing flood insurance risk premium rates to reflect the current risk of flood for certain property located in specified areas subject to a certain mandatory premium adjustment, or (2) reducing such subsidies for any property not insured by the flood insurance program as of July 6, 2012, or any policy that has lapsed in coverage as a result of the policyholder's deliberate choice (Pre-Flood Insurance Rate Map or pre-FIRM properties). Sets forth expiration dates for such prohibitions. Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (NFIA) to prohibit the Administrator from providing flood insurance to prospective insureds at rates less than those estimated for any property purchased after the expiration of such six-month period (currently, any property purchased after July 6, 2012). Directs FEMA to: (1) restore during such six-month period specified estimated risk premium rate subsidies for flood insurance for pre-FIRM properties and properties purchased after such six-month period, and (2) submit to certain congressional committees a draft affordability framework addressing the affordability of flood insurance sold under the National Flood Insurance Program. Prescribes procedures for expedited congressional consideration of legislation on FEMA affordability authorities. Permits FEMA to enter into an agreement with another federal agency either to: (1) complete the affordability study, or (2) prepare the draft affordability framework. Directs FEMA submit to certain congressional committees the affordability study and report. Amends NFIA to authorize FEMA to reimburse homeowners for successful map appeals. Makes any community that has made adequate progress on the construction (as under current law) or reconstruction (new) of a flood protection system which will afford flood protection for the one-hundred year frequency flood eligible for flood insurance at premium rat… | 2023-01-11T13:23:52Z | |
| 113-hr-3347 | 113 | hr | 3347 | DATA Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-28 | 2013-10-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Rothfus, Keith J. [R-PA-12] | PA | R | R000598 | 0 | Disaster Assistance Transparency and Accountability Act of 2013 or the DATA Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to Congress a report that specifies: (1) the amount obligated by the federal government for disaster assistance, by each agency and program thereof, for each of the preceding 10 fiscal years; and (2) the amount projected to be obligated for disaster assistance by each agency and program for the fiscal year in which the report is submitted. Requires the Director to submit to Congress, in conjunction with the President's annual budget submission, a report that specifies: (1) the amount projected to be obligated in the upcoming fiscal year for disaster assistance by each federal agency and program, (2) the amount obligated during the most-recently concluded fiscal year for disaster assistance by each federal agency and program, and (3) any corrections to previous reports. Directs the Comptroller General to report to the House and Senate appropriations and budget committees every two years on: (1) an evaluation of federal disaster assistance spending, including the identification of areas of potential duplication, waste, fraud, or abuse; (2) recommendations on how federal agencies can improve transparency in, and better account for, disaster assistance spending to ensure that funds are spent in an effective and efficient manner; and (3) an evaluation of the effectiveness and equity of the current system of cost-sharing with respect to disaster assistance spending, including the system's effectiveness in reducing the federal cost of disaster assistance and promoting non-federal investment in disaster recovery, mitigation, and preparedness. | 2023-01-11T13:23:56Z | |
| 113-hr-3312 | 113 | hr | 3312 | Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-23 | 2013-10-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | B001257 | 4 | Homeowners Flood Insurance Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide certain policy holders the option of paying their premiums monthly (or annually or in more frequent installments, as under current law). Declares the maximum annual chargeable premium rate for a property to be the total appraised value of all structures located on it at the time of its purchase by the current owner of the property divided by 30. Sets forth a ten-year phase-in period for risk premium rate increases resulting from enactment of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, at the rate of 10% for each year following the effective date of such Act. Directs FEMA to refund or provide credit to insureds for any flood insurance premiums collected in excess of the mandatory phase-in of rates prescribed by this Act. | 2023-01-11T13:23:57Z | |
| 113-hr-3333 | 113 | hr | 3333 | Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-23 | 2013-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36] | CA | D | R000599 | 18 | Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide: (1) hazard mitigation assistance in any area in which fire management assistance was provided, whether or not a major disaster had been declared; and (2) fire management assistance in any area in which hazard mitigation assistance was provided. | 2023-01-11T13:23:57Z | |
| 113-hr-3300 | 113 | hr | 3300 | FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-22 | 2015-01-02 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 563. | House | Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] | PA | R | S001154 | 3 | FEMA Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Title I: Reauthorization of FEMA and Modernization of Integrated Public Alert and Warning System - (Sec. 101) Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to authorize appropriations for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for FY2014-FY2016 for management and administration. (Sec. 102) - Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013 - 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: establishing common alerting and warning protocols, standards, terminology, and operating procedures for such system; 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; ensuring that training, tests, and exercises are conducted for such system; 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; conducting nationwide tests of the system at least every three years; and ensuring that the system is resilient, secure, and can withstand acts of terrorism and other external attacks. Requires the system to: incorporate multiple communications technologies, 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, promote local and regional partnerships to enhance community preparedness and response,… | 2023-01-11T13:23:58Z | |
| 113-hr-3282 | 113 | hr | 3282 | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program. | Emergency Management | 2013-10-10 | 2013-10-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] | IN | D | C001072 | 1 | Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize appropriations for the predisaster hazard mitigation program for FY2014-FY2018. | 2023-01-11T13:23:58Z | |
| 113-hr-3283 | 113 | hr | 3283 | Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-10 | 2014-04-30 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House | Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | B001257 | 1 | Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2013 - 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 affect… | 2023-01-11T13:23:58Z | |
