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| 116-hr-9041 | 116 | hr | 9041 | National Emergencies Reform Act | Emergency Management | 2020-12-21 | 2020-12-22 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Amash, Justin [L-MI-3] | MI | L | A000367 | 0 | National Emergencies Reform Act This bill revises provisions of the National Emergencies Act relating to the termination of presidentially-declared national emergencies. Specifically, the bill provides that any national emergency declared by the President shall terminate if (1) no joint resolution has been enacted affirming the declaration of such emergency before the expiration of the 48-hour period beginning on the first day after such emergency is declared and on which both houses of Congress are in session, (2) a joint resolution is enacted terminating the emergency, or (3) the President issues a proclamation terminating the emergency. The date on which a presidentially-declared emergency terminates is 60 days after the President transmits to Congress the proclamation declaring the emergency or Congress affirms a previous renewal unless the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to Congress an executive order renewing the emergency, and a joint resolution is enacted affirming the renewal of the declaration. A national emergency declared before the enactment of this bill shall be unaffected by the amendments made by this bill except that such emergencies shall terminate 60 days after enactment unless renewed. | 2023-01-11T13:43:56Z | |
| 116-s-5022 | 116 | s | 5022 | Federal Flood Risk Management Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-12-15 | 2020-12-15 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] | MD | D | V000128 | 2 | Federal Flood Risk Management Act of 2020 This bill directs agencies to reduce the risk of flood losses, minimize flood impacts, and restore and preserve natural floodplains. Additionally, an agency facilitating a financial transaction in an area subject to flooding has a duty to inform any participating private party of the hazards. | 2023-01-11T13:43:47Z | |
| 116-hr-8945 | 116 | hr | 8945 | Wildfire Recovery Act | Emergency Management | 2020-12-10 | 2020-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] | CO | D | N000191 | 0 | Wildfire Recovery Act This bill provides that the federal cost share for fire management assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act shall not be less than 75% of the cost of such assistance. The bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop guidelines and a rule that establish thresholds for cases in which the federal cost share for fire management assistance may be increased. Such thresholds shall use a fire-specific metric to determine fire damage and recommend a federal cost share adjustment for fire damage that meets the established thresholds. | 2023-01-11T13:43:59Z | |
| 116-hr-8949 | 116 | hr | 8949 | Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-12-10 | 2020-12-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] | NC | R | R000603 | 0 | Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the President to provide disaster assistance to states and Indian tribes for unmet need, including necessary expenses for activities related to disaster relief, resiliency, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, mitigation, and economic revitalization after a major disaster is declared. The bill also establishes a Natural Disaster Recovery Reserve Fund to facilitate planning and increase capacity to administer assistance. | 2023-01-11T13:43:59Z | |
| 116-hr-8810 | 116 | hr | 8810 | National Landslide Preparedness Act | Emergency Management | 2020-11-24 | 2021-01-05 | Became Public Law No: 116-323. | House | Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] | WA | D | D000617 | 6 | National Landslide Preparedness Act This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness. The USGS shall, among other things develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories); develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database; expand the early warning system for debris flow; and establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event. The USGS may provide grants to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards. The National Science Foundation may provide grants to eligible entities for landslide research. The USGS (1) shall advance the identification, mapping, research, and monitoring of subsidence and groundwater resource accounting, particularly in areas affected by drought; (2) shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee; and (3) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data. | 2023-01-11T13:44:03Z | |
| 116-hr-8701 | 116 | hr | 8701 | FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act | Emergency Management | 2020-10-30 | 2020-11-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] | FL | R | D000628 | 3 | FEMA Loan Interest Payment Relief Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to reimburse local governments or electric cooperatives for interest expenses for loans pertaining to disaster relief. Any qualifying interest incurred by a local government or electric cooperative in the five years preceding this bill's enactment shall be treated as eligible for financial assistance for purposes of this bill. | 2023-01-11T13:44:28Z | |
| 116-s-4815 | 116 | s | 4815 | Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-10-20 | 2020-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] | HI | D | S001194 | 1 | Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act of 2020 This bill establishes within the executive branch a National Disaster Safety Board to study the underlying causes of disaster-related fatalities and property damage nationwide and make policy recommendations, and authorizes appropriations for the board through FY2024. Specifically, the board shall review and establish the facts, circumstances, and cause or probable cause of the loss of life, human injury, and economic injury due to a natural hazard or public health incident with 10 or more fatalities. The board shall initiate a review of an incident by monitoring the situation and assessing available facts to determine the appropriate review response without interfering in any ongoing lifesaving and life sustaining efforts underway by other entities; disseminate best practices for the development of internal review organizations; and establish an office to review and make recommendations to mitigate and prevent the loss of life, or human or economic injury, for vulnerable populations. The Government Accountability Office shall audit the board at least once every two years. | 2023-01-11T13:44:24Z | |
| 116-s-4821 | 116 | s | 4821 | A bill to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to clarify that utility line technicians qualify as emergency response providers. | Emergency Management | 2020-10-20 | 2020-10-20 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] | LA | R | K000393 | 0 | This bill specifies that utility line technicians responding to a major disaster or emergency qualify as emergency response providers. | 2023-01-11T13:44:23Z | |
| 116-hr-8622 | 116 | hr | 8622 | ADVANCE Act | Emergency Management | 2020-10-16 | 2020-10-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7] | VA | D | S001209 | 1 | Analyzing Disaster Vulnerabilities and Applicable National Capabilities for Emergencies Act or the ADVANCE Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct national hazard preparation and response exercises and to report to Congress on such exercises and to report annually on the impact of natural disasters or public health emergencies on critical infrastructure. Specifically, DHS, in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE), must at specified intervals conduct an exercise to test the modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities and their utility for emergency response of the United States with respect to significant natural disasters or public health emergencies impacting critical infrastructure. Each exercise shall be coordinated through the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center and the DOE National Laboratories and Technology Centers. | 2023-01-11T13:44:31Z | |
| 116-hr-8569 | 116 | hr | 8569 | Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-10-09 | 2020-10-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45] | CA | D | P000618 | 1 | Disaster Learning and Life Saving Act of 2020 This bill establishes within the executive branch a National Disaster Safety Board to study the underlying causes of disaster-related fatalities and property damage nationwide and make policy recommendations, and authorizes appropriations for the board through FY2024. Specifically, the board shall review and establish the facts, circumstances, and cause or probable cause of the loss of life, human injury, and economic injury due to a natural hazard or public health incident with 10 or more fatalities. The board shall initiate a review of an incident by monitoring the situation and assessing available facts to determine the appropriate review response without interfering in any ongoing lifesaving and life sustaining efforts underway by other entities; disseminate best practices for the development of internal review organizations; and establish an office to review and make recommendations to mitigate and prevent the loss of life, or human or economic injury, for vulnerable populations. The Government Accountability Office shall audit the board at least once every two years. | 2023-01-11T13:44:33Z | |
| 116-sconres-48 | 116 | sconres | 48 | A concurrent resolution expressing support for the designation of October 28, 2020, as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day". | Emergency Management | 2020-09-30 | 2020-09-30 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text: CR S5987) | Senate | Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] | MA | D | W000817 | 5 | This concurrent resolution supports the designation of October 28, 2020, as Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day. | 2023-01-11T13:44:38Z | |
| 116-hr-8421 | 116 | hr | 8421 | Wildfire Smoke Relief Act | Emergency Management | 2020-09-29 | 2020-09-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10] | CA | D | H001090 | 0 | Wildfire Smoke Relief Act This bill provides for assistance for the purchase of smoke inhalation prevention equipment to specified individuals at risk of wildfire smoke-related illness. The President, in carrying out the Transitional Sheltering Assistance Program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), shall provide (1) assistance to a state or local government, local public health authority, or a coordinated care organization to purchase and provide such equipment to at-risk individuals; and (2) cost-efficient transitional shelter assistance to at-risk individuals in any case in which such equipment is insufficient to mitigate the risk of illness. | 2023-01-11T13:44:53Z | |
| 116-hr-8307 | 116 | hr | 8307 | Masks for Students Act | Emergency Management | 2020-09-17 | 2020-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | P000604 | 15 | Masks for Students Act This bill requires that a specified Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) policy relating to public assistance remain in effect to provide cloth facial coverings to public schools (kindergarten through 12th grade) that provide in-person learning during the coronavirus emergency period. The coronavirus emergency period is the period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on the later of (1) the last day on which a presidential declaration of emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19) is in effect, or (2) the last day on which a presidential declaration of national emergency under the National Emergencies Act with respect to the coronavirus is in effect. | 2023-01-11T13:44:57Z | |
