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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management…

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A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to state and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property.

Introduced: September 25, 1981 See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 97th Congress (1981–1982) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 9, 1982
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from White House.
Mar 9, 1982
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from White House.
Feb 2, 1982
Referred jointly to the Committees on Armed Services; Governmental Affairs by unanimous consent.
Sep 25, 1981
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Sep 25, 1981
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. States that any transfer of such property to the FEMA requires no reimbursement.

Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Administrator of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes.

What's happening now June 9, 1982

Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from White House.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Apr 19, 1982
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1664: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to state and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1664/
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"S. 1664: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to state and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1664/.
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S. 1664, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1664/.
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[S. 1664: A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to state and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-S-1664/)
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