H.R.5825 - Multi-State Disaster Relief Act

To review, update, and revise the factors to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster and to evaluate the need for assistance to individuals and households. view all titles (3)

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  • Short: Multi-State Disaster Relief Act as passed house.
  • Official: To review, update, and revise the factors to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster and to evaluate the need for assistance to individuals and households. as introduced.
  • Short: Multi-State Disaster Relief Act as introduced.

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7/27/2010--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Multi-State Disaster Relief Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coo

Official Summary

7/27/2010--Passed House without amendment. (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)Multi-State Disaster Relief Act - Directs the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in cooperation with representatives of state and local emergency management agencies, to review, update, and revise through rulemaking the factors considered, when evaluating a governor's request for a major disaster declaration, to measure the severity, magnitude, and impact of a disaster. Requires the Administrator to include as a factor whether a contiguous county in an adjacent state has been designated in a major disaster or emergency as a result of the same incident.Directs the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees on FEMA's current regulations, policies, procedures, and practices on:
(1) recommending major disaster or emergency declarations in order to provide assistance to individuals and households; and
(2) making post-declaration designations of the need for assistance to individuals and households in a county that is contiguous to a state that has received a major disaster or emergency declaration for the same incident.

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01/03/11
Can any con explain how Bush did NOT violate FISA and break the ...

He didn't break the laws because the Democrats made it legal by voting for H.R. 5825. I think you should contact your Democrat legislators and ask them why they made warrantless wiretapping legal. References : dinodino ...

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11/29/10
List of U.S. Senators who voted for S 510 Food Safety Act ...

H.R.5825 Multi-State Disaster Relief Act – 36 hours * H.R.5712 Veterans', Seniors', and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act of 2010 – 9 hours * H.R.5609 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit any ...

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11/12/10
Mickey White - Americanist: Bobby Jindal Voted Poorly

The warrantless electronic surveillance bill (H.R. 5825) would allow electronic surveillance of communications with suspected terrorists without first obtaining approval from the secret courts established by the Foreign Intelligence ...

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