HR 2919 · 112th Congress 2011โ€“2013, ended

Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011

Latest action · Dec 20, 2012 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.

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. IntroducedSep 14, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011 - Prohibits the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from requiring an educational institution (elementary or secondary school that is provided FEMA assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) to reimburse FEMA for the market value of a covered temporary tornado shelter facility (a structure designed to protect children from a tornado that is constructed or acquired with federal financial assistance).

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 14, 2011 to Sep 20, 2011; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ALJo BonnerOriginalSep 14, 2011
R-ALMike RogersOriginalSep 14, 2011
R