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HR 4852 111th Congress House Emergency Management Aviation and airports Building construction Emergency planning and evacuation Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Natural disasters Transportation programs funding

Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2010

Introduced: March 16, 2010 Introduced by: Cohen, Steve Democratic · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Mar 16, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 16, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2010 - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program to make grants to state and local governments to assist them in projects that improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and/or airports in hazardous seismic zones to withstand an earthquake.

Directs the Administrator to require each state and local government, as a condition for receiving a grant, to submit to the Administrator: (1) a comprehensive strategic earthquake response plan for such facility; and (2) a list of grant activities that analyzes their impact.

What's happening now March 17, 2010

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Mar 16, 2010
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Garamendi, John
California · Mar 16, 2010
Hare, Phil
· Mar 16, 2010
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2010
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 16, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4852: Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4852/
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"H.R. 4852: Critical Infrastructure Earthquake Preparedness Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4852/.
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