S 1621
107th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Disaster relief
Emergency medical personnel
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Epidemiology
Equipment and supplies
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
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Health
Health education
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health surveys
Labor and Employment
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Medical research
A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and workers in a disaster area.
Introduced: November 1, 2001
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Became law
Dec 7, 2001
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 267.
Dec 7, 2001
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Jeffords without amendment. With written report No. 107-114.
Nov 8, 2001
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 1, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Nov 1, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, upon determining that at least one harmful substance is being or has been released in an area that the President has declared to be a disaster area, to carry out a program for the protection, assessment, monitoring, and study of the health and safety of community members, volunteers, and responding emergency personnel in the area.
Allows the President to carry out a program through a cooperative agreement with a medical or academic institution, or a consortium of such institutions that is: (1) located in close proximity to the area; and (2) experienced in environmental or occupational health and safety.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 267.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1