| 113-hjres-85 | 113 | hjres | 85 | Federal Emergency Management Agency Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 | Emergency Management | 2013-10-03 | 2013-10-07 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 210. | House | Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] | TX | R | C001051 | 0 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Federal Emergency Management Agency Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 - Makes appropriations, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for FY2014, and for other purposes, such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for operations as provided in the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of P.L 113-6), for continuing projects or activities that are not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution, that were conducted in FY2013, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were made available by such Act under the heading "Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery--Federal Emergency Management Agency." Requires the rate of operations to be calculated to reflect the full amount of any reduction required in FY2013 pursuant to: (1) the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-6), and (2) the presidential sequestration order dated March 1, 2013, except as attributable to budget authority made available by the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (P.L. 113-2). Makes appropriations and funds made available and authority granted under this joint resolution available until whichever of the following first occurs: (1) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, (2) enactment into law of the applicable appropriations Act for FY2014 without any provision for such project or activity, or (3) December 15, 2013. Requires implementation of this joint resolution so that only the most limited funding action be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. Authorizes amounts made available for civilian personnel compensation and benefits to be apportioned up to the rate for operation… | 2023-01-11T13:24:01Z | |
| 113-s-1560 | 113 | s | 1560 | Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act | Emergency Management | 2013-09-30 | 2013-09-30 | Held at the desk. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] | CO | D | U000038 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to obligate up to $450 million of the amounts made available to carry out federal-aid highways emergency relief under the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 (division A, title X, chapter 9 of P.L. 113-2) under the heading "Federal Highway Administration--Federal-Aid Highways--Emergency Relief Program" for emergency relief projects in Colorado arising from damage caused by flooding events in 2013. | 2023-01-11T13:24:04Z | |
| 113-hr-3218 | 113 | hr | 3218 | Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-09-28 | 2013-09-28 | Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. Nugent, Richard B. [R-FL-11] | FL | R | N000185 | 19 | Flood Insurance Fairness Act of 2013 - Prohibits the taking effect of specified flood insurance premium changes under the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (which prohibit the estimating of flood insurance premium rates for severe repetitive loss and other specified properties or extending premium subsidies to new or lapsed flood insurance policies, and which also require certain flood insurance risk premium rate adjustments) until 180 days after both chambers of Congress have completed consideration of a qualified joint resolution providing for legislative changes to ensure that risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the national flood insurance program are substantially affordable for all homeowners. Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress and make publicly available a determination of whether the risk premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the national flood insurance program resulting from such legislative changes are substantially affordable for all homeowners. Sets forth procedures for expedited congressional consideration of the proposed joint resolution. | 2023-01-11T13:24:08Z | |
| 113-hr-3158 | 113 | hr | 3158 | SAFE in Our Schools Act | Emergency Management | 2013-09-20 | 2013-10-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 1 | Secure America for Education in Our Schools Act or the SAFE in Our Schools Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to require that each state include in its application for funds under the Homeland Security Grant Program a certification that the state requires each institution of education for kindergarten through 12th grade to develop an emergency response plan that includes provisions for evacuation relocation, family-child reunification, children with special needs, and addressing multiple disasters by the earlier of the beginning of the academic year for 2015 or September 1, 2015. | 2023-01-11T13:24:09Z | |
| 113-hr-3141 | 113 | hr | 3141 | Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-09-19 | 2013-09-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] | MI | R | M001150 | 5 | Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS): (1) within 180 days, to submit an implementation plan to establish a biometric exit data system in accordance with the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004; (2) within 2 years, to establish such a system at the 10 U.S. airports and the 10 U.S. seaports that support the highest volume of international air and sea travel, respectively; and (3) within 3 years, to submit a report that analyzes the effectiveness of such system at such airports and seaports. Directs the Secretary: (1) within 18 months, to establish a 6-month pilot program to test such system on non-pedestrian outbound traffic at not fewer than three land ports of entry with significant cross-border traffic, including two on the southern border and one on the northern border; (2) after receiving a Government Accounting Office (GAO) review of such program, to submit a plan to implement such a system at all land ports of entry for non-pedestrian outbound traffic; (3) within 3 years, to expand the system to all land ports of entry to apply only to pedestrians; and (4) within 5 years, to expand the system to all air and sea ports of entry. Requires the Secretary: (1) to ensure that the collection of biometric data causes the least possible disruption to the movement of passengers or cargo in air, sea, or land transportation; and (2) upon this Act's enactment, to terminate the proceeding entitled "Collection of Alien Biometric Data Upon Exit From the United States at Air and Sea Ports of Departure," issued on April 24, 2008. | 2023-01-11T13:24:10Z | |
