Emergency Preparedness and Response for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2005
Latest action · Dec 16, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedDec 16, 2005
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Emergency Preparedness and Response for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2005 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to appoint a Disability Coordinator to ensure that the needs of individuals with disabilities are properly addressed in emergency preparedness and disaster relief efforts in the event of a major disaster.
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act with respect to: (1) temporary housing for use by individuals with disabilities; and (2) the right of individuals with disabilities to live independently.
Provides for increased accessibility for such individuals of replacement housing built with federal funds following major disasters.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2006 to Jun 20, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | May 25, 2006 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | May 25, 2006 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | May 25, 2006 | |
| R-MS | Trent Lott | May 25, 2006 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Jun 20, 2006 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 20, 2006 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Dec 16, 2005 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2005Introduced in Senate
- Dec 16, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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. 109-897 | SPECIAL OLYMPICS69 pages | Appropriations Committee | Jul 2, 2006 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4704 | Emergency Preparedness and Response for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2006 | Related bill | Feb 9, 2006 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to address the needs of individuals with disabilities in emergency planning requirements and relief efforts in the event of a major disaster, to increase the accessibility of replacement housing built with Federal funds following Hurricane Katrina and other major disasters, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Emergency Preparedness and Response for Individuals With Disabilities Act of 2005
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Access Board
- Administrative procedure
- Animals
- Blind
- Building laws
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Curricula
- Deaf
- Department of Homeland Security
- Disabled
- Disaster loans
- Disaster relief
- Displaced persons
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency housing
- Emergency Management
- Employee training
- Evacuation of civilians
- Executive reorganization
- Federal-local relations
- Federal-state relations
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Housing and Community Development
- Housing for the disabled
- Housing subsidies
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Local laws
- Medical supplies
- Relocation
- Rescue work
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Self-help devices for the disabled
- Small business
- Standards
- State laws
- Telephone
- Transportation and Public Works
- Transportation and the disabled
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2005Introduced in Senate
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