| 116-hr-8309 | 116 | hr | 8309 | Keep America Secure Act | Emergency Management | 2020-09-17 | 2020-09-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] | AL | R | R000575 | 13 | Keep America Secure Act This bill provides for a two-year reauthorization of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) activities for FY2021-FY2022. Specifically, the bill sets forth provisions to address management reform and accountability, including the establishment of an Office of Biometric Identity Management within the Management Directorate of DHS; intelligence and information sharing, including requiring annual assessments of the terrorist threat to the homeland; cybersecurity, including the establishment of a Cybersecurity Advisory Committee within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; border and visa security, including directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to hire specified numbers of agents and authorizing an immigration advisory program to assist air carriers and security employees at foreign airports with review of traveler information during the processing of U.S.-bound flights; transportation security, including requiring the Transportation Security Administration to establish a task force to analyze emerging and potential future threats and requiring DHS to prioritize the research and facilitation of next generation technologies to detect explosives in the nation's surface transportation systems; emergency preparedness, response, and recovery, including modifying specified grant programs and reauthorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); and pandemic preparedness, including establishing a medical countermeasures program to facilitate personnel readiness and protection for DHS employees and working animals and individuals in its care and custody, in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or explosives attack, naturally occurring disease outbreak, or pandemic, and to support DHS mission continuity. | 2023-01-11T13:44:57Z | |
| 116-s-4618 | 116 | s | 4618 | A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2020-09-17 | 2020-09-21 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 549. | Senate | Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] | OH | R | P000449 | 2 | Ensuring Relief for Americans Impacted by Economic and Natural Disasters Act, 2020 This bill provides $86.6 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. | 2021-12-29T22:23:21Z | |
| 116-s-4627 | 116 | s | 4627 | FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-09-17 | 2020-09-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] | OR | D | M001176 | 1 | FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020 This bill modifies the federal cost share of certain emergency assistance relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill provides for (1) a 100% federal cost share of assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 and any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it; and (2) at least a 90% federal cost share of assistance provided for any emergency or major disaster declared by the President from January 1-December 31, 2020. With respect to the emergency declaration issued on March 13, 2020, the President may provide assistance for activities, costs, and purchases of states or local governments or the owners or operators of eligible private nonprofits, including, among other things backfill costs for first responders and other essential employees who are ill or quarantined; increased operating costs for essential government services due to such emergency; costs associated with maintaining alternate care facilities or related facilities currently inactive but related to future needs tied to the ongoing pandemic event; personal protective equipment and other critical supplies and services for first responders and other essential employees; and costs of procuring and distributing food to individuals affected by the pandemic through networks established by state, local, or tribal governments or other organizations. | 2023-01-11T13:44:44Z | |
| 116-hr-8266 | 116 | hr | 8266 | FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-09-16 | 2020-11-18 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 43 | FEMA Assistance Relief Act of 2020 This bill modifies the federal cost share of certain emergency assistance relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Specifically, the bill provides for (1) a 100% federal cost share of assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 and any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it; and (2) at least a 90% federal cost share of assistance provided for any emergency or major disaster declared by the President from January 1-December 31, 2020. These provisions shall apply to funds appropriated on or after this bill's enactment. With respect to the emergency declaration issued on March 13, 2020, the President may provide assistance for activities, costs, and purchases of states, Indian tribal governments, or local governments, including, among other things backfill costs for first responders and other essential employees who are ill or quarantined; increased operating costs for essential government services due to such emergency; personal protective equipment and other critical supplies and services for first responders; and costs of procuring and distributing food to individuals affected by the pandemic. The bill (1) directs the President to provide financial assistance to meet disaster-related funeral expenses (subject to the availability of appropriations), and (2) authorizes specified assistance in advance. FEMA must enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to convene a committee of experts to study the use of certain assistance to respond to an emergency that does not cause physical damages. The bill extends by one year federal disaster assistance to individuals and households. | 2023-01-11T13:44:18Z | |
| 116-s-4552 | 116 | s | 4552 | A bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2020-09-09 | 2020-09-09 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. | Senate | Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA] | LA | R | K000393 | 0 | Hurricane Laura Recovery Funding Act, 2020 This bill provides $10 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the Disaster Relief Fund. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. | 2023-01-11T13:44:47Z | |
| 116-hr-8112 | 116 | hr | 8112 | Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-08-25 | 2020-08-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] | CA | D | T000460 | 31 | Increase Federal Disaster Cost Share Act of 2020 This bill increases the federal cost share from 75% to 90% for any federal disaster declaration beginning on January 20, 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020. | 2023-01-11T13:45:23Z | |
| 116-hr-8071 | 116 | hr | 8071 | Emergency Flood Response Act | Emergency Management | 2020-08-18 | 2020-08-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9] | CA | D | M001166 | 0 | Emergency Flood Response Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and carry out a pilot program to assist flood response efforts at state and federal regional levels in response to a levee failure or potential levee failure. FEMA may award grants to up to 10 eligible entities to (1) establish or maintain a flood emergency fund, and (2) ensure a unified command system organizational framework for emergency flood activities. An eligible entity is a levee maintaining agency or unit of local government that is responsible for emergency flood response efforts. Funds awarded under this bill may be used for emergency flood activities, including prompt emergency action to prevent levee failure, close levee breaks, make relief cuts and dewater flooded areas, and otherwise physically limit the extent, depth, and duration of flood waters in the event of a levee failure. Funds awarded may not be used if the emergency flood activity is required by law to be performed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Corps immediately exercises its authority. FEMA shall ensure that, following an expenditure of funds from a grantee's flood emergency fund, the grantee will seek all available state and federal disaster assistance reimbursements for such expenditures and deposit the reimbursements in the fund. The federal share of the cost may not exceed 50%. FEMA must submit to Congress an annual report on the progress and outcomes of the pilot program. | 2023-01-11T13:45:25Z | |
| 116-hr-8045 | 116 | hr | 8045 | Genome Editing Threat Assessment Act | Emergency Management | 2020-08-14 | 2020-08-14 | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | House | Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] | PA | R | J000302 | 1 | Genome Editing Threat Assessment Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a threat assessment of the potential homeland security vulnerabilities associated with genome modification and editing. Such assessment shall include information relating to the dual-use of emerging biotechnology; the ability of gene editing to maliciously proliferate infectious diseases and pandemics on human, animal, and plant populations; the cybersecurity vulnerabilities in computer systems analyzing genomic data; and privacy concerns associated with analyzing genomic data. Upon completion of the assessment, DHS shall make a determination if any changes to future DHS operations are required to address security vulnerabilities identified in such assessment. DHS shall report to the congressional homeland security committees on the findings of such threat assessment, recommendations, plans for incorporating such recommendations into future DHS operations, and proposed legislative changes. | 2023-01-11T13:45:26Z | |
| 116-hr-7915 | 116 | hr | 7915 | To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to design and establish a pilot program to facilitate voluntary information sharing between State, local, and regional fusion centers and certain technology companies related to threats of imminent violence, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2020-07-31 | 2020-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism. | House | Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] | TX | R | M001157 | 1 | Protecting America through Information Sharing Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a pilot program to facilitate the voluntary sharing of information by social networking website companies regarding threats of imminent violence posted on such websites. Any framework established for sharing threat information shall include the consultation of civil liberty and privacy groups on a biannual basis to discuss the development of a framework protecting civil liberties and privacy, and the enforcement of policies guiding the pilot program in protecting civil liberties and privacy. In establishing the pilot program, DHS shall designate a federal or state, local, tribal, or territorial law enforcement agency or regional fusion center to serve as a centralized clearinghouse between social networking website companies and law enforcement. | 2023-01-11T13:45:45Z | |
| 116-hr-7860 | 116 | hr | 7860 | Expanding Access to Emergency Meals Act | Emergency Management | 2020-07-30 | 2020-07-31 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] | CA | D | C001097 | 2 | Expanding Access to Emergency Meals Act This bill makes an exception to the prohibition on duplication of assistance during a major disaster or emergency for any person who is or may be entitled to receive nutrition assistance through a program administered by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Thus, individuals participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and other USDA nutrition programs may also participate in feeding programs funded using Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) public assistance funds. | 2023-01-11T13:45:47Z | |
| 116-hr-7748 | 116 | hr | 7748 | Crisis Counseling Act | Emergency Management | 2020-07-23 | 2020-07-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4] | MA | D | K000379 | 1 | Crisis Counseling Act This bill provides for immediate approval of any request by a state, local, or tribal government for crisis counseling and training after the President declares a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. | 2023-01-11T13:45:51Z | |
| 116-hr-7669 | 116 | hr | 7669 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021 | Emergency Management | 2020-07-20 | 2020-07-20 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 368. | House | Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40] | CA | D | R000486 | 0 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021 This bill provides FY2021 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill provides appropriations for Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight, including the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; the Management Directorate; Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination; and the Office of the Inspector General. The bill provides appropriations for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service. The bill provides appropriations for Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The bill provides appropriations for Research, Development, Training, and Services, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, the Science and Technology Directorate, and the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts. | 2023-01-11T13:45:54Z | |