| 113-hr-3107 | 113 | hr | 3107 | Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act | Emergency Management | 2013-09-17 | 2014-07-29 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | C001067 | 3 | (Sec. 1) Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to add provisions entitled the Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act, which require the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) develop occupation categories for individuals performing activities in furtherance of DHS's cybersecurity mission, (2) ensure that such categories may be used throughout DHS and are made available to other federal agencies, and (3) conduct an annual assessment of the readiness and capacity of the DHS workforce to meet its cybersecurity mission. Directs the Secretary to include in such readiness assessment information on which cybersecurity positions are performed by: (1) permanent full time departmental employees (together with demographic information about such employees' race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, and veterans status); (2) individuals employed by independent contractors; and (3) individuals employed by other federal agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA). Requires the assessment to address vacancies within the supervisory workforce, job training, and recruiting costs. Directs the Secretary to develop: (1) a workforce strategy that enhances the readiness, capacity, training, recruitment, and retention of the DHS cybersecurity workforce, including a multi-phased recruitment plan, a 5-year implementation plan, and a 10-year projection of DHS workforce needs; and (2) a process to verify that employees of independent contractors who serve in DHS cybersecurity positions receive initial and recurrent information security and role-based security training commensurate with assigned responsibilities. Requires the Secretary to provide Congress with annual updates regarding such strategies, assessments, and training. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to study and report to the Secretary and Congress with respect to such assessments and strategies. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress regarding the feasibility of establishing a Cybersecurity Fellowship Program to offer a tuition… | 2023-01-11T13:23:40Z | |
| 113-hr-3034 | 113 | hr | 3034 | National Flood Research and Education Center Act | Emergency Management | 2013-08-02 | 2013-09-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment. | House | Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] | IA | D | L000565 | 5 | National Flood Research and Education Center Act - Establishes within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) a National Flood Research and Education Center (NFREC), which shall consist of: (1) an office within NOAA; (2) one public university or college selected by the NOAA Administrator, which shall serve as the lead partner institution with NOAA; and (3) a consortium of other public universities or colleges selected by the Administrator and such lead partner institution based on their ability to fulfill specific purposes of NFREC. Lists the purposes of NFREC, including to plan, conduct, and arrange for competent public research, data, education, and recommendations within the following categories as they relate to flooding issues nationwide, regionally, and locally: (1) physical sciences, social science, and economic, policy, and risk analysis; (2) risk management; and (3) improvement of existing, and testing of new, risk assessment tools and methods, monitoring and predicting strategies and techniques, and flood management and prevention strategies and techniques. Sets forth criteria for selection of a lead partner institution and consortium members. Directs NFREC to: (1) partner with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Army Corps of Engineers; (2) collaborate on federal flood-related issues with specified federal agencies; and (3) collaborate and share best practices on regional, state, and locally specific flooding and flood-related issues with state and local governments and with watershed, agriculture, environmental, and business and development organizations. Sets forth review and reporting requirements. Requires NFREC to establish and make information available on a website. Authorizes NFREC to provide technical assistance and demonstration project grant assistance to state and local governments on a competitive basis to assist with implementing recommendations of NFREC or testing new or improved strategies or technologies. | 2023-01-11T13:24:16Z | |
| 113-hr-2952 | 113 | hr | 2952 | Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act | Emergency Management | 2013-08-01 | 2014-12-18 | Became Public Law No: 113-246. | House | Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] | PA | R | M001181 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on December 10, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Cybersecurity Workforce Assessment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, within 180 days and annually thereafter for three years, to conduct an assessment of the cybersecurity workforce of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which shall include information on: the readiness and capacity of such workforce to meet its cybersecurity mission; where cybersecurity workforce positions are located within DHS; which such positions are performed by permanent full-time equivalent DHS employees, by independent contractors, and by individuals employed by other federal agencies; which such positions are vacant; the percentage of individuals within each Cybersecurity Category and Specialty Area who received essential training to perform their jobs; and in cases in which such training was not received, what challenges were encountered regarding the provision of such training. Directs the Secretary to develop, maintain, and update a comprehensive workforce strategy to enhance the readiness, capacity, training, recruitment, and retention of DHS's cybersecurity workforce, which shall include a description of: a multi-phased recruitment plan, a 5-year implementation plan, a 10-year projection of the cybersecurity workforce needs of DHS, any obstacle impeding the hiring and development of such workforce, and any gap in the existing DHS cybersecurity workforce and a plan to fill such gap. Requires the Secretary to submit to the appropriate congressional committees: (1) annual updates on such assessment and on the Secretary's progress in carrying out such strategy; and (2) a report on the feasibility, cost, and benefits of establishing a Cybersecurity Fellowship Program to offer a tuition payment plan for individuals pursuing undergraduate and doctoral degrees who agree to work for DHS for an agreed-upon period. | 2023-03-22T18:49:17Z | |
| 113-hr-2962 | 113 | hr | 2962 | SMART Grid Study Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-08-01 | 2013-09-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 37 | Saving More American Resources Today Grid Study Act of 2013 or SMART Grid Study Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), and the heads of other federal departments and agencies, as necessary, to enter into an agreement with the National Research Council to research the future resilience and reliability of the nation's electric power transmission and distribution system. Names such research the "Saving More American Resources Today Study" or "SMART Study." | 2023-01-11T13:24:18Z | |
| 113-s-1428 | 113 | s | 1428 | PREPARE Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] | CO | D | B001267 | 1 | Prepare, Ready, Equip, and Prevent Areas at Risk of Emergency Wildfires Act of 2013 or the PREPARE Act of 2013 - 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 establish a pilot program to make grants to states for wildfire mitigation and preparedness. Permits a grant to be used to: (1) reduce the use of fuels that may contribute to catastrophic wildfires in high-risk areas; (2) invest in personnel, organizations, vehicles, and equipment to improve wildfire preparedness; (3) invest in airborne assets to help contain, suppress, and monitor wildfires; and (4) prevent damage from runoff into waterways and floods caused by erosion from wildfires. Makes a state eligible for assistance under this Act if the fire management assistance grant ratio for such state is equal to or greater than 150% of the state population ratio. Authorizes the President to waive that requirement if a state: (1) files a petition for waiver of that requirement, and (2) demonstrates that significant environmental changes or shifts in forest health put the state at an elevated risk for catastrophic wildfires. Allows the governor of a state to award grant funds to: (1) any county or municipality in that state with a community wildfire protection plan or a local mitigation plan, or (2) any other entity that is explicitly referenced in and central to the design of such a plan. Directs the President to consider environmental conditions in a state and give preference to a state: (1) with a high level of need for assistance based on the best scientific data available, (2) a state that provides 100% matching non-federal funds, and (3) a state that previously received a grant and efficiently and effectively used the federal funds for wildfire mitigation and preparedness activities. Directs the President to use specified unobligated amounts in the National Predisaster Mitigation Fund for each of FY2014-FY2019 in car… | 2023-01-11T13:24:14Z | |
