Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Hazards Research Act
Latest action · May 12, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
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.
- IntroducedMay 7, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Requires that such program feature: (1) pertinent basic and applied research that takes into account locality-specific weather, susceptibility to natural hazards, design and construction practices, and performance of the built environment during windstorms and related hazards; (2) systematic collection of data for buildings and other structures for use in developing and deploying mitigation measures; (3) an ongoing program of information dissemination on cost-effective and affordable hazard reduction research results and hazard-resistant building construction techniques to industry, State and local governments, and the general public; and (4) improved technology for loss estimation, risk assessment, hazard identification, prediction, warnings, advanced planning, and disaster response.
Requires the Interagency Group to develop and submit to Congress a ten-year implementation plan.
Requires the Director to prepare, with other program agencies, an annual program budget.
Establishes a National Advisory Committee to review progress made under the Program, advise on any improvements, and report to Congress on actions that have been taken to advance the Nation's capability to reduce windstorm and related hazard impacts.
Cosponsors 65
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 7, 2003 to Jan 27, 2004; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-OK | Brad Carson | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| R-KS | Jim Ryun | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| D-TN | John S. Tanner | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| D-MO | Karen McCarthy | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| R-PA | Melissa A. Hart | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Original | May 7, 2003 |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | May 13, 2003 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | May 13, 2003 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | May 13, 2003 | |
| R-AL | Spencer Bachus | May 13, 2003 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred May 7, 2003 |
| Technology Subcommittee | Referred May 12, 2003 | |
| Research Subcommittee | Referred May 12, 2003 | |
| Energy Subcommittee | Referred May 12, 2003 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 7, 2003 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred May 9, 2003 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 12, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
- May 12, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
- May 12, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
- May 9, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- May 7, 2003Introduced in House
- May 7, 2003Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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 2
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. 108-51 | H.R. 3980, NATIONAL WINDSTORM IMPACT REDUCTION ACT OF 200482 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Mar 24, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-40 | STRENGTHENING WINDSTORM HAZARD MITIGATION: AN EXAMINATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS116 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Feb 9, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reduce the impacts of hurricanes, tornadoes, and related hazards through a program of research and development and technology transfer, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Hazards Research Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Architecture
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Building construction
- Building materials
- Climate
- Commerce
- Computer simulation
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction industries
- Construction workers
- Cost effectiveness
- Disaster relief
- Disasters
- Earthquakes
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Housing and Community Development
- Hurricanes
- Industrialized building
- Insurance agents
- Insurance companies
- Labor and Employment
- Maps
- Meteorological research
- Prefabricated buildings
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Research and development
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Storms
- Technology transfer
- Tornadoes
- Weather forecasting
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 7, 2003Introduced 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.