| 116-s-4153 | 116 | s | 4153 | National Response Framework Improvement Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-07-02 | 2020-12-14 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 0 | National Response Framework Improvement Act of 2020 This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (1) to provide summaries of any gaps or inefficiencies in the National Response Framework of the Department of Homeland Security based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic; and (2) after the end of the pandemic, as part of its after-action review process, to conduct an evaluation of the framework. Such evaluation shall include (1) any updates to the framework determined necessary by FEMA, in coordination with the primary and support agencies of the emergency support functions, based on the gaps or inefficiencies identified; and (2) recommendations on actions relevant agencies can take to address gaps identified. FEMA must brief the congressional homeland security committees on the summaries and conduct biennial evaluations and updates of the framework. | 2023-01-11T13:43:52Z | |
| 116-s-4157 | 116 | s | 4157 | National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-07-02 | 2020-09-09 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 529. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 3 | National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center Pandemic Modeling Act of 2020 This bill expands the authority of the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center to cover pandemics and other activities deemed appropriate by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). It also requires the center to provide modeling, simulation, and analyses to federal agencies upon request and not later than 15 days after completion. The CISA shall provide by October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, summaries of priorities of the center and of current projects carried out to each federal agency or department with critical infrastructure responsibilities. If such an agency requests additional information on a specific project, the CISA shall provide the information within 30 days after the request. The CISA shall (1) within 45 days after this bill's enactment, provide all pandemic reports of the center completed before enactment to each federal agency with critical infrastructure responsibilities; and (2) by October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, brief Congress on current pandemic modeling, simulation, and analyses of the center, and how the Department of Homeland Security is applying this information to current and future COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic work. | 2023-01-11T13:44:48Z | |
| 116-s-4165 | 116 | s | 4165 | A bill to repeal section 692 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006. | Emergency Management | 2020-07-02 | 2020-12-14 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 623. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 0 | This bill repeals a provision of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to promulgate regulations to minimize the excessive use by contractors of subcontractors or tiers of subcontractors to perform the principal work of any contract for facilitating response to or recovery from a natural or man-made disaster. DHS must submit written notification to the congressional homeland security committees by three days after making any modification to the order of succession in DHS or after modification to a document which sets forth the order of succession for the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security or to the Delegation to the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Deputy Secretary. | 2023-01-11T13:43:51Z | |
| 116-s-4169 | 116 | s | 4169 | National Commission on United States Counterterrorism Policy Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-07-02 | 2020-07-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] | MI | D | P000595 | 2 | National Commission on United States Counterterrorism Policy Act of 2020 This bill establishes within the legislative branch the National Commission on United States Counterterrorism Policy. The commission shall (1) review U.S. counterterrorism objectives, priorities, capabilities, policies, programs, and activities; and (2) assess how to adapt and prioritize such policies, programs, and activities to ensure that they employ a mix of available instruments of national power, comply with the rule of law and respect for civil rights and liberties and human rights, focus on terrorism risks, and are balanced relative to the pursuit of other U.S. interests. The commission shall study, among other things the evolution of threats to the United States from September 11, 2001, from international and domestic terrorism and the risks they pose relative to other threats to the United States and U.S. national interests, major lessons learned from U.S. counterterrorism activities since that date, potential new or emerging challenges, and recommendations on how best to adapt U.S. counterterrorism activities to address existing and emerging terrorism risks. | 2023-01-11T13:45:41Z | |
| 116-s-4197 | 116 | s | 4197 | A bill to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2020-07-02 | 2020-07-02 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 3 | This bill extends the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program through July 25, 2027. | 2023-01-11T13:45:40Z | |
| 116-s-4204 | 116 | s | 4204 | Federal Emergency Pandemic Response Act | Emergency Management | 2020-07-02 | 2020-10-19 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 1 | Federal Emergency Pandemic Response Act This bill addresses the issue of national pandemic preparedness and response. It directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or another federal agency, as determined by the OMB, to convene an Interagency Task Force to analyze U.S. preparedness for national pandemics. The task force shall, among other things (1) determine the mission of the Strategic National Stockpile and clearly define it, and (2) assess the current and future inventory needs of the stockpile. The task force must report at specified intervals, including (1) identifying communities where racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) infection, hospitalization, and death rates are out of proportion to the community's population by a certain threshold; and (2) recommendations about how to best allocate critical COVID-19 resources to such communities. During pandemic and related public health emergencies involving the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Response Coordination Center, acting through the appropriate FEMA Regional Administrators, shall (1) request voluntary information from state, local, tribal, and territorial governments regarding their holdings of equipment and medical supplies; and (2) share information with such governments regarding the federal inventory and the plan developed. The Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, may sell drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, or other supplies maintained in the Strategic National Stockpile under specified circumstances. | 2023-01-11T13:44:25Z | |
| 116-s-4133 | 116 | s | 4133 | REAL ID Modernization Act | Emergency Management | 2020-07-01 | 2020-12-07 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 601. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 3 | REAL ID Modernization Act This bill revises requirements for obtaining driver's licenses and personal identification cards under the REAL ID Act of 2005. Specifically, the bill permits electronic and mobile driver's licenses, allows electronic submission of required information, permits a digital photograph to be one that is already on file with the state if the photograph was taken during the six-year period preceding the application, repeals the authorization for the Department of Transportation to make grants to states for conforming with standards, requires aircraft operators and third party reservation entities to notify passengers about this bill's requirement, and eliminates documentation requirements for Social Security numbers and permanent addresses. | 2023-01-11T13:43:52Z | |
| 116-s-4148 | 116 | s | 4148 | A bill to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2020-07-01 | 2020-07-22 | Became Public Law No: 116-150. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 5 | This bill extends the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program until July 27, 2023. | 2023-01-11T13:45:42Z | |
| 116-s-4096 | 116 | s | 4096 | A bill to extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2020-06-29 | 2020-06-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 5 | This bill extends the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program through July 27, 2023. | 2023-01-11T13:46:07Z | |
| 116-hr-7298 | 116 | hr | 7298 | To extend the period for obligations or expenditures for amounts obligated for the National Disaster Resilience competition. | Emergency Management | 2020-06-22 | 2020-06-22 | Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. | House | Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] | VA | D | S000185 | 8 | This bill extends the deadline for National Disaster Resilience Competition awardees to utilize the program's funding until September 30, 2025. | 2022-02-09T02:28:05Z | |
| 116-hr-7258 | 116 | hr | 7258 | Water for Public Health Act | Emergency Management | 2020-06-18 | 2020-06-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] | MI | D | L000592 | 6 | Water for Public Health Act This bill authorizes Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance during a public health emergency to include efforts to provide individuals with access to potable water and basic sanitation. Specifically, FEMA may, during an emergency period, provide every individual access to potable water and basic sanitation through the use of federal agencies. It may also make grants to carry out such efforts, including installation of mobile water stations and hand washing facilities, distribution or delivery of emergency bottled water and personal and home sanitization products, reconnection of water utility service, and moratorium on water utility shutoffs. FEMA may reimburse state, local, or tribal governments that provided such services. | 2022-02-09T03:57:04Z | |
| 116-hr-7282 | 116 | hr | 7282 | Protecting Against Public Safety Disinformation Act | Emergency Management | 2020-06-18 | 2020-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation. | House | Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] | IL | D | U000040 | 4 | Protecting Against Public Safety Disinformation Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take specified steps to combat disinformation operations by malicious foreign actors on domestic preparedness. Specifically, the DHS (1) Office of Intelligence and Analysis, on an onging basis, shall assess the impact of disinformation operations by malicious foreign actors on domestic preparedness for and response to terrorism and other homeland security threats; and (2) Science and Technology Directorate shall develop and recommend research-based methods for identifying and countering such operations and report to Congress. DHS is authorized to share the research and recommendations with state, local, tribal, and territorial officials, and with public health and other officials. | 2022-02-08T23:16:52Z | |
| 116-s-4017 | 116 | s | 4017 | A bill to extend the period for obligations or expenditures for amounts obligated for the National Disaster Resilience competition. | Emergency Management | 2020-06-18 | 2020-06-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] | ND | R | H001061 | 6 | This bill extends the deadline for National Disaster Resilience Competition awardees to utilize the program's funding until September 30, 2025. | 2023-01-11T13:46:12Z | |