| 113-s-1480 | 113 | s | 1480 | A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2013-08-01 | 2013-08-01 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] | NY | D | S000148 | 1 | Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include a condominium or housing cooperative association as an "individual" or "household" for purposes of the provision of federal disaster assistance (thus authorizing assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster). Requires the President to determine the maximum amount of assistance that any such association may receive under such Act for a single disaster. | 2023-01-11T13:23:23Z | |
| 113-hr-2872 | 113 | hr | 2872 | BEST Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-07-31 | 2013-09-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. | House | Rep. Sanchez, Loretta [D-CA-46] | CA | D | S000030 | 0 | Border Enforcement, Security, and Technology Act of 2013 and BEST Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop: (1) a comprehensive technology plan for the security of the international borders of the United States, and (2) a National Strategy for Border Security to achieve operational control over all ports of entry into the United States and the international borders of the United States. Directs the Secretary to address Border Patrol and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recruitment and retention challenges. Authorizes the Secretary to increase the number of CBP officers. Directs the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to provide a tactical cellular testbed on the southwest U.S. border that serves as a communications platform and an intelligence data transport layer between a dismounted team and the nearest communications node. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a mandatory exit data system by December 31, 2015, that includes data collection from machine-readable visas, passports, and other travel and entry documents for all categories of aliens who are exiting from air and sea ports of entry; and (2) a mandatory biometric exit data system within two years at the ten U.S. airports that support the highest volume of international air travel. Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to Congress regarding: (1) registered traveler programs, and (2) the number and country of origin of non-deportable aliens who have been released into the United States over the past 10 years. Directs the Secretary to issue a rule regarding the procedural and record keeping requirements associated with border security searches of electronic devices. Directs the Inspector General (of DHS) to report to Congress regarding CBP-Coast Guard coordination of land and maritime border enforcement efforts. Establishes the Department of Homeland Security Border Oversight Task Force. Directs the Secretary to: (1) work with Canadian and Mexican government officials to assess the needs of Central Am… | 2023-01-11T13:24:27Z | |
| 113-hr-2887 | 113 | hr | 2887 | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2013-07-31 | 2013-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-3] | NY | D | I000057 | 18 | Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include a condominium or housing cooperative association as an "individual" or "household" for purposes of the provision of federal disaster assistance (thus authorizing assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster). Requires the President to determine the maximum amount of assistance that any such association may receive under such Act for a single disaster. | 2023-01-11T13:24:27Z | |
| 113-s-1396 | 113 | s | 1396 | A bill to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire. | Emergency Management | 2013-07-30 | 2013-07-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] | CO | D | U000038 | 2 | Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide: (1) hazard mitigation assistance in any area in which fire management assistance was provided, whether or not a major disaster had been declared; and (2) fire management assistance in any area in which hazard mitigation assistance was provided. | 2023-01-11T13:24:22Z | |
| 113-hr-2693 | 113 | hr | 2693 | Save Dignity Act | Emergency Management | 2013-07-16 | 2013-07-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security. | House | Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8] | CA | R | C001094 | 2 | Screening Amputees and Veterans with Efficiency and Dignity Act or Save Dignity Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to report to Congress on Transportation Security Administration (TSA) security screening of Armed Forces veterans and other airline passengers with amputations, with or without prosthesis. | 2023-01-11T13:24:33Z | |
| 113-hr-2647 | 113 | hr | 2647 | Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-07-10 | 2013-07-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H001038 | 17 | Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include public broadcasting facilities within the definition of a "private nonprofit facility" that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and to include broadcast and telecommunications within the definition of "critical services" provided by such a facility, for purposes of eligibility for certain disaster assistance. Makes this Act applicable to a major disaster declared by the President under such Act on or after October 28, 2012. | 2023-01-11T13:24:34Z | |
| 113-s-1274 | 113 | s | 1274 | A bill to extend assistance to certain private nonprofit facilities following a disaster, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2013-07-10 | 2013-07-10 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 3 | Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include community centers and houses of worship as "private nonprofit facilities" that provide essential services of a governmental nature to the general public for purposes of disaster relief and emergency assistance eligibility under such Act. Makes a church, synagogue, mosque, temple, or other house of worship and an otherwise eligible private nonprofit facility operated by a religious organization eligible for federal contributions for the repair, restoration, and replacement of facilities damaged or destroyed by a major disaster, without regard to the religious character of the facility or the primary religious use of the facility. Requires that, in spaces used primarily for religious worship services, such contributions only be used to cover costs of purchasing or replacing, without limitation, the building structure, building enclosure components, building envelope, vertical and horizontal circulation, physical plant support spaces, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems (including heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and fire and life safety systems), and related site improvements. Makes this Act applicable to the provision of assistance in response to a major disaster or emergency declared on or after October 28, 2012. | 2023-01-11T13:24:25Z | |
