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National Response Framework Improvement Act of 2020

Introduced: July 2, 2020 Introduced by: Johnson, Ron Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Dec 14, 2020
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621.
Dec 14, 2020
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-318.
Jul 22, 2020
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Jul 2, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 2, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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National Response Framework Improvement Act of 2020

This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) (1) to provide summaries of any gaps or inefficiencies in the National Response Framework of the Department of Homeland Security based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic; and (2) after the end of the pandemic, as part of its after-action review process, to conduct an evaluation of the framework.

Such evaluation shall include (1) any updates to the framework determined necessary by FEMA, in coordination with the primary and support agencies of the emergency support functions, based on the gaps or inefficiencies identified; and (2) recommendations on actions relevant agencies can take to address gaps identified.

FEMA must brief the congressional homeland security committees on the summaries and conduct biennial evaluations and updates of the framework.

What's happening now December 14, 2020

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4153: National Response Framework Improvement Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4153/
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