| 116-hr-7028 | 116 | hr | 7028 | National Commission on U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-05-27 | 2020-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism. | House | Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16] | NY | D | E000179 | 3 | National Commission on U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Act of 2020 This bill establishes within the legislative branch the National Commission on U.S. Counterterrorism Policy to review U.S. counterterrorism objectives, priorities, capabilities, policies, programs, and activities, and assess how to adapt and prioritize them. The commission shall study, among other things the evolution of threats to the United States from September 11, 2001, from international and domestic terrorism, major lessons learned from U.S. counterterrorism activities since that date, potential new or emerging challenges of conducting counterterrorism operations in contested environments, and recommendations on how best to adapt U.S. counterterrorism activities to address existing and emerging terrorism risks. | 2023-01-11T13:42:49Z | |
| 116-s-3806 | 116 | s | 3806 | Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-05-21 | 2020-05-21 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] | MS | R | H001079 | 7 | Local Community Emergency Relief Act of 2020 This bill waives cost share requirements for all federal emergency declarations and major disaster declarations during 2020. Specifically, the bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide a 100% cost share in such instances. In general, FEMA disaster assistance requires a 75% cost-share commitment from the federal government with 25% provided from nonfederal sources. The bill lists activities for which the federal cost share is waived, including miscellaneous costs, such as the costs of cleaning and sanitizing public areas and buildings where individuals who have contracted COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) have been present to prevent the spread of the virus; other needs assistance for uninsured, disaster-related necessary expenses and serious needs, including specified child care assistance and funeral and burial assistance; mental health services; medical equipment; and hospital and morgue capacity expansion projects to meet actual or projected COVID-19 surge demands. | 2023-01-11T13:42:37Z | |
| 116-hr-6880 | 116 | hr | 6880 | Emergency Medical Manufacturing Library Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-05-14 | 2020-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. | House | Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8] | MI | D | S001208 | 5 | Emergency Medical Manufacturing Library Act of 2020 This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate the development of plans, designs, and guidance relating to the production of certain homeland security-critical supplies to address potential national emergencies and disasters. Specifically, FEMA shall coordinate with other relevant federal departments and agencies to identify categories of homeland security-critical supplies that would be needed to address potential national emergencies or disasters, including any such public health emergency, terrorist incident, armed attack, or cyber attack; to develop plans, designs, and guidance relating to the production of the categories of homeland security-critical supplies identified to address the respective national emergencies and disasters, including such production by nontraditional manufacturers; and based on such final plans, designs, and guidance, to enter into such contingent arrangements with governmental and private entities to expedite the production of homeland security-critical supplies in the event of a national emergency or disaster. FEMA shall (1) publish each final plan, design, or guidance that is developed on a public website, except for protected information; and (2) at least every two years, coordinate the review and revision of each plan, design, and guidance in effect. | 2023-01-11T13:42:54Z | |
| 116-hr-6828 | 116 | hr | 6828 | COVIDâ19 Funeral Assistance Fund | Emergency Management | 2020-05-12 | 2020-05-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] | NY | D | O000172 | 14 | COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Fund This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide financial assistance to individuals (both citizens and nonresident aliens) and funeral homes for the funeral expenses of an individual who died of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) without sufficient insurance to pay for such expenses, through the establishment of a COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Fund. The bill requires an application for assistance to include certain information, including (1) the amount of funeral expenses incurred between January 21, 2020, and December 31, 2020, and (2) proof that COVID-19 was the direct or indirect cause of death of the deceased individual. The bill also limits assistance for funeral expenses to $10,000 for each deceased individual and prohibits FEMA from requiring residence in a presidentially-declared disaster area as a condition for receiving assistance. | 2023-01-11T13:42:56Z | |
| 116-hr-6840 | 116 | hr | 6840 | Coronavirus Emergency Non-Congregate Housing Expansion Act | Emergency Management | 2020-05-12 | 2020-05-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41] | CA | D | T000472 | 23 | Coronavirus Emergency Non-Congregate Housing Expansion Act This bill makes non-congregate shelter expenses eligible for full funding reimbursement under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) public assistance program during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Non-congregate shelter is defined as shelter for specified individuals who test positive for, have been exposed to, or are asymptomatic of, COVID-19, as well as first responders, health care workers, emergency workers, and homeless individuals who do not require hospitalization. Such shelter may be in the form of hotels, motels, dormitories, or any other spaces that permit social distancing. The federal share for non-congregate sheltering is increased to 100% (currently, FEMA only reimburses states, territories, and tribal governments for 75% of eligible costs incurred while performing emergency protective measures). | 2023-01-11T13:42:56Z | |
| 116-hr-6765 | 116 | hr | 6765 | Security After Sandy Act | Emergency Management | 2020-05-08 | 2020-05-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3] | NJ | D | K000394 | 8 | Security After Sandy Act This bill cancels and waives certain debts owed to the United States. The bill cancels repayment for all uncollected amounts owed with respect to community disaster loans made by the federal government between January 1, 2006, and January 1, 2020, with respect to any major disaster declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Small Business Administration shall waive a debt owed to the United States related to such assistance provided to an individual or household if (1) such debt owed is a result of an unauthorized use of funds for such assistance, and (2) the use of funds related to the same recovery for which the assistance was provided. Such debt may not be waived if it involves fraud by the debtor. | 2023-01-11T13:42:58Z | |
| 116-s-3658 | 116 | s | 3658 | Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-05-07 | 2020-12-14 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619. | Senate | Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] | MI | D | P000595 | 2 | Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020 This bill establishes the Office of Equal Rights and Community Inclusion (OERCI) within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The OERCI shall be responsible, among other things, for (1) improving underserved community access to disaster assistance and improving the quality of assistance such communities receive; and (2) eliminating racial, ethnic, and other underserved community disparities in the delivery of various preparedness, response, and recovery assistance. The bill defines underserved community to mean an historically disadvantaged community, including the Native American, African-American, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and North African, rural, low-income, and disability communities. FEMA shall (1) administer and evaluate its programs and activities, including those of recipients of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation grants, in a manner to affirmatively further inclusion and engagement of underserved communities and improved outcomes for underserved communities tied to FEMA programs and activities; and (2) establish an underserved community initiative to award grants to specified nonprofit entities. The OERCI shall develop measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities of program offices in FEMA and the activities of recipients aimed at reducing disparities in the services provided to underserved communities. During the period of time for which there is a major disaster or emergency declared by the President with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), the OERCI shall regularly consult with state, local, territorial, and tribal government officials and community-based organizations from underserved communities that it identifies as disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. | 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z | |
| 116-hconres-99 | 116 | hconres | 99 | Expressing support for the designation of October 28, 2020, as "Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day". | Emergency Management | 2020-05-05 | 2020-05-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | D000216 | 1 | This resolution supports the designation of Honoring the Nation's First Responders Day. | 2023-01-11T13:43:03Z | |
| 116-hr-6700 | 116 | hr | 6700 | FEED Act | Emergency Management | 2020-05-05 | 2020-05-05 | Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. | House | Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] | CA | D | T000460 | 63 | FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act or the FEED Act This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve state, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need. Specifically, during the period following the President's emergency declaration of March 13, 2020, and under any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it, FEMA may approve plans from state, local, and Indian tribal governments that (1) establish contracts with small and mid-sized restaurants and nonprofits, including faith-based organizations and soup kitchens, to prepare healthy meals for people in need; and (2) provide for partnerships with nonprofit organizations to purchase directly from food producers and farmers. FEMA shall waive federal matching requirements under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act during such period. | 2023-01-11T13:43:01Z | |
| 116-s-3614 | 116 | s | 3614 | FEED Act | Emergency Management | 2020-05-05 | 2020-05-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] | CA | D | H001075 | 5 | FEMA Empowering Essential Deliveries Act or the FEED Act This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to approve state, local, and Indian tribal government plans to partner with small and mid-size restaurants and nonprofit organizations to provide nutritious meals to individuals in need. Specifically, during the period following the President's emergency declaration of March 13, 2020, and under any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it, FEMA may approve plans from state, local, and Indian tribal governments that (1) establish contracts with small and mid-sized restaurants and nonprofits, including faith-based organizations and soup kitchens, to prepare healthy meals for people in need; and (2) provide for partnerships with nonprofit organizations to purchase directly from food producers and farmers. FEMA shall waive federal matching requirements under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act during such period. | 2023-01-11T13:42:45Z | |
