National Drought Preparedness Act of 2003
Latest action · Jul 24, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9908-9912)
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.
- IntroducedJul 24, 2003
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Drought Preparedness Act of 2003 - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture the National Drought Council which shall develop a comprehensive National Drought Policy Action Plan. (Terminates the Council eight years after enactment of this Act.)
Directs the Secretary to establish the National Office of Drought Preparedness to assist the Council.
Establishes in the Treasury the Drought Assistance Fund, which shall provide financial assistance for drought preparedness plans and drought mitigation. Directs the Secretary to issue related implementing guidelines, including: special requirements applicable to interstate watersheds.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse States for costs of prepositioning wildfire suppression resources.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 24, 2003 to Sep 23, 2003; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-CO | Ben Nighthorse Campbell | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-MT | Conrad R. Burns | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-VA | George Allen | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-VA | John Warner | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| D-SD | Tim Johnson | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | Jul 24, 2003 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Sep 23, 2003 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee | Referred Jul 25, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2003Introduced in Senate
- Jul 24, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9908)
- Jul 24, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9908-9912)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S9908, S9912Text printed S9908–S9912 | Max Baucus D-MT, Pete V. Domenici R-NM (text) | Jul 24, 2003 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-469 | WESTERN WATER SUPPLY74 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Mar 9, 2004 |
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 Department of Agriculture, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response efforts, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Drought Preparedness Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative procedure
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- Disaster insurance
- Disaster relief
- Droughts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Endangered species
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to Indians
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fire prevention
- Forest fires
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Grants-in-aid
- Hydrology
- Infrastructure
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Interstate relations
- Land use
- Law
- Minorities
- National forests
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Technology transfer
- Water conservation
- Water quality
- Water Resources Development
- Water supply
- Watersheds
- Weather
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2003Introduced in Senate
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