Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Natural disasters

Bill Introduced: H.R.1749 Assessing Progress in Haiti Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To measure the progress of recovery and development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1753 Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

Making supplemental appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fisheries disasters, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.803 Superstorm Sandy Unemployment Relief Act of 2013

2013-04-23T20:00:00Z

A bill to provide enhanced disaster unemployment assistance to States affected by Hurricane Sandy and Tropical Storm Sandy of 2012, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1668 Safely Sheltering Disaster Victims Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To increase the number of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers made available for low-income families displaced by Hurricane Sandy.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1491 To authorize the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes.

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To authorize the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1511 To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes.

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1499 Disaster-Affected Homeowners Notification Act of 2013

2013-04-10T20:00:00Z

To ensure that homeowners who have mortgages insured by the FHA, or owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and whose homes are located in major disaster areas are notified of any forbearance relief in connection with such disaster that is offered or recommended by the FHA, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1445 Sandy Disaster Fisheries Relief Act

2013-04-08T20:00:00Z

Making supplemental appropriations for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for fisheries disasters, and for other purposes.

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.659 A bill to reauthorize the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes.

2013-03-21T20:00:00Z

A bill to reauthorize the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.661 A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes.

2013-03-21T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Health Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to promote timely emergency rehabilitation and restoration of Federal forest land impacted by catastrophic events, to redirect for a 5-year-period funding normally made available for land acquisition to mechanical forest treatment and salvage operations due to catastrophic events, and for other purposes.

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 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 Introduced: H.R.1001 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a specific limited exemption from the overtime pay requirements of such Act for work related to disaster or catastrophe claims adjustment after a major disaster.

2013-03-05T19:00:00Z

To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a specific limited exemption from the overtime pay requirements of such Act for work related to disaster or catastrophe claims adjustment after a major disaster.

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.818 Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act

2013-02-24T19:00:00Z

To address the bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health conditions, and high risk of wildfires on National Forest System land and land under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management in the United States by expanding authorities established in the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 2003 to provide emergency measures for high-risk areas identified by such States, to make permanent Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management authority to conduct good-neighbor cooperation with States to reduce wildfire risks, 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.

Bill Introduced: H.R.549 Homeowner Catastrophe Protection Act of 2013

2013-02-05T19:00:00Z

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the creation of policyholder disaster protection funds, Catastrophe Savings Accounts, and tax credits for natural disaster mitigation expenditures.

Bill Introduced: H.R.554 Superstorm Sandy Mortgage Relief Act of 2013

2013-02-05T19:00:00Z

To provide relief to homeowners affected by Superstorm Sandy who have mortgages insured by the FHA, or owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and for other purposes.