FEMA Act
Latest action · Aug 1, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 11, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foundations for Emergency Management Act or the FEMA Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the establishment within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of a Directorate of Emergency Management (DEM) (replacing the Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response). Requires DEM to be headed by an Under Secretary for Emergency Management and to include Deputy Under Secretaries for: (1) Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation; and (2) Emergency Response and Recovery. Directs the Under Secretary to serve as a Cabinet Officer during an Incident of National Significance.
Requires the Secretary of DHS to: (1) ensure and annual certify that all programs within DEM administering federal assistance maintain proper internal management controls to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse; and (2) develop and implement a fraud prevention training program. Provides for the establishment within DHS of a Deputy Inspector General for Response and Recovery.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize grants for state disaster preparedness programs and plans for catastrophic incidents. Requires the President to conduct annual reviews of federal agencies, states, and local governments in preparing for catastrophic incidents.
Good Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement Act of 2006 or the GIVE Act of 2006 - Exempts from liability for acts or omissions in providing services in connection with a declared disaster: (1) disaster relief volunteers; (2) employers or business partners of disaster relief volunteers; (3) hosts or enabling persons, entities, or organizations; and (4) governmental and intergovernmental entities for donations of disaster relief goods. Provides for punitive and non-economic damages only for willful, knowing, or reckless misconduct.
Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 - Prohibits U.S. officers or employees, while acting in support of relief in a major disaster or emergency, from taking specified actions to restrict the possession, registration, or carrying of firearms, such as seizing any firearm the possession of which is not prohibited under federal or state law (with exceptions). Authorizes civil actions in U.S. district court for the return of confiscated firearms.
Hurricane Election Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to each state for the purpose of: (1) restoring and replacing supplies, materials, records, equipment, and technology used in the administration of federal elections that were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and (2) ensuring the full participation in such elections by individuals displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 1, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
- Jul 18, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
- Jul 18, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
- Jul 12, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jul 11, 2006Introduced in House
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1747 | GIVE Act of 2005 | Related bill | Sep 21, 2005 |
| S 2166 | Hurricane Election Relief Act of 2005 | Related bill | Feb 14, 2006 |
| HR 5013 | Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 | Related bill | Aug 4, 2006 |
| HR 5351 | National Emergency Management Reform and Enhancement Act of 2006 | Related bill | Nov 9, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative procedure
- Advice and consent of the Senate
- Aircraft
- Alabama
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Auditing
- Biological warfare
- Cabinet officers
- Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
- Charitable contributions
- Chemical warfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Coastal zone
- Commerce
- Computer security measures
- Congress
- Congressional elections
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Cost effectiveness
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Curricula
- Damages
- Data banks
- Deceptive advertising
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Disaster relief
- Disasters
- Displaced persons
- Distance education
- District of Columbia
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Emergency communication systems
- Emergency housing
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee training
- Employers' liability
- Equipment and supplies
- Evacuation of civilians
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Federal employees
- Federal law enforcement officers
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fire fighters
- Firearms
- Firearms control
- Floods
- Fraud
- Gifts
- Good samaritan laws
- Government contractors
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Gulf States
- Health
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- Housing and Community Development
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Influenza
- Information networks
- Information technology
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Inspectors general
- Intelligence officers
- International Affairs
- International relief
- Interstate compacts
- Judicial review
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Law enforcement officers
- Legal fees
- Liability (Law)
- Local employees
- Logistics
- Louisiana
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Maryland
- Medical personnel
- Metropolitan areas
- Minorities
- Mississippi
- Motor vehicles
- Native Americans
- Nonprofit organizations
- Nuclear terrorism
- Paramedical personnel
- Planning
- Police
- Presidential appointments
- Presidential elections
- Presidential powers
- Public health
- Public-private partnerships
- Punitive damages
- Regional planning
- Rescue work
- Risk
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- September 11, 2001
- Service academies
- Signs and symbols
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- State employees
- Terrorism
- Texas
- Urban affairs
- Virginia
- Volunteer workers
- Voting machines
- Waste in government spending
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- Jul 11, 2006Introduced in House
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