Open Congress : Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response - Major Bill Actions

Bill Introduced: H.R.7041 Laboratory Surge Capacity Preparedness Act

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award grants on a competitive basis to regional biocontainment laboratories for maintaining surge capacity that can be used to respond to acts of bioterrorism or outbreaks of infectious diseases, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6748 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit the number of Urban Area Security Initiative grants awarded and to clarify the risk assessment formula to be used when making such grants, and for other purposes.

2008-07-31T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit the number of Urban Area Security Initiative grants awarded and to clarify the risk assessment formula to be used when making such grants, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6392 ALERTS Act of 2008

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate an agency within the Department of Homeland Security to modernize the integrated public alert and warning system of the United States to disseminate homeland security and other information, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6395 DHS PREP Act of 2008

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a program for fellowships and research to enhance domestic preparedness and the collective response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6425 Homeland Security Relief Corps Act of 2008

2008-06-26T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to maintain a Response and Recovery Corps to perform functions related to the collective response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.6147 FEMA Act

2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

To establish the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an independent agency, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5890 Citizen and Community Preparedness Act of 2008

2008-04-24T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Community Preparedness Division of the Department of Homeland Security and the Citizen Corps Program, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5900 Schools in Homeland Security Planning Act of 2008

2008-04-24T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require, as a condition of receipt of certain State homeland security grants, that a State include a representative of the State department of education in homeland security decision-making bodies of the State.

Bill Introduced: H.R.5766 Schools Empowered to Respond Act

2008-04-10T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish in the Department of Homeland Security the Office of National School Preparedness and Response, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.4183 National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007

2007-11-14T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2979 First Responder Funding Modernization Act of 2007

2007-07-10T00:00:00Z

To prohibit the Department of Homeland Security from limiting the amount of Urban Area Security Initiative or State Homeland Security Grant Program grant funds that may be used to pay salaries or overtime pay of law enforcement officials engaged in antiterrorism activities, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.2240 Office for National Capital Region Coordination Restoration Act

2007-05-09T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to restore the Office for National Capital Region Coordination to the administrative jurisdiction of the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1891 Ready, Willing, and Able Act

2007-04-17T00:00:00Z

To promote the development of disaster plans that will protect the maximum number of citizens; to foster public trust, confidence, and cooperation with these plans; and to encourage greater public participation in homeland security by allowing the American people to have a direct and influential role in developing and modifying community disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans in collaboration with government officials, emergency managers, health authorities, and professional responders, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1715 Domestic Preparedness Act of 2007

2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to address homeland security preparedness shortcomings of units of municipal and county government.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1694 Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act (PRICE of Homeland Security Act)

2007-03-26T00:00:00Z

To improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments by expanding the eligible use of funding under the Homeland Security Grant Program to include costs related to staff and law enforcement analysts engaged in information and intelligence sharing activities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1645 Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2007

2007-03-22T00:00:00Z

To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1392 Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2007

2007-03-07T00:00:00Z

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to require, as a condition of receiving a homeland security grant, that a grant recipient submit reports on each expenditure made using grant funds.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1333 Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Support Act of 2007

2007-03-06T00:00:00Z

To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on the use of Civil Air Patrol personnel and resources to support homeland security missions, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1020 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant Enhancement and Authorization Act of 2007

2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

To authorize the Urban Areas Security Initiative Grants Program of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.911 THREAT Act

2007-02-08T00:00:00Z

To authorize the grant program under which the Secretary of Homeland Security makes discretionary grants for use in high-threat, high-density urban areas, and for other purposes.