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HR 5399 115th Congress House Emergency Management Chemical and biological weapons Congressional oversight Emergency planning and evacuation Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Homeland security Nuclear weapons Terrorism

Civil Defense Preparedness Act of 2018

Introduced: March 22, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 10, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
Mar 22, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Mar 22, 2018
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Civil Defense Preparedness Act of 2018

This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of grants under the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP) to assist high-risk urban areas and high-risk states, respectively, to increase preparedness against rocket-propelled or other forms of kinetically-delivered weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including nuclear, biological, and chemical attacks.

The bill includes a rocket-propelled or other form of kinetically-delivered WMD among the types of threats to critical infrastructure sectors and to U.S. populations that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must assess.

FEMA must permit a grant recipient under the UASI and the SHSGP to use grant funds for joint projects with governmental entities for the procurement of WMD protective equipment and nuclear weapons attack building reinforcement.

What's happening now April 10, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1