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HR 7218 110th Congress House Emergency Management Building construction Disaster relief and insurance Emergency planning and evacuation Government buildings, facilities, and property

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective…

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To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to catastrophic incidents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 2008 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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Sep 30, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Sep 29, 2008
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
Sep 29, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish an emergency management performance grants program to address domestic preparedness and collective response to a catastrophic incident.

Limits the federal share of the cost of a program funded activity to 50%. Sets forth guidelines for the Administrator to apportion funds to carry out the program among the states on the basis of population. Authorizes appropriations.

Revises the program providing grants to states for emergency operations centers to provide that such centers are to be equipped, upgraded, and constructed for domestic preparedness and collective response to a catastrophic incident.

What's happening now September 30, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7218: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to catastrophic incidents, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7218/
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"H.R. 7218: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to catastrophic incidents, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7218/.
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H.R. 7218, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7218/.
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[H.R. 7218: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management performance grants to provide for domestic preparedness and collective response to catastrophic incidents, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-7218/)
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