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HR 863 110th Congress House Emergency Management Economics and Public Finance Emergency communication systems Grants-in-aid Regional planning Science, Technology, Communications

Improving Communications Interoperability Grant Program Act

Introduced: February 6, 2007 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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Became law
Feb 23, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
Feb 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Feb 6, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Feb 6, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Communications Interoperability Grant Program Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, through the Director of the Office of Grants and Training, to establish the Improve Communications for Emergency Response Grant Program to make grants to states and regions for initiatives to improve interoperable emergency communications for first responders for domestic preparedness and the collective response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, including initiatives to achieve solutions to statewide, regional, national, and international interoperability.

What's happening now February 23, 2007

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

 Related & companion bills 2
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 863: Improving Communications Interoperability Grant Program Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-863/
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