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RESPONSE Act of 2015

Introduced: February 24, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 25, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Feb 25, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Feb 25, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Feb 25, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
Feb 25, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Feb 24, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Feb 24, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

RESPONSE Act of 2015

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council.

Directs the Subcommittee to evaluate the following topics and develop recommendations for improving emergency responder training and resource allocation for hazardous materials incidents involving railroads:

  • the quality and application of training for local emergency first responders related to rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities near railroads;
  • the effectiveness of funding levels related to training local emergency responders for rail hazardous materials incidents, with a particular focus on local emergency responders and small communities;
  • a strategy for integration of commodity flow studies, mapping, and access platforms for local emergency responders and how to increase the rate of access to the individual responder in existing or emerging communications technology;
  • the need for emergency response plans for rail, similar to existing law related to maritime and stationary facility emergency response plans for hazardous materials;
  • the need for a rail hazardous materials incident database;
  • increasing access to relevant, useful, and timely information for the local emergency responder for training purposes and in the event of a rail hazardous materials incident; and
  • determining the most appropriate agencies and offices for the implementation of the recommendations.

Terminates the Subcommittee not later than four years after this Act's enactment, subject to one year extensions.

What's happening now February 25, 2015

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 546 Related bill RESPONSE Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 24, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1043: RESPONSE Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1043/
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"H.R. 1043: RESPONSE Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1043/.
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H.R. 1043, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1043/.
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