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H.R. 1546 114th Congress House

Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 23, 2015 See on congress.gov
Emergency Management Broadcasting, cable, digital technologiesDisaster relief and insuranceNews media and reporting
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Mar 23, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 23, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2015

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include public broadcasting facilities within the definition of a "private nonprofit facility" that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and to include broadcast and telecommunications within the definition of "critical services" provided by such a facility, for purposes of eligibility for certain disaster assistance.

Makes this Act applicable to a major disaster declared by the President under such Act on or after October 28, 2012.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 1471 FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act of 2015
  • S 1090 Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 3
R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · Sep 18, 2015
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jul 22, 2015
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Jul 22, 2015
 R
Barr, Andy
Kentucky · Apr 14, 2015
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Mar 23, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 23, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1546: Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1546/
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"H.R. 1546: Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1546/.
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H.R. 1546, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-1546/.
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