| 113-sres-193 | 113 | sres | 193 | A resolution honoring the fallen heroes of the Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew. | Emergency Management | 2013-07-10 | 2013-07-10 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5602-5603; text as passed Senate: CR S5621-5622) | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Honors the fallen members of the Prescott, Arizona Fire Department's Granite Mountain Interagency Hotshot Crew. | 2019-02-20T12:28:17Z | |
| 113-hres-246 | 113 | hres | 246 | Expressing condolences to the families and loved ones of firefighters Matthew Renaud, Robert Bebee, Robert Garner, and Anne Sullivan and standing in solidarity with their families, members of the Houston Fire Department, and entire Houston community, as they mourn the loss of these 4 remarkable and selfless heroes who represented the best of the Houston community and exemplify the qualities of firefighters serving communities throughout the Nation. | Emergency Management | 2013-06-04 | 2013-06-04 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. | House | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 10 | Expresses condolences to the families and loved ones of firefighters Matthew Renaud, Robert Bebee, Robert Garner, and Anne Sullivan. Expresses solidarity with their families, members of the Houston (Texas) Fire Department, and the entire Houston community in mourning their loss. | 2023-01-11T13:23:22Z | |
| 113-hr-2220 | 113 | hr | 2220 | SMART Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-06-03 | 2013-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry. | House | Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] | TX | R | P000592 | 27 | Support More Assets, Resources, and Technology on the Border Act of 2013 or the SMART Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to: (1) take actions to achieve and maintain operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border (defined as a condition in which there is at least a 90% probability that all illegal border crossers are apprehended and narcotics and other contraband are seized); and (2) report to the Comptroller General (GAO) on such actions, achievement, and maintenance. Directs the Comptroller General, within 90 days after such report is submitted, to: (1) consult with state and local officials along such border regarding such operational control; and (2) report on such operational control to specified congressional committees. Requires the House of Representatives and the Senate to vote on a joint resolution on the question of whether such report should be disapproved within 90 days of receiving it or such joint resolution shall be deemed passed. Requires the Comptroller General to submit an annual report on such operational control. Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to: (1) deploy up to an additional 10,000 members of the National Guard along the U.S.-Mexico border as requested by border states; and (2) provide funds to the governor of a state who submits a state border control activities plan, which is approved by the Secretary, that specifies how personnel of the National Guard of such state are to be used in border control activities. Authorizes National Guard personnel to be ordered to carry out border control activities. Authorizes: (1) the DHS Secretary to deploy smart border technologies if necessary to achieve and maintain such operational control; and (2) the Defense Secretary to transfer specified eligible equipment returned from DOD operations to federal, state, and local agencies, with preference to agencies that will use such equipment primarily to strengthen border security. Requires the DHS Secretary: (1) if such a joint resolution of disapproval on operational cont… | 2023-01-11T13:24:55Z | |
| 113-hr-2217 | 113 | hr | 2217 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-29 | 2013-07-18 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 140. | House | Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31] | TX | R | C001051 | 0 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2014.Title I: Departmental Management and Operations - Makes appropriations for: (1) the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security 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 coordination 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; (3) the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for aviation security (including explosives detection systems), surface transportation security, the development and implementation of vetting and credentialing activities 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 designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, funding derived from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for prevention, removal, and enforcement related to oil discharges, funding for environmental compliance and restoration functions, and funding for the Coast Guard Reserve; and (5) the U.S. Secret Service. Requires the Border Patrol to maintain an active duty presence of not less than 21,370 full-time equivalent agents protecting U.S. borders in FY2… | 2023-01-11T13:24:35Z | |
| 113-hr-2213 | 113 | hr | 2213 | Border Communities Economic Security and Sustainability Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-24 | 2013-06-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | TX | R | M001157 | 10 | Border Communities Economic Security and Sustainability Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to coordinate to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to accommodate preexisting and border location-dependent businesses into the design and construction of reconfigured and new ports of entry. | 2022-03-03T21:29:08Z | |
| 113-hr-2132 | 113 | hr | 2132 | Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-23 | 2013-06-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] | FL | D | W000808 | 5 | Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2013 - National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to revise and reauthorize through FY2017 the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Repeals provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction and an associated advisory committee. Revises responsibilities of Program agencies, including by making: (1) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) responsible for research and development to improve building standards and practices; (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), consistent with its all hazards approach, responsible for facilitating the adoption of model building codes; (3) the United States Geological Survey (USGS) responsible for providing real-time earthquake information; and (4) the National Science Foundation (NSF) responsible for funding basic research. Makes NIST (currently, USGS) responsible for organizing investigations under the post-earthquake investigations program. National Windstorm Impact Reduction Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 to revise and reauthorize through FY2017 the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. Repeals provisions requiring the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency Working Group responsible for the planning, management, and coordination of the Program. Designates NIST as the lead agency and sets forth revised responsibilities of NIST and the other Program agencies: FEMA, NSF, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Establishes an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Natural Hazards Risk Reduction, chaired by the Director of NIST, to oversee the planning and coordination of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and other federal research for natural hazard mitigation that the Committee con… | 2022-11-15T16:35:04Z | |
