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
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.