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A bill to authorize the President to utilize Federal equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other non-monetary resources to assist utility companies that contribute to recovery efforts from…

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A bill to authorize the President to utilize Federal equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other non-monetary resources to assist utility companies that contribute to recovery efforts from the effects of a major disaster.

Introduced: May 5, 2006 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
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May 5, 2006
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 5, 2006
Introduced in Senate
May 5, 2006
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4108)
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, in a major disaster, to utilize federal equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other non-monetary resources to assist a qualified utility company (a private, for-profit entity that provides essential service and is contributing to efforts to recover from the effects of a major disaster), in exchange for reasonable compensation. Directs the President to establish a mechanism to set reasonable compensation for the provision of such assistance.

What's happening now May 5, 2006

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2756: A bill to authorize the President to utilize Federal equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other non-monetary resources to assist utility companies that contribute to recovery efforts from the effects of a major disaster.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2756/
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"S. 2756: A bill to authorize the President to utilize Federal equipment, supplies, facilities, personnel, and other non-monetary resources to assist utility companies that contribute to recovery efforts from the effects of a major disaster.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2756/.
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S. 2756, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-2756/.
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