| 113-hr-2156 | 113 | hr | 2156 | CLAIM Act | Emergency Management | 2013-05-23 | 2013-05-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Fincher, Stephen Lee [R-TN-8] | TN | R | F000458 | 9 | Claims Licensing Advancement for Interstate Matters Act or CLAIM Act - Urges the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) to: (1) adopt a model independent claims adjuster licensing Act meeting specified criteria, and (2) adopt 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. Authorizes the NAIC to prescribe examinee eligibility requirements, and requires any multi-state examination to require adjusters to demonstrate essential competence with cross-jurisdictional legal and regulatory concepts. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to: (1) require a state to adopt licensing requirements for independent claims adjusters if it does not have such requirements; (2) limit the right of a state to establish licensing fees or enforce its laws regarding the adjusting of insurance claims, provided that such a fee is uniform regardless of the licensee's state of residence; or (3) affect the jurisdiction and authority of a state insurance regulator to prescribe and enforce its insurance laws, rules, and regulations governing independent claims adjuster activity in its jurisdiction. Sets forth criteria for state compliance with this Act, including reciprocity. Authorizes an 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, but only if the adjuster: (1) holds a valid license in his or her home state, and (2) has passed any multi-state examination established and administered by the NAIC. Prohibits a state from imposing additional requirements upon such an adjuster. Authorizes an independent claims adjuster meeting the licensure and examination requirements of this Act to adjust claims for losses related to any presidentially-designated major disaster, regardless of the licensure requirements of the state where the disaster is located. | 2022-11-15T16:34:04Z | |
| 113-s-1075 | 113 | s | 1075 | SHORE Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-23 | 2013-05-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 2 | Saving Homeowners from Onerous Rate Escalations Act of 2013 or SHORE Act of 2013 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to phase in, over an eight-year period, any increase in the flood insurance risk premium rate caused by the prohibition against extending subsidies to new or lapsed policies. Extends from a 5-year to a 10-year period the phase-in period for premium adjustment increases in the flood insurance risk rate. Prescribes a phase-in rate of: (1) 5% for each of the first 5 years after the effective date of an update, and 15% for each of the 5 ensuing years; and (2) 5% for each of the first 5 years following the effective date of designation as a special flood area of any area not previously so designated, and 15% for each of the 5 ensuing years. | 2023-01-11T13:23:20Z | |
| 113-hr-2103 | 113 | hr | 2103 | To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System. | Emergency Management | 2013-05-22 | 2013-05-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] | NJ | R | F000372 | 10 | Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System. | 2022-11-15T16:34:10Z | |
| 113-s-996 | 113 | s | 996 | A bill to improve the National Flood Insurance Program, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2013-05-21 | 2013-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] | LA | D | L000550 | 2 | Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to repeal the prohibition against provision of flood insurance by the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to prospective insureds at rates less than standard estimates for property purchased after enactment of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Biggert-Waters). (Thus allows risk premium rates lower than standard rates for certain property purchased after Biggert-Waters.) Delays the effective date of any flood insurance rate changes until 180 days after FEMA submits: (1) a certain report on methods to establish an affordability framework for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), or (2) notice to the congressional committees concerned of an alternative method of gathering information for such report if the report cannot be submitted by its due date. Directs FEMA to study options, methods, and implementing strategies for making available voluntary community-based flood insurance policies through NFIP. Prohibits FEMA, when determining whether a community has made adequate progress on the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a flood protection system, from considering the level of federal funding or participation. Deems an action for the repair, restoration, and replacement of a totally destroyed structure or facility located in a coastal high hazard area for which an eligible entity received a contribution under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to be a "substantial improvement" for which grant funds may be used, if specified conditions are met. Requires a replacement structure or facility to be relocated to an alternative site if FEMA determines that a practicable alternative located outside the coastal high hazard area exists and provides better protection against hazards associated with coastal high hazard areas. Prescribes deed restrictions to dedicate and maintain it in perpetuity as open space for the conservation of natural floodplain functions for any p… | 2023-01-11T13:24:56Z | |
| 113-s-924 | 113 | s | 924 | Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-09 | 2013-05-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 4 | Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 - 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. | 2023-01-11T13:24:58Z | |
| 113-hr-1878 | 113 | hr | 1878 | Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-08 | 2013-05-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25] | FL | R | D000600 | 47 | Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 - 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. | 2022-01-05T17:10:43Z | |
| 113-s-905 | 113 | s | 905 | Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-08 | 2013-05-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 2 | Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013 - 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. | 2023-01-11T13:24:59Z | |
| 113-hr-1859 | 113 | hr | 1859 | Disaster Declaration Improvement Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-05-07 | 2013-05-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28] | CA | D | S001150 | 1 | Disaster Declaration Improvement Act of 2013 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to issue regulations to ensure that: (1) in any review of a request for major disaster assistance conducted by FEMA, the factor relating to the estimated cost of assistance (evaluating the estimated cost of federal and nonfederal public assistance against the statewide population) is provided consideration that is equal to that provided to each of the other factors (i.e., localized impacts, insurance coverage in force, hazard mitigation, recent multiple disasters, and other federal assistance programs); and (2) FEMA considers a state's request for major disaster assistance for recommendation to the President without regard to any per capita damage threshold (other than a threshold described below) in any case in which a disaster occurs with respect to a city or unincorporated jurisdiction with a population of less than 250,000, located in a county with a population of more than 1 million and a state with a population of more than 5 million, and with respect to which the financial damage relating to the disaster exceeds 10% of a city's general fund or $100 per capita (in the case of an unincorporated jurisdiction). | 2020-02-14T19:14:02Z | |