| 116-hr-6669 | 116 | hr | 6669 | COVIDâ19 Cost Share Adjustment Relief Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-05-01 | 2020-05-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 14 | COVID-19 Cost Share Adjustment Relief Act of 2020 This bill provides for a 100% federal cost share of assistance provided under the emergency declaration issued by the President on March 13, 2020, relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and any subsequent major disaster declaration that supersedes it. The President may provide assistance for activities, costs, and purchases of states or local governments or the owners or operators of eligible private nonprofits, including, among other things backfill costs for first responders and other essential employees who are ill or quarantined, increased operating costs for essential government services due to such emergency, medical equipment and public health costs, and costs associated with maintaining alternate care facilities or related facilities currently inactive but related to future needs tied to the ongoing pandemic event. | 2023-01-11T13:43:02Z | |
| 116-hr-6687 | 116 | hr | 6687 | Pandemic Disaster Assistance Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-05-01 | 2020-05-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] | NY | D | O000172 | 0 | Pandemic Disaster Assistance Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide direct assistance to individuals who have been impacted by a pandemic and appropriates funds to the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Labor for unemployment compensation and disaster relief. Specifically, at the discretion of a governor or the President, individuals impacted by a pandemic will be eligible to apply directly to federal agencies for various forms of assistance, including (1) assistance under the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program; (2) assistance under the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program; and (3) other needs assistance through FEMA's Individual Assistance program, including medical, funeral, and child care assistance. With respect to the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program, the bill creates a national floor for benefits at 1.5 times the national weekly average and provides a waiver to the requirement to exhaust state unemployment insurance options. With respect to the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, the Department of Agriculture must provide options other than an in-person interview. | 2023-01-11T13:43:01Z | |
| 116-hr-6530 | 116 | hr | 6530 | Emergency Supply Chain Transparency Act | Emergency Management | 2020-04-17 | 2020-04-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] | FL | D | D000610 | 6 | Emergency Supply Chain Transparency Act This bill requires the President to report to Congress on certain authorities used under the Defense Production Act of 1950 and the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act). Specifically, the bill requires the President or each federal agency to which the President delegates authority under the Defense Production Act, within 14 days of exercising authority provided under such Act, to report to Congress disclosing (1) the production, transport, distribution, sale, delivery, and construction of all materials, services, and facilities related to the exercise of such authority; and (2) any private entity in receipt or possession of such materials, services, and facilities. The bill requires the President or each federal agency to which the President delegates authority under the Stafford Act's federal emergency disaster relief assistance provision, within 14 days of exercising such authority, to report to Congress disclosing all equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, services, and other resources provided to federal agencies, private organizations, and state and local governments related to such exercise of authority. Such reports shall be updated periodically, not less than every 14 days, while such authority is in use. | 2023-01-11T13:43:11Z | |
| 116-hr-6505 | 116 | hr | 6505 | Detection and Response to Emerging Highly Communicable Infectious Disease Events Act | Emergency Management | 2020-04-14 | 2020-06-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. | House | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | Detection and Response to Emerging Highly Communicable Infectious Disease Events Act This bill directs the National Biosurveillance Integration Center of the Department of Homeland Security to detect, as early as possible, an emerging highly communicable infectious disease event (currently, limited to a biological event) of national concern that presents a risk to the United States or U.S. infrastructure or key assets. The center shall report to the National Security Council and the congressional homeland security committees within 72 hours of confirmation of such infectious disease event being detected. | 2023-01-11T13:43:13Z | |
| 116-hr-6465 | 116 | hr | 6465 | To waive certain provisions in the case of an emergency declaration under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. | Emergency Management | 2020-04-07 | 2020-04-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] | PR | R | G000582 | 4 | This bill waives Buy American requirements (requirements for the use of goods mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States) in the case of an emergency declaration, with respect to purchases made or contracts issued by Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. | 2023-01-11T13:43:16Z | |
| 116-hr-6449 | 116 | hr | 6449 | Food and Necessities During Public Emergencies Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-04-03 | 2020-04-03 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] | CO | D | N000191 | 23 | Food and Necessities During Public Emergencies Act of 2020 This bill provides that during an emergency declared under the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits may be used to purchase specified durable goods. Specifically, such goods shall include infant care necessities, household paper products, household cleaning products, and personal cleaning products. | 2023-01-11T13:43:17Z | |
| 116-hr-6454 | 116 | hr | 6454 | Equity for Disaster Victims Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-04-03 | 2020-04-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 1 | Equity for Disaster Victims Act of 2020 This bill (1) cancels the repayment requirement for all uncollected amounts owed with respect to community disaster loans made by the federal government between January 1, 2011, and the enactment of this bill; and (2) changes from January 1, 2016, to January 1, 2011, the applicability date for the waiver of the prohibition against duplication of certain disaster-related benefits. | 2023-01-11T13:43:17Z | |
| 116-hr-6404 | 116 | hr | 6404 | COVIDâ19 REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-03-26 | 2020-03-26 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 1 | COVID-19 REAL ID Relief Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to grant states an extension until October 1, 2021, of the deadline by which they are required to meet requirements under the Real ID Act of 2005 due to the national emergency declared by the President as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). (Currently, travelers must obtain REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses by October 1, 2020, in order to board domestic flights). | 2022-02-08T23:14:45Z | |
| 116-hr-6372 | 116 | hr | 6372 | REAL ID Extension Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-03-23 | 2020-03-23 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. | House | Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] | NY | D | S001201 | 0 | REAL ID Extension Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to grant to states an extension of the deadline by which they are required to meet requirements under the Real ID Act of 2005 until September 30, 2021. (Currently, travelers must obtain REAL ID-compliant driver's licenses by October 1, 2020, in order to board domestic flights.) | 2022-02-08T23:17:26Z | |
| 116-hr-6309 | 116 | hr | 6309 | Natural Disaster Safe Inmate Relocation Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-19 | 2020-03-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] | NY | D | M001188 | 0 | Natural Disaster Safe Inmate Relocation Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to encourage states and localities that receive assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to adopt policies regarding the safe relocation of prisoners before, during, and after major disasters and emergencies. | 2022-02-08T23:25:38Z | |
| 116-s-3534 | 116 | s | 3534 | Pandemic Disaster Assistance Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-03-19 | 2020-03-19 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] | CA | D | H001075 | 0 | Pandemic Disaster Assistance Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide direct assistance to individuals who have been impacted by a pandemic. Specifically, at the discretion of a governor or the President, individuals impacted by a pandemic will be eligible to apply directly to federal agencies for various forms of assistance, including (1) assistance under the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program; (2) assistance under the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program; and (3) other needs assistance through FEMA's Individual Assistance program, including medical, funeral, and child care assistance. With respect to the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, the Department of Agriculture must provide options other than an in-person interview. With respect to the Disaster Unemployment Assistance program, the bill creates a national floor for benefits at 1.5 times the national weekly average and provides a waiver to the requirement to exhaust state unemployment insurance options. | 2022-03-02T16:13:00Z | |
| 116-s-3504 | 116 | s | 3504 | Delay REAL ID Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-17 | 2020-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] | MT | R | D000618 | 4 | Delay REAL ID Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to extend the deadline by which states are required to meet the driver's license and identification card issuance requirements under the Real ID Act of 2005 until not earlier than September 30, 2021. | 2022-02-08T23:23:04Z | |
| 116-s-3506 | 116 | s | 3506 | Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-03-17 | 2020-03-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] | OK | R | L000575 | 0 | Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act of 2020 This bill extends through July 18, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. | 2022-02-08T23:23:04Z | |
| 116-hr-6288 | 116 | hr | 6288 | Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-13 | 2020-03-16 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | R000588 | 0 | Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act This bill includes a public health emergency, such as a pandemic or virus threat, within the definition of major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. | 2022-02-08T23:15:38Z | |
| 116-s-3476 | 116 | s | 3476 | Coronavirus Worker Relief Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-12 | 2020-03-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] | MI | D | P000595 | 7 | Coronavirus Worker Relief Act This bill provides for unemployment benefits to workers affected by the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). In any major disaster emergency declared by the President related to the coronavirus, the President may provide assistance for unemployment and lost wages, including by expanding the eligibility for assistance. An individual in an area for which such a declaration is declared shall be eligible for unemployment assistance if he or she has experienced a week of unemployment in such area as a result of the coronavirus; has good cause to voluntarily reduce regular work hours or refuse a bona fide offer of employment, or, in the case of an unemployed self-employed individual, refuses to resume or commence suitable self-employment, for a reason such as illness or incapacity, family crises, or changed individual or family circumstances in the area, as a result of the coronavirus; or is unable to work due to the immediate federal, state, tribal, or local government response to the coronavirus. The assistance authorized for a week of unemployment shall be not less than the weekly amount authorized under the unemployment compensation law of the state for which the disaster declaration was issued. The state unemployment compensation requirement that an individual be able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work shall not apply. Compensation shall be made to an individual otherwise eligible without any waiting period. | 2022-02-08T23:15:30Z | |
