HR 2227 114th Congress House Science, Technology, Communications Advisory bodies Atmospheric science and weather Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Ecology Economic performance and conditions Emergency planning and evacuation Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Intergovernmental relations Public-private cooperation State and local government operations

STRONG Act

Introduced: May 1, 2015 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Became law

May 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

May 4, 2015

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

May 1, 2015

Introduced in House

May 1, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or the STRONG Act.

Requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with input from the Department of Homeland Security, to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of current and planned federal activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Action Plan.

Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information portal to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders that directs users to key data and tools to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such portal.

Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress.

Requires the submission of specified reports.

What's happening now May 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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