HR 1594
116th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Terrorism
First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
Introduced: March 7, 2019
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May 15, 2019
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 14, 2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H3755)
May 14, 2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 14, 2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3755)
May 14, 2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1594.
May 14, 2019
Ms. Torres Small (NM) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
May 14, 2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3755-3756)
Mar 7, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Mar 7, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to implement a uniform process for reviewing applications for certain anti-terrorism grants to urban areas and state, local, and tribal governments. Specifically, the uniform review must be done for grant applications requesting to purchase first responder equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards.
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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