HR 2020 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Hazards Research Act

Introduced May 7, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Dennis Moore D-KS

Latest action · May 12, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

Progress

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IntroducedMay 7, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Hurricane, Tornado, and Related Hazards Research Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency Group to be responsible for the development and implementation of a coordinated Federal windstorm and related hazards reduction research, development, and technology transfer program (the Windstorm and Related Hazard Impact Reduction Program) based on identified public needs to achieve major measurable reductions in losses within ten years.

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
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		May 13, 2003
D-NY	Steve Israel		May 13, 2003
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		May 13, 2003
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		May 13, 2003
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		May 15, 2003
D-HI	Ed Case		May 15, 2003
D-TN	Jim Cooper		May 15, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		May 15, 2003
R-FL	Katherine Harris		May 15, 2003
R-FL	Mark Foley		May 15, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost		May 15, 2003
D-TX	Max Sandlin		May 15, 2003
D-AR	Mike Ross		May 15, 2003
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		May 15, 2003
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		May 15, 2003
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila		Jun 2, 2003
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Jun 2, 2003
D-LA	Christopher John		Jun 2, 2003
D-NC	David E. Price		Jun 2, 2003
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Jun 2, 2003
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Jun 2, 2003
D-TX	Gene Green		Jun 2, 2003
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jun 2, 2003
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Jun 2, 2003
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Jun 2, 2003
R-IL	John Shimkus		Jun 2, 2003
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Jun 2, 2003
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jun 2, 2003
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jun 2, 2003
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Jun 2, 2003
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jun 2, 2003
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Jun 2, 2003
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Jun 2, 2003
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Jun 2, 2003
R-FL	Dave Weldon		Jun 9, 2003
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Jun 9, 2003
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Jun 9, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Jun 9, 2003
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Jun 9, 2003
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jun 24, 2003
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jun 24, 2003
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jun 24, 2003
R-OK	John Sullivan		Jul 8, 2003
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Jul 8, 2003
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Jul 18, 2003
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 24, 2003
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Sep 15, 2003
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Sep 23, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Oct 15, 2003
D-TX	Charles W. Stenholm		Jan 27, 2004

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

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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.

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May 7, 2003Introduced in House

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