Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Preparedness Planning Act
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.
- IntroducedMar 21, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- 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; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 21, 2010 |
| D-OH | Mary Jo Kilroy | Original | Mar 21, 2010 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Mar 21, 2010 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Mar 21, 2010 |
| R-LA | Anh "Joseph" Cao | Apr 14, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 14, 2010 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Joe Baca | Apr 20, 2010 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2010 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred Mar 22, 2010 | |
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2010 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Apr 5, 2010 | |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2010 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 5, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response.
- Mar 22, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Mar 21, 2010Introduced in House
- Mar 21, 2010Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
- Mar 21, 2010Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 21, 2010Referred to House Homeland Security
- Mar 21, 2010Referred to House Energy and Commerce
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. 111-69 | CARING FOR SPECIAL NEEDS DURING DISASTERS: WHAT'S BEING DONE FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS?86 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 15, 2010 |
| — | DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2011513 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 25, 2010–Apr 21, 2010 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a competitive program to make emergency preparedness planning and implementation grants to local educational districts/agencies located in areas under a high threat of terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or public health emergencies.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Preparedness Planning Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2010Introduced in House
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