| 116-hr-6206 | 116 | hr | 6206 | PREP Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-03-11 | 2020-03-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19] | NY | D | D000630 | 4 | Pandemic Response and Emergency Preparedness Act of 2020 or the PREP Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the President to provide additional federal assistance following a major disaster emergency declaration related to a public health emergency, including a pandemic or virus threat, that occurs between the date of this bill's enactment and September 30, 2021. Such additional assistance includes unemployment assistance and lost wages, food assistance for low-income people from Department of Agriculture surplus commodities, legal services, crisis counseling assistance and training, and case management services. | 2022-02-08T23:17:32Z | |
| 116-hr-6207 | 116 | hr | 6207 | Coronavirus Worker Relief Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-11 | 2020-03-12 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] | WA | D | K000381 | 2 | Coronavirus Worker Relief Act This bill provides for unemployment benefits to workers affected by the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19). If the President issues an emergency declaration or major disaster declaration due to the coronavirus for a state or Indian tribe, the declaration shall be deemed to be a major disaster for the purpose of carrying out provisions regarding unemployment assistance. An individual in an area for which such a declaration is declared shall be eligible for unemployment assistance if he or she has experienced a week of unemployment in such area as a result of the coronavirus; has good cause to voluntarily reduce regular work hours or refuse a bona fide offer of employment, or, in the case of an unemployed self-employed individual, refuses to resume or commence suitable self-employment, for a reason such as illness or incapacity, family crises, or changed individual or family circumstances in the area, as a result of the coronavirus; or is unable to work due to the immediate federal, state, tribal, or local government response to the coronavirus. The assistance authorized for a week of unemployment shall be not less than the weekly amount authorized under the unemployment compensation law of the state for which the disaster declaration was issued. The state unemployment compensation requirement that an individual be able to work, available to work, and actively seeking work shall not apply. Compensation shall be made to an individual otherwise eligible without any waiting period. | 2022-02-09T00:10:46Z | |
| 116-hr-6160 | 116 | hr | 6160 | To extend the chemical facility anti-terrorism standards program of the Department of Homeland Security. | Emergency Management | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-16 | Received in the Senate. | House | Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | T000193 | 3 | This bill extends by a year and one half the Department of Homeland Security's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program. | 2022-08-10T23:29:20Z | |
| 116-s-3418 | 116 | s | 3418 | STORM Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-09 | 2021-01-01 | Became Public Law No: 116-284. | Senate | Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] | MI | D | P000595 | 5 | Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Act or the STORM Act This bill authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into agreements with any state or Indian tribal government to make capitalization grants for the establishment of hazard mitigation revolving loan funds. Such funds shall provide funding assistance to local governments to carry out projects to reduce disaster risks for homeowners, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and communities in order to decrease the loss of life and property, the cost of insurance claims, and federal disaster payments. Until FEMA issues final regulations to implement provisions of this bill, it may (1) waive notice and comment rulemakings if necessary, and (2) provide capitalization grants as a pilot program. FEMA shall not be liable for any claim based on the exercise or performance of, or the failure to exercise or perform, a discretionary function or duty by FEMA or by a FEMA employee in carrying out this bill. The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress, examining (1) the appropriateness of regulations and guidance issued by FEMA for the program; (2) a description of the number of the entity loan funds established, the projects funded from such entity loan funds, and the extent to which projects funded by the loan funds adhere to any applicable hazard mitigation plans; (3) the effectiveness of the entity loan funds to lower disaster related costs; and (4) recommendations for improving the administration of entity loan funds. | 2023-09-05T17:28:36Z | |
| 116-s-3407 | 116 | s | 3407 | Fairness in Disaster Relief Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-05 | 2020-03-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] | FL | R | R000595 | 1 | Fairness in Disaster Relief Act This bill authorizes the President to reimburse local governments for interest expenses for loans pertaining to disaster relief. | 2022-02-08T23:23:01Z | |
| 116-s-3416 | 116 | s | 3416 | Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-03-05 | 2020-03-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] | WI | R | J000293 | 0 | Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020 This bill reauthorizes the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for another five years. The CFATS program regulates high-risk chemical facilities to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks. Among other requirements, DHS must issue a strategy to improve the cybersecurity of chemical facilities and the sharing of information with local emergency responders; prescribe regulations to establish the CFATS Recognition Program to enhance security of chemical facilities and provide incentives for greater regulatory relief; conduct a review every two years of audits and inspections and develop an official standard to evaluate the consistency of such audits and inspections; implement a Personnel Surety Program with respect to Tier 3 and Tier 4 facilities (currently, limited to Tier 1 [highest risk] and Tier 2); make information available to state, local, and regional fusion centers and state and local government officials, in a secure and expeditious manner; and implement a system under which an owner or operator of a chemical facility may request an informal consultation relating to a preliminary deficiency determination. | 2022-02-08T23:54:46Z | |
| 116-hr-6071 | 116 | hr | 6071 | FEMA Disaster Preparedness Improvement Act | Emergency Management | 2020-03-04 | 2020-03-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3] | CA | D | G000559 | 3 | FEMA Disaster Preparedness Improvement Act This bill increases Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) support for disaster preparedness and emergency response to states and U.S. territories. Specifically, the bill increases the federal cost share to 85% for (1) hazard mitigation measures with respect to a major disaster (currently, 75%); and (2) emergency management performance grants (currently, 50%). The bill makes special flood hazard areas that have suffered at least one severe repetitive loss or repetitive loss under the National Flood Insurance Program eligible for FEMA hazard mitigation grants. It also exempts the time it takes to complete environmental reviews from the 36-month deadline to complete FEMA-funded hazard mitigation projects. The Government Accountability Office must report on the challenges to states and U.S. territories in obtaining assistance under FEMA's public assistance program alternative procedures. | 2022-02-08T23:14:56Z | |
| 116-hr-6003 | 116 | hr | 6003 | First Responder Resiliency Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-02-27 | 2020-02-27 | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2] | IL | D | K000385 | 2 | First Responder Resiliency Act of 2020 This bill removes matching fund requirements for job-related mental health issues for fire and emergency medical services first responders under the firefighter assistance grant program, and for law enforcement first responders under the public safety and community policing (COPS ON THE BEAT) grant program. | 2022-02-08T23:17:39Z | |
| 116-s-3346 | 116 | s | 3346 | Prevent BLEEDing Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-02-27 | 2020-02-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] | NJ | D | M000639 | 1 | Prevent Blood Loss with Emergency Equipment Devices Act of 2020 or the Prevent BLEEDing Act of 2020 This bill authorizes the use of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) grant funds for certain anti-blood loss purposes. Specifically, a grant under the Urban Area Security Initiative or the State Homeland Grant Program may be used to purchase or distribute anti-blood loss supplies (tourniquets, gauze, dressings, or other appropriate materials) for use in medical emergencies in places where people gather; provide training on the proper use of anti-blood loss supplies to enhance public safety; or make grants to an eligible entity for such purposes. DHS shall (1) allocate such funds according to a formula that takes into consideration the relative populations of each geographic area for which a grant is made; and (2) conduct outreach to inform state, local, and tribal governments and high-risk urban areas that apply for grants of the availability of funds under this bill. | 2022-02-08T23:22:58Z | |
| 116-hr-5953 | 116 | hr | 5953 | Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act | Emergency Management | 2020-02-25 | 2020-11-18 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] | MO | R | G000546 | 7 | Preventing Disaster Revictimization Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to waive certain debts owed to the United States related to disaster assistance provided to an individual or household. Specifically, FEMA must waive a debt owed to the United States related to disaster assistance provided to an individual or household if such assistance (1) was distributed based on an error by FEMA and such debt is construed as a hardship, and (2) is subject to a claim or legal action. FEMA must report to Congress on (1) actions that it will take to reduce the error rate, and (2) the internal processes used to make decisions regarding the distribution of federal disaster assistance to individuals and households and any changes made to such processes. | 2023-01-11T13:44:19Z | |
| 116-hr-5942 | 116 | hr | 5942 | DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act | Emergency Management | 2020-02-21 | 2020-03-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation. | House | Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] | TX | D | J000032 | 0 | DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program to identify and train DHS employees for cybersecurity work. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within DHS must lead the program. Among other things, the agency must (1) track the status of cybersecurity positions at DHS, (2) develop a program curriculum, and (3) recruit DHS employees for the program. | 2022-02-08T23:17:41Z | |
| 116-s-3285 | 116 | s | 3285 | Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act | Emergency Management | 2020-02-12 | 2020-02-12 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] | NC | R | T000476 | 6 | Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act This bill makes an entity seeking assistance under a hazard mitigation assistance program eligible to receive such assistance for certain projects already in progress. | 2022-08-10T23:36:00Z | |
| 116-hr-5824 | 116 | hr | 5824 | Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-02-10 | 2020-02-12 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended). | House | Rep. Torres Small, Xochitl [D-NM-2] | NM | D | T000484 | 2 | Federal Law Enforcement Training Research and Reporting Act of 2020 This bill requires the Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, in coordination with the Under Secretary for Science and Technology of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to conduct research and development of a technology to enhance participation rates in training offered to state, local, and tribal communities, with particular attention to rural or remote communities, to enhance domestic preparedness for and collective response to terrorism and other homeland security threats. The Under Secretary for Management shall report to Congress on the accreditation status for each basic training program within DHS. If a basic training program loses accreditation, the relevant component shall notify the Under Secretary within 30 days after such loss. | 2022-02-08T23:25:47Z | |
