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National Resilience Development Act of 2003

Introduced: February 4, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 1, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Feb 24, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 5, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Feb 4, 2004
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, 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.
Feb 4, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

National Resilience Development Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convene and lead an interagency task force to increase the psychological resilience of the American public and improve the ability of Federal, State and local governments to respond to the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional impacts of terrorism and their implications for disaster management.

Amends the Act and Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA Patriot Act) of 2001 and the Public Health Service Act to permit certain grants to be used to enable mental health authorities to better understand and manage human emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses to disasters, including by increasing the psychological resilience of the public and mitigate distress reactions and maladaptive behavior that could occur in response to a conventional, biological, chemical or radiological attack on the United States.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to integrate into its functions efforts to mitigate, plan, and recover from psychological injury and consequences of trauma.

What's happening now March 1, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 4, 2004
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 4, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3774: National Resilience Development Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3774/
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"H.R. 3774: National Resilience Development Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3774/.
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