Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001
Latest action · Sep 20, 2001 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2001
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires the President (current law authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA Director)) to be responsible for carrying out Federal emergency preparedness plans and programs. Includes as a covered hazard a domestic terrorist attack involving a weapon of mass destruction.
Requires the President to ensure that Federal response plans and programs are adequate to respond to the consequences of terrorism directed against a target in the United States. Includes the development of equipment, clothing, and facilities within authorized preparedness measures.
Repeals provisions of the Act which: (1) allow State preparedness funds to be used to prepare for hazards and for providing emergency assistance in response to hazards; and (2) require the FEMA Director to establish emergency preparedness security regulations.
Establishes the President's Council on Domestic Preparedness. Requires the Council to: (1) publish a Domestic Terrorism Preparedness Plan and an annual implementation strategy; (2) designate an entity to assess the risk of terrorist attacks against transportation, energy, and other infrastructure facilities; and (3) establish voluntary minimum guidelines for preparedness programs. Authorizes the Council to attend meetings of the National Security Council pertaining to domestic terrorist attack preparedness matters, subject to the direction of the President.
Cosponsors 67
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2001 to Nov 1, 2001; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-MD | Constance A. Morella | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-VA | Edward L. Schrock | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-NY | Jack Quinn | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-FL | John L. Mica | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| D-MA | Martin T. Meehan | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-CA | Stephen Horn | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-NY | Sue W. Kelly | Original | Feb 8, 2001 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Feb 14, 2001 | |
| R-WI | Mark Green | Feb 14, 2001 | |
| D-VA | Norman Sisisky | Feb 14, 2001 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Feb 14, 2001 | |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Feb 14, 2001 | |
| R-AR | Asa Hutchinson | Feb 28, 2001 | |
| R-NJ | Frank A. LoBiondo | Feb 28, 2001 | |
| R-PA | James C. Greenwood | Feb 28, 2001 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Feb 28, 2001 | |
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Mar 13, 2001 | |
| R-MI | Mike Rogers | Mar 13, 2001 | |
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Mar 14, 2001 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 21, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Cynthia A. McKinney | Mar 22, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 27, 2001 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 28, 2001 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | Apr 3, 2001 | |
| D-FL | Karen L. Thurman | Apr 4, 2001 | |
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Apr 24, 2001 | |
| D-IL | Jerry F. Costello | Apr 25, 2001 | |
| R-FL | Mark Foley | Apr 27, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | May 2, 2001 | |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | May 2, 2001 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Aug 2, 2001 | |
| R-OH | Steven C. LaTourette | Sep 5, 2001 | |
| D-MS | Ronnie Shows | Sep 14, 2001 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| D-NY | Michael R. McNulty | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Phil English | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| D-GU | Robert A. Underwood | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Sep 19, 2001 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Sep 20, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 21, 2001 | |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Sep 21, 2001 | |
| D-PA | Frank Mascara | Sep 21, 2001 | |
| R-NE | Doug Bereuter | Sep 28, 2001 | |
| D-MS | Gene Taylor | Sep 28, 2001 | |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Oct 3, 2001 | |
| R-TX | Ralph M. Hall | Oct 5, 2001 | |
| R-NJ | Jim Saxton | Oct 10, 2001 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Oct 30, 2001 | |
| D-WA | Brian Baird | Nov 1, 2001 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2001 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2001Hearings Apr 24, 2001Hearings May 9, 2001Markup Sep 20, 2001Reported Sep 20, 2001 | |
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Hearings Apr 24, 2001 |
| Military and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee | Hearings Apr 24, 2001 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2001Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 20, 2001Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 9, 2001Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Apr 24, 2001Joint Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management and by the Subcommittee on National Security, Veteran's Affairs and International Relations (Government Reform Committee).
- Feb 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 7
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 107-3 | H.R. 5005, THE HOMELAND SECURITY ACT OF 2002, DAY 3498 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jul 17, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-583 | HOMELAND SECURITY42 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jul 16, 2002 |
| Serial No. 107-113 | CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: CONSIDERATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSAL372 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Jun 25, 2002–Jul 9, 2002 |
| S. Hrg. 107-212 | LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS TO STRENGTHEN HOMELAND DEFENSE157 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Oct 12, 2001 |
| S. Hrg. 107-440 | EFFECTIVE RESPONSES TO THE THREAT OF BIOTERRORISM74 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Oct 9, 2001 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1453 | Preparedness Against Terrorism Act of 2001 | Related bill | Sep 21, 2001 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for improved Federal efforts to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preparedness Against Domestic Terrorism Act of 2001
- Popular Titles
- Federal Office to Combat Terrorism bill
- Anti-Terrorism bill
- White House Office to Combat Terrorism bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative procedure
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Biological warfare
- Biological weapons
- Chemical warfare
- Chemical weapons
- Classified defense information
- Clothing
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Disaster relief
- Droughts
- EBB Terrorism
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical services
- Employee training
- Energy
- Energy facilities
- Equipment and supplies
- Executive Office of the President
- Executive reorganization
- Federal budget process
- Federal budgets
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Federal officials
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Infrastructure
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Local employees
- Nuclear terrorism
- Nuclear weapons
- Performance measurement
- Planning
- Presidential appointments
- Presidential commissions
- Presidential powers
- Risk assessment
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State employees
- State laws
- Strategic planning
- Terrorism
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation safety
- Water Resources Development
- Weapons of mass destruction
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
