S 2528 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

National Drought Preparedness Act of 2002

Introduced May 16, 2002 Originated Senate Sponsor Pete V. Domenici R-NM

Latest action · May 16, 2002 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4498-4501)

Progress

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IntroducedMay 16, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Drought Preparedness Act of 2002 - Establishes the National Drought Council which shall: (1) develop a national drought policy action plan; (2) evaluate Federal drought-related programs; (3) coordinate and prioritize enhancement of the national drought monitoring network; and (4) provide for the development of a drought information delivery system, drought planning models, and drought preparedness plans.

Terminates the Council eight years after enactment of this Act.

Requires the Director of the National Drought Council to establish the National Office of Drought Preparedness.

Establishes within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the Drought Assistance Fund, which shall be used to: (1) assist State, local, tribal, and critical service entities with drought-related activities; and (2) expand the technology transfer of drought and water conservation strategies.

Requires: (1) the Director to publish guidelines for administering a national technical and financial drought assistance program; and (2) the Director, the Secretaries of Agriculture, the Interior, and the Army, and other appropriate Federal agency heads to implement integrated drought preparedness plans.

Authorizes States, Indian tribes, local governments, and regional, water providers to develop and implement drought preparedness plans.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Director of FEMA to reimburse States for qualifying costs incurred in prepositioning wildfire suppression resources.

Cosponsors 21

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 16, 2002 to Oct 2, 2002; 12 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CO	Ben Nighthorse Campbell	Original	May 16, 2002
D-FL	Bob Graham	Original	May 16, 2002
R-NH	Bob Smith	Original	May 16, 2002
R-NE	Chuck Hagel	Original	May 16, 2002
R-MT	Conrad R. Burns	Original	May 16, 2002
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	May 16, 2002
D-NM	Jeff Bingaman	Original	May 16, 2002
R-AZ	Jon Kyl	Original	May 16, 2002
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	May 16, 2002
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	May 16, 2002
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	May 16, 2002
R-CO	Wayne Allard	Original	May 16, 2002
D-LA	John B. Breaux		Jun 5, 2002
D-GA	Zell Miller		Jun 27, 2002
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi		Jul 12, 2002
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Jul 15, 2002
D-NC	John Edwards		Jul 22, 2002
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Jul 22, 2002
D-ND	Kent Conrad		Jul 26, 2002
R-VA	George Allen		Sep 5, 2002
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		Oct 2, 2002

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Environment and Public Works Committee	Referred May 16, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 16, 2002Introduced in Senate
May 16, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4497-4498)
May 16, 2002Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4498-4501)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S7030	John Edwards D-NC	Jul 18, 2002
Senate	Debate and remarks S4497Text printed S4498–S4501	Pete V. Domenici R-NM (text)	May 16, 2002

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 1

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. 107-119	H.R. 3561 and H.R. 463869 pages	Natural Resources Committee	May 22, 2002

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
TE10076	Short- and Long-Term Solutions to Extreme Drought in the Western United States	Testimony	Jun 14, 2022

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to establish a National Drought Council within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response efforts, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: National Drought Preparedness Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 16, 2002Introduced in Senate

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