Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Emergency planning and evacuation

Bill Introduced: S.924 Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013

2013-05-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.905 Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.904 STRONG Act

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

A bill to minimize the economic and social costs resulting from losses of life, property, well-being, business activity, and economic growth associated with extreme weather events by ensuring that the United States is more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events in the short- and long-term, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1878 Safe Building Code Incentive Act of 2013

2013-05-07T20:00:00Z

To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.859 Animal and Public Health Protection Act

2013-05-05T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide for the conducts of activities to detect, and respond in a timely manner to, threats to animal health.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1769 Recognizing the National Benefits of Flood Protection Act of 2013

2013-04-25T20:00:00Z

To improve energy infrastructure resilience through federal water resource investments, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1700 Nuclear Disaster Preparedness Act

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

To require the President to issue guidance on Federal response to a large-scale nuclear disaster.

Bill Introduced: S.689 Achievement Through Prevention Act

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders.

Bill Introduced: S.658 Cyber Warrior Act of 2013

2013-03-21T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend titles 10 and 32, United States Code, to enhance capabilities to prepare for and respond to cyber emergencies, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.649 Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act of 2013

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

A bill to ensure that all individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the national instant criminal background check system and require a background check for every firearm sale, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1268 Flood Mitigation Expense Relief Act of 2013

2013-03-18T20:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for qualified flood mitigation expenses incurred with respect to certain residences for which the chargeable premium rate under the national flood insurance program is increasing and to provide increased funding for mitigation programs.

Bill Introduced: S.601 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2013

2013-03-17T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1110 Tsunami Forecasting and Warning Improvement Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To amend the Tsunami Warning and Education Act to direct the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through the National Weather Service, to establish, maintain, and operate an additional tsunami forecast and warning center for the improvement of the evaluation of tsunami risk to, and the dissemination of forecasts and tsunami warning bulletins for, the public in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill Enacted: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To reauthorize certain programs under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, and for other purposes.

March 12, 2013: Became Public Law No: 113-5.

Bill Signed by President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: H.R.1101 Homeowners and Taxpayers Protection Act of 2013

2013-03-11T20:00:00Z

To strengthen America's financial infrastructure, by requiring pre-funding for catastrophe losses using private insurance premium dollars to better prepare and protect homeowners from natural catastrophes and to protect taxpayers from massive bailouts, and to provide dedicated funding from insurance premiums to improve catastrophe preparedness, loss prevention and mitigation, and to improve the availability and affordability of private market homeowners insurance coverage for catastrophic events, and for other purposes.

Bill Sent To President: H.R.307 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013

2013-03-04T19:00:00Z

Bill Introduced: S.433 Center to Advance, Monitor, and Preserve University Security Safety Act of 2013

2013-02-27T19:00:00Z

A bill to establish and operate a National Center for Campus Public Safety.

Bill Introduced: S.376 Drought Information Act of 2013

2013-02-24T19:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize the National Integrated Drought Information System, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.764 Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act

2013-02-14T19:00:00Z

To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program, and for other purposes.