| 116-hr-5756 | 116 | hr | 5756 | Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-02-05 | 2020-12-09 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 522. | House | Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large] | VI | D | P000610 | 9 | Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2020 This bill extends the provision of disaster assistance for critical services to solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care. Such assistance is also extended to any major disaster in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands subsequent to Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria on or before September 30, 2022. | 2023-01-11T13:44:05Z | |
| 116-hr-5736 | 116 | hr | 5736 | Transnational White Supremacist Extremism Review Act | Emergency Management | 2020-01-30 | 2020-10-01 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] | NY | D | R000613 | 1 | Transnational White Supremacist Extremism Review Act This bill directs the Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and disseminate a threat assessment and reference aid regarding threats to the United States associated with foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations. The threat assessment and reference aid (1) shall be developed in coordination with DHS's Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and other appropriate agencies and may be informed by existing products developed by such office and agencies; and (2) shall include an overview of symbols, flags, or other references utilized by adherents of foreign violent white supremacist extremist organizations. The office shall share the threat assessment and reference aid with (1) state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials; and (2) owners and operators of online platforms to assist in identifying content that may be associated with a foreign violent white supremacist extremist organization that may violate the terms of service of such platforms, upon request from such platforms. Such office shall ensure that the threat assessment and reference aid does not contain the name or other identifiable information of any individual or organization engaged in lawful political or public discourse in the United States protected under the Constitution. | 2023-01-11T13:45:04Z | |
| 116-hr-5709 | 116 | hr | 5709 | Climate Resilient Communities Act | Emergency Management | 2020-01-29 | 2020-01-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] | CO | D | N000191 | 1 | Climate Resilient Communities Act This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate, and report to Congress on, the structural and economic impacts of climate resiliency at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including recommendations on how to improve FEMA's use of building codes and standards to prepare for climate change and address resiliency in housing, public buildings, and infrastructure such as roads and bridges. | 2022-02-08T23:17:49Z | |
| 116-hr-5687 | 116 | hr | 5687 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020 | Emergency Management | 2020-01-28 | 2020-02-11 | Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 416. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief and Puerto Rico Disaster Tax Relief Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 supplemental appropriations and expands tax credits to respond to recent natural disasters and emergencies that affected Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. The funding provided by this bill is designated as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill provides $4.89 billion in FY2020 supplemental appropriations for programs within the Department of Energy, the Department of Education, the Federal Highway Administration, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Agriculture. The programs address issues such as cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency response; the electric grid; the educational needs of individuals affected by natural disasters and emergencies; repairs to roads affected by natural disasters and emergencies; community development; and disaster nutrition assistance. The bill also expands tax credits and modifies related requirements that affect the residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories. The bill includes provisions regarding the child tax credit, the earned income tax credit, the low-income housing tax credit, the new markets tax credit, the amount of distilled spirits excise taxes covered over (paid) to the treasuries of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, and an employee retention tax credit. | 2022-08-25T18:29:12Z | |
| 116-hr-5655 | 116 | hr | 5655 | Nonprofit Security Expansion Act | Emergency Management | 2020-01-17 | 2020-01-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery. | House | Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | N000188 | 1 | Nonprofit Security Expansion Act This bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program of the Department of Homeland Security. | 2022-03-02T16:13:00Z | |
| 116-s-3204 | 116 | s | 3204 | FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act | Emergency Management | 2020-01-16 | 2020-01-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] | MA | D | M000133 | 0 | FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) revise its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan to ensure that the plan explicitly mentions climate change and addresses the implications of climate change on homeland security and near- and long-term national disaster risk; and (2) ensure that future strategic plans do likewise. The Department of Homeland Security must establish, as a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council, the Climate Change Subcommittee, which shall advise FEMA on how to best incorporate climate change, including risk assessments and strategies for adaptation and mitigation, into and throughout FEMA's policies, plans, programs, and operations. FEMA must publish as a report, submit to specified congressional committees, and make available to Congress and the public, a comprehensive assessment of climate change risks and preparedness. | 2022-02-09T00:28:51Z | |
| 116-hr-5452 | 116 | hr | 5452 | Sandy Duplication of Benefits Fairness Act | Emergency Management | 2019-12-17 | 2019-12-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2] | NY | R | K000210 | 3 | Sandy Duplication of Benefits Fairness Act This bill expands the applicability of the waiver of the prohibition against duplication of benefits for disaster relief recipients following Superstorm Sandy. Under current law, the waiver period extends from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2021. This bill begins that period on October 1, 2012, through December 31, 2021. This change would permit individuals who suffered losses resulting from Superstorm Sandy and who initially applied for and received federal benefits, including Small Business Administration disaster relief loans, to receive additional federal benefits, including funds under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Block Grant for Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR), without having to repay such additional benefits. | 2022-10-28T01:45:52Z | |
| 116-hr-5394 | 116 | hr | 5394 | Strengthening State and Local Cybersecurity Defenses Act | Emergency Management | 2019-12-11 | 2020-01-03 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation. | House | Rep. Taylor, Van [R-TX-3] | TX | R | T000479 | 10 | Strengthening State and Local Cybersecurity Defenses Act This bill provides for collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as corporations, associations, and the general public, regarding cybersecurity. The bill expands DHS responsibilities through grants and cooperative agreements, including provision of assistance and education related to cyber threat indicators, defensive measures and cybersecurity technologies, cybersecurity risks, incidents, analysis, and warnings. The bill requires the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center to coordinate with entities such as the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center to, among other things (1) conduct exercises, (2) provide operational and technical cybersecurity training, (3) provide federal and non-federal entities timely notifications containing specific incident and malware information, and (4) promote cybersecurity education and awareness. | 2022-10-28T01:45:59Z | |
| 116-hr-5337 | 116 | hr | 5337 | Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2019 | Emergency Management | 2019-12-06 | 2019-12-09 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] | NY | D | N000002 | 18 | Disaster Assistance Equity Act of 2019 This bill makes common interest communities, such as housing cooperatives (co-ops) and condominiums, eligible for the same assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as other homeowners. Specifically, the bill adds definitions of residential common interest community, condominium, and housing cooperative to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; requires FEMA to issue rules for the removal of debris or wreckage from real estate owned by a residential common interest community resulting from a major disaster and deems such removal to be in the public interest when a state or local government determines in writing that such debris or wreckage constitutes a threat to life, public health or safety, or the economic recovery of such community; and provides for the repair of essential common elements of a condominium or co-op damaged by a disaster under FEMA's Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program. | 2022-10-28T01:46:03Z | |
| 116-hr-5344 | 116 | hr | 5344 | PREVENT Act of 2019 | Emergency Management | 2019-12-06 | 2019-12-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. | House | Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] | CA | D | A000371 | 0 | Preventing Radical Extremist's Violent Endeavors Now and Tomorrow Act of 2019 or the PREVENT Act of 2019 This bill expands the duties of the Office for State and Local Government Coordination in the Department of Homeland Security to include, for purposes of countering violent extremist threats (1) providing training from specially trained clinical social workers, psychologists, religious and community leaders, and law enforcement personnel to assist local efforts in securing the homeland; and (2) in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, providing to state and local governments specialists, analysts, and agents trained to counter terrorism and white nationalism to assist local efforts at responding to such threats. | 2022-10-28T01:46:03Z | |
| 116-s-2882 | 116 | s | 2882 | Wildfire Defense Act | Emergency Management | 2019-11-18 | 2019-11-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] | CA | D | H001075 | 4 | Wildfire Defense Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a community wildfire defense grant program and requires other actions by FEMA, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Forest Service with respect to wildfires. In awarding grants, FEMA must give priority to state and local governments, Indian tribes, and joint authorities that will carry out projects or plans supporting a low-income community in a fire-hazard area or a severe disaster impacted community in a fire-hazard area. The GAO shall publish (1) a report on authorities and programs that are available to protect communities from wildfires; and (2) a study on the potential for a community wildfire defense plan to qualify for a certification identifying a level of wildfire survivability and resilience, and how to incentivize insurance companies to accept the certification. The Forest Service shall develop and publish a map depicting at-risk communities. FEMA shall prepare a report relating to insufficient radio frequencies, barriers to interoperability of radio frequencies, and available products and technologies for overcoming barriers to interoperability for wildland fire management. | 2022-10-28T02:00:29Z | |
