HR 4898 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Preparedness Planning Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 5, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 21, 2010
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Preparedness Planning Act - Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a competitive program to make grants for emergency preparedness planning and implementation to local educational agencies and districts located in areas under a high threat of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or public health emergencies.

Directs the Secretary, in awarding grants, to give priority to: (1) local educational agencies and districts located in areas with higher population densities that are under a higher threat of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or public health emergencies; and (2) such agencies and districts that have demonstrated the ability to formulate and implement effective emergency preparedness plans.

Requires a local educational agency or district receiving a grant to use such funds to formulate and implement an emergency preparedness plan, which shall provide for: (1) the creation in the office of the superintendent or other chief executive officer of the local educational agency or district of a School Emergency Response Center; (2) the creation of a Regional Advisory Council; and (3) the development of a plan specific to each school under the local educational agency's or district's authority for each type of emergency likely to occur in the area. Permits remaining funds to be used for any purpose relating to emergency preparedness planning or implementation.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 21, 2010 to Apr 20, 2010, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 21, 2010
D-OHMary Jo KilroyOriginalMar 21, 2010
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMar 21, 2010
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 21, 2010
R-LAAnh "Joseph" CaoApr 14, 2010
D-CABob FilnerApr 14, 2010
D-MPGregorio Kilili Camacho SablanApr 20, 2010
D-CAJoe BacaApr 20, 2010

Actions 7

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 5, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
  2. Mar 22, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
  3. Mar 21, 2010Introduced in House
  4. Mar 21, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
  5. Mar 21, 2010Referred to House Homeland Security

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 21, 2010Introduced in House

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