| 113-hr-1786 | 113 | hr | 1786 | National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2014 | Emergency Management | 2013-04-26 | 2014-07-15 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | House | Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] | TX | R | N000182 | 1 | National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2014 - (Sec. 2) Amends the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 to revise provisions governing the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program. Defines the "Director" of the Program to mean the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (currently, the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy). (Sec. 3) Designates NIST as the entity with primary responsibility for Program planning and coordination and expands the responsibilities of the other Program agencies, which include the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Requires NIST to: (1) ensure that the Program includes the necessary components to promote implementation of windstorm risk reduction measures, (2) support the development of performance-based engineering tools, (3) request the assistance of federal agencies other than the Program agencies as necessary, (4) coordinate all federal post-windstorm investigations, and (5) issue recommendations to assist in informing the development of model codes. Requires NSF to support research in economic and social factors influencing windstorm risk reduction measures. Requires FEMA to: (1) promote the adoption of windstorm preparedness and mitigation measures, including for households, businesses, and communities; and (2) work closely with national standards and model building code organizations to promote the implementation of research results and promote better building practices within the building design and construction industry. Requires the Directors of the Program agencies to each include in their agency's annual budget request a description of their agency's projected activities under the Program and an assessment of what they plan to spend on those activities. Replaces provisions establishing an Interagency Working Group with provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating … | 2023-01-11T13:26:03Z | |
| 113-hr-1791 | 113 | hr | 1791 | Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act | Emergency Management | 2013-04-26 | 2014-02-04 | 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-12] | FL | R | B001257 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on November 21, 2013. The summary of that version is repeated here.) 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, immediate victims, and vulnerable populations from a chemical or biological event. | 2023-01-11T13:23:51Z | |
| 113-s-814 | 113 | s | 814 | Protecting Communities from Chemical Explosions Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-04-25 | 2013-04-25 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] | NJ | D | L000123 | 0 | Protecting Communities from Chemical Explosions Act of 2013 - Amends the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007 to make any owner or operator of a chemical facility that holds a quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening threshold quantity established under interim final regulations establishing security performance standards and requiring site security plans for chemical facilities, and that does not file a Chemical Security Assessment Tool Top-Screen with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), liable for a civil penalty. Subjects an officer of an entity that owns or operates, or an owner or operator of, a chemical facility that holds a quantity of a chemical of interest that is at or above the screening threshold quantity, who intentionally fails to file a Chemical Security Assessment Tool Top-Screen with DHS, to a fine, up to six years' imprisonment, or both. | 2019-02-20T12:31:09Z | |
| 113-hr-1700 | 113 | hr | 1700 | Nuclear Disaster Preparedness Act | Emergency Management | 2013-04-24 | 2013-04-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | E000179 | 3 | Nuclear Disaster Preparedness Act - Directs the President to issue guidance on the federal response to any nuclear disaster that: (1) may be caused by a natural catastrophe, an accident, or a terrorist or other attack; (2) occurs initially at a nuclear power plant; and (3) disperses radiation off the reactor site and into the surrounding area. Requires such guidance to: designate the single federal agency responsible for coordinating the government's efforts in response to a nuclear disaster (coordinating agency), including making a formal declaration that a nuclear disaster exists; identify the circumstances under which such declaration will occur; designate the single agency responsible for recommending the evacuation of the area within a 10-mile to 50-mile radius from the nuclear power plant; identify the circumstances under which such recommendation will be made; designate the single agency responsible for developing plans for, educating the public regarding, and conducting, such evacuation; designate the single agency responsible for recommending that evacuees may return following a nuclear disaster; identify the circumstances under which such recommendation will be made; designate the single agency responsible for conducting cleanup of a nuclear disaster; and identify what cleanup standards will apply. | 2023-01-11T13:23:17Z | |
| 113-sres-108 | 113 | sres | 108 | A resolution designating April 2013 as "National 9-1-1 Education Month". | Emergency Management | 2013-04-23 | 2013-04-23 | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2904; text as passed Senate: CR S2903) | Senate | Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] | MN | D | K000367 | 1 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Designates April 2013 as National 9-1-1 Education Month. (9-1-1 is recognized as the number to call in an emergency to receive immediate help from police, fire, emergency medical services, or other appropriate emergency response entities.) Urges governmental officials, parents, teachers, school administrators, caregivers, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and the people of the United States to observe the month with appropriate ceremonies, training events, and activities. | 2022-03-03T21:27:53Z | |
