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HR 7329 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 response to major disasters,and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 10, 2008 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Jan 2, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
Dec 11, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Dec 10, 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.
Dec 10, 2008
Introduced in House
 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 a catastrophic incident.

Directs 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 major disasters. 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.

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 major disaster.

What's happening now January 2, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.

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