HR 5314 113th Congress House Emergency Management Advisory bodies Atmospheric science and weather Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Emergency planning and evacuation Executive agency funding and structure Government buildings, facilities, and property Government information and archives Natural disasters Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Performance measurement Public-private cooperation

PREPARE Act of 2014

Introduced: July 31, 2014 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

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To President

Became law

Aug 1, 2014

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

Jul 31, 2014

Introduced in House

Jul 31, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience Act of 2014 or the PREPARE Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and Risk Management (Council), co-chaired by an employee of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to provide administrative support and additional resources to the Council.

Requires the Council to establish government-wide goals and priorities for extreme weather preparedness and risk management.

Requires each agency to submit biannually to OMB and to the Council a comprehensive plan that integrates extreme weather into its operations and overall objectives.

Requires the United States Global Change Research Program to designate a participating agency to maintain an Internet website providing extreme weather preparedness information.

Directs the Council to publish biannually an inventory of all regional agency offices, centers, and programs that assist with extreme weather preparedness and risk management at the municipal level.

Requires annual agency performance plans to include the most recent agency extreme weather plan.

What's happening now August 1, 2014

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

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