| 113-hr-1583 | 113 | hr | 1583 | FAST Redress Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-04-16 | 2013-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation Security. | House | Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | C001067 | 1 | Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2013 or the FAST Redress Act of 2013 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish an Office of Appeals and Redress to implement a redress process for individuals who believe they were wrongly delayed or prohibited from boarding a commercial aircraft or denied a right, benefit, or privilege by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because they were wrongly identified as a threat when screened against the terrorist watchlist used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP), or any component of DHS. Requires the Director of such Office to: (1) maintain such redress process, which shall include an information technology system that addresses case management, workflow, document management, recordkeeping, and interoperability issues identified by audits of the process in effect before enactment of this Act; (2) review, adjudicate, and respond in writing, within 30 days, to an individual who files an appeal and redress request; and (3) maintain a Comprehensive Cleared List of individuals who are determined by the Director to have been misidentified. Directs the Secretary: (1) to ensure that such Cleared List is electronically integrated into the systems for screening individuals against the terrorist watchlist, (2) to transmit to government entities that use such watchlist such Cleared List and any other information necessary to resolve misidentifications, (3) to work with such entities to ensure that the Cleared List is considered when assessing the security risk of an individual, and (4) in conjunction with DHS's Chief Privacy Officer, to take specified steps to protect or limit the use of personally identifiable information, including requiring DHS employees to complete mandatory privacy and security training before being authorized to handle such information. Requires the Office to: (1) provide, at each airport at which DHS has a presence, written information to … | 2022-11-15T16:32:31Z | |
| 113-hr-1584 | 113 | hr | 1584 | Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-04-16 | 2013-04-29 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. | House | Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | C001067 | 0 | Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2013 - 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. | 2019-11-15T21:11:50Z | |
| 113-hr-1534 | 113 | hr | 1534 | Port Security Grant Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-04-12 | 2013-04-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] | CA | D | H001063 | 0 | Port Security Grant Act of 2013 - Extends the authorization of appropriations for the port security grant program through FY2017. | 2022-11-15T16:34:05Z | |
| 113-hr-1535 | 113 | hr | 1535 | GAPS Act | Emergency Management | 2013-04-12 | 2013-04-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security. | House | Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-44] | CA | D | H001063 | 2 | Gauging American Port Security Act or the GAPS Act - Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to 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. Directs the Secretary of DHS to: (1) 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 (2) help expedite the clearance process if a designated point of contact does not have the necessary security clearance to receive such information. | 2019-11-15T21:11:40Z | |
| 113-hr-1542 | 113 | hr | 1542 | WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-04-12 | 2013-07-23 | 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 | 4 | (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) WMD Intelligence and Information Sharing Act of 2013 - 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 infectious disease, public health, food, agricultural, and veterinary issues; (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. | 2023-01-11T13:23:22Z | |
| 113-hr-1485 | 113 | hr | 1485 | To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to modify the phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates for certain properties, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2013-04-11 | 2013-04-11 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] | NJ | R | L000554 | 18 | Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to authorize the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide flood insurance to certain prospective insureds at rates less than certain statutory estimates. Increases by 12.5% each year the chargeable risk premium rates for flood insurance for business property and for residential property which is not the primary residence of an individual until the average risk premium rate for such properties is equal to the average of the risk premium rates for specified other properties. Increases by 12.5% each year the chargeable risk premium rates for flood insurance for primary residences purchased after the enactment of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 (Biggert-Waters [enacted July 6, 2012]) as if such increase began on the date of such enactment, until the average risk premium rate for such primary residences is equal to the average of the risk premium rates for specified other properties. Requires the FEMA Administrator to adjust the chargeable risk premium rates for flood insurance, for properties subject to such 12.5% increase, as if the amendments made by this Act were enacted at the same time as Biggert-Waters. | 2022-11-15T16:33:36Z | |
| 113-hr-1267 | 113 | hr | 1267 | Flood Insurance Premium Relief Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-03-19 | 2013-03-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. | House | Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] | MS | R | P000601 | 1 | Flood Insurance Premium Relief Act of 2013 - States that the flood insurance risk premium rate for property purchased between July 6, 2012, and January 1, 2015, shall, during the 12-month period beginning upon such purchase, be the amount chargeable for such property immediately before its purchase (thus delaying implementation of the rate increase). Requires phase-in of the rate increase, following expiration of such 12-month period, over a 10-year period, at 10% for each year. Makes conforming amendments to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. | 2022-11-15T16:34:02Z | |
| 113-hr-1268 | 113 | hr | 1268 | Flood Mitigation Expense Relief Act of 2013 | Emergency Management | 2013-03-19 | 2013-03-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. | House | Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4] | MS | R | P000601 | 0 | Flood Mitigation Expense Relief Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow qualified taxpayers a tax credit, up to $5,000 in a taxable year, for flood mitigation expenses. Defines "qualified taxpayer" as: (1) a taxpayer who is the holder of a flood insurance policy under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and who owns insured property for which the chargeable premium rate under such policy was increased or will increase and which has an elevation lower than the base flood elevation or is located in an area designated as having a higher flood risk, and (2) a small business with 50 or fewer employees. Terminates such credit after 2022. Authorizes appropriations to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to carry out: (1) the predisaster hazard mitigation program authorized by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and (2) the flood mitigation assistance program authorized by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1969. Specifies that such funds may be used only for mitigation activities and acquisition by states and communities of properties located in higher flood risk areas. Terminates the Energy Star program of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and rescinds any amounts not obligated or expended for such program. | 2022-11-15T16:34:55Z | |
| 113-hr-1210 | 113 | hr | 1210 | Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act | Emergency Management | 2013-03-15 | 2013-03-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. | House | Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14] | CA | D | S001175 | 2 | 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. | 2022-11-15T16:34:35Z |
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