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S 2543 106th Congress Senate Emergency Management Aviation safety Disaster relief Railroad safety Transportation and Public Works

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term "major disaster".

Introduced: May 11, 2000 See on congress.gov
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May 11, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 11, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3916-3917)
May 11, 2000
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to revise the definition of major disaster to include airplane or rail accidents.
What's happening now May 11, 2000

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

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All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 11, 2000
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2543: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term "major disaster".. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2543/
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"S. 2543: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term "major disaster".." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2543/.
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S. 2543, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2543/.
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[S. 2543: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include airplane and rail accidents within the meaning of the term "major disaster".](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-S-2543/)
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