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HR 5615 117th Congress House Emergency Management Congressional oversight Emergency planning and evacuation Government studies and investigations Homeland security Terrorism Urban and suburban affairs and development

Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act

Introduced: October 19, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 5, 2022
By Senator Peters from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-230.
Sep 28, 2022
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 521.
Sep 28, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Aug 3, 2022
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Mar 8, 2022
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 7, 2022
Mrs. Demings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Mar 7, 2022
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1307-1308)
Mar 7, 2022
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1307-1308)
Mar 7, 2022
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5615.
Mar 7, 2022
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Mar 7, 2022
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1307-1308)
Feb 1, 2022
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 173.
Feb 1, 2022
Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 117-240.
Oct 26, 2021
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Oct 26, 2021
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Oct 26, 2021
Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Discharged.
Oct 20, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
Oct 19, 2021
Introduced in House
Oct 19, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act

This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress a plan to make federal assistance available to certain urban areas that previously received Urban Area Security Initiative funding to preserve homeland security capabilities related to acts of terrorism.

In developing the plan, FEMA must survey urban areas that did not receive grant funding related to preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to acts of terrorism in the current fiscal year that (1) are at risk of being reduced or eliminated without such assistance, or (2) received funding in the current fiscal year but not in at least one of the six preceding fiscal years.

The plan must (1) establish eligibility criteria for urban areas to receive federal assistance, (2) identify annual funding levels for such assistance in accordance with the survey, and (3) consider a range of approaches to make such assistance available to such urban areas.

What's happening now December 5, 2022

By Senator Peters from Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs filed written report. Report No. 117-230.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 7776 Related bill James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
 Bill text 5 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Oct 26, 2021
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Oct 19, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5615: Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5615/
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