| 116-hr-5091 | 116 | hr | 5091 | Wildfire Defense Act | Emergency Management | 2019-11-14 | 2019-12-04 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. | House | Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] | CA | D | H001068 | 20 | Wildfire Defense Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a community wildfire defense grant program and requires other actions by FEMA, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and the Forest Service with respect to wildfires. In awarding grants, FEMA must give priority to state and local governments, Indian tribes, and joint authorities that will carry out projects or plans supporting a low-income community in a fire-hazard area or a severe disaster impacted community in a fire-hazard area. The GAO shall publish (1) a report on authorities and programs that are available to protect communities from wildfires; and (2) a study on the potential for a community wildfire defense plan to qualify for a certification identifying a level of wildfire survivability and resilience, and how to incentivize insurance companies to accept the certification. The Forest Service shall develop and publish a map depicting at-risk communities. FEMA shall prepare a report relating to insufficient radio frequencies, barriers to interoperability of radio frequencies, and available products and technologies for overcoming barriers to interoperability for wildland fire management. | 2022-10-28T02:00:31Z | |
| 116-hr-5059 | 116 | hr | 5059 | To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for the authority to reimburse local governments for interest expenses, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2019-11-13 | 2019-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] | FL | R | D000628 | 0 | This bill authorizes the President to reimburse local governments for interest expenses for loans pertaining to disaster relief. | 2022-11-01T05:17:27Z | |
| 116-hr-4987 | 116 | hr | 4987 | Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act | Emergency Management | 2019-11-05 | 2019-11-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology. | House | Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] | WA | R | H001056 | 1 | Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to prioritize grants that provide for planning, training, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response, in making grants to fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations, and state fire training academies. | 2022-11-01T05:02:37Z | |
| 116-hr-4912 | 116 | hr | 4912 | NO CLAWS Act | Emergency Management | 2019-10-29 | 2019-10-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [D-NJ-2] | NJ | D | V000133 | 0 | Nation Owes Community Lifelines After Weathering Sandy Act or the NO CLAWS Act This bill prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from taking action to recoup federal disaster and emergency assistance from an individual or a household unless there is evidence of fraud. | 2022-11-01T04:32:33Z | |
| 116-s-2734 | 116 | s | 2734 | Sandy Duplication of Benefits Fairness Act | Emergency Management | 2019-10-29 | 2019-10-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] | NY | D | G000555 | 1 | Sandy Duplication of Benefits Fairness Act This bill expands the applicability of the waiver of the prohibition against duplication of benefits for disaster relief recipients following Superstorm Sandy. Under current law, the waiver period extends from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2021. This bill begins that period on October 1, 2012, through December 31, 2021. This change would permit individuals who suffered losses resulting from Superstorm Sandy and who initially applied for and received federal benefits, including Small Business Administration disaster relief loans, to receive additional federal benefits, including funds under the Department of Housing and Urban Development Block Grant for Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR), without having to repay such additional benefits. | 2022-11-01T04:32:33Z | |
| 116-hr-4815 | 116 | hr | 4815 | REPORT Act | Emergency Management | 2019-10-23 | 2019-11-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism. | House | Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31] | CA | D | A000371 | 0 | Reporting Efficiently to Proper Officials in Response to Terrorism Act of 2019 or the REPORT Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security, in coordination with the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, whenever an incident of terrorism occurs in the United States, to submit to Congress an unclassified report upon completion of the investigation by the primary U.S. government agency conducting the investigation. Such a report shall contain (1) a statement of the facts of the incident that is the subject of such report; and (2) any recommendations for changes in practices or law, consistent with the Constitution, with particular attention to changes that could help prevent future incidents of terrorism. | 2022-11-01T04:17:45Z | |
| 116-hr-4823 | 116 | hr | 4823 | FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act | Emergency Management | 2019-10-23 | 2019-10-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | C001067 | 46 | FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) revise its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan to ensure that the plan explicitly mentions climate change and addresses the implications of climate change on homeland security and near- and long-term national disaster risk; and (2) ensure that future strategic plans do likewise. The Department of Homeland Security must establish, as a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council, the Climate Change Subcommittee, which shall advise FEMA on how to best incorporate climate change, including risk assessments and strategies for adaptation and mitigation, into and throughout FEMA's policies, plans, programs, and operations. FEMA must publish as a report, submit to specified congressional committees, and make available to Congress and the public, a comprehensive assessment of climate change risks and preparedness. | 2022-11-01T04:17:45Z | |
| 116-s-2582 | 116 | s | 2582 | An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. | Emergency Management | 2019-09-26 | 2019-09-26 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 229. | Senate | Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] | WV | R | C001047 | 0 | Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020 This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill provides appropriations for Departmental Management, Operations, Intelligence, and Oversight, including the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management; the Management Directorate; Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Coordination; and the Office of Inspector General. The bill provides appropriations for Security, Enforcement, and Investigations, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Secret Service. The bill provides appropriations for Protection, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery, including the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The bill provides appropriations for Research, Development, Training, and Services, including U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, the Science and Technology Directorate, and the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office. The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts. | 2022-11-01T13:49:50Z | |
| 116-hr-4432 | 116 | hr | 4432 | Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats Act | Emergency Management | 2019-09-20 | 2020-02-11 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | R000588 | 1 | Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to address issues related to threats of unmanned aircraft systems (drones) and other emerging threats. Specifically, DHS must request additional information from other federal, state, local, and private sector agencies relating to such threats associated with new technologies; develop and disseminate a security threat assessment regarding drones and other emerging threats associated with such new technologies; and establish and utilize a secure communications and information technology infrastructure, including data-mining and other advanced analytical tools. | 2022-11-01T13:49:55Z | |
| 116-hr-4402 | 116 | hr | 4402 | Inland Waters Security Review Act | Emergency Management | 2019-09-19 | 2019-12-10 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] | AZ | R | L000589 | 6 | Inland Waters Security Review Act This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit to Congress an inland waters threat analysis that includes current and potential terrorism and criminal threats, security challenges and mitigation efforts, vulnerabilities that hinder effective security, counterterrorism, anti-trafficking efforts, and trade flow in inland waters, and metrics and performance measures. In preparing the threat analysis, DHS shall consider technology and personnel needs and challenges; the roles of state, local, tribal, and territorial law enforcement, as well as private sector partners and the public, relating to inland waters security; the need for cooperation among federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and international partner law enforcement, as well as private sector partners and the public, relating to such security; and the challenges posed by geography with respect to such security. | 2022-11-01T13:49:56Z | |
| 116-hr-4376 | 116 | hr | 4376 | STORM Aid for Disasters Act | Emergency Management | 2019-09-18 | 2019-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. | House | Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] | FL | R | D000628 | 0 | Streamlining The Official Response and Monetary Aid for Disasters Act or the STORM Aid for Disasters Act This bill requires any federal agency that sustained specified damage as a result of a presidentially-declared major disaster to submit to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget a report that describes the damage incurred, an estimate of the cost of such damage, and any effects to operations if the agency does not receive additional resources. Specified damage is defined as damage to federal facilities and property; negative impacts on federal operations, including damage to equipment, loss of program support, and any other calculable costs, as well as costs necessary to resume operations; and loss of services, totaling a cost exceeding $500,000, that would have been provided by the agency but for the disaster. The bill provides for expedited consideration of a bill making supplemental appropriations to agencies in response to such report. | 2022-11-01T13:49:57Z | |
| 116-hr-4347 | 116 | hr | 4347 | PREPARE Act of 2019 | Emergency Management | 2019-09-17 | 2020-12-17 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546. | House | Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] | PA | D | C001090 | 18 | Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness Act of 2019 or the PREPARE Act of 2019 This bill directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identification and Management, which shall establish government-wide goals and provide recommendations for addressing extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and management. Each federal agency shall submit biannually to the Office of Management and Budget and to the council a comprehensive plan that integrates consideration of extreme weather into its operations and overall mission objectives. | 2023-01-11T13:44:06Z | |
| 116-hr-4358 | 116 | hr | 4358 | Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2020 | Emergency Management | 2019-09-17 | 2020-11-18 | Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. | House | Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] | NY | R | K000386 | 4 | Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2020 This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) submit to Congress a report describing the preliminary damage assessment process, as supported by FEMA in the five years before this bill's enactment; and (2) establish a training regime within FEMA to ensure preliminary damage assessments are conducted and reviewed under consistent guidelines. FEMA shall annually submit to Congress a report on the number and type of instances under which FEMA personnel have overturned decisions made by personnel in the field. | 2023-01-11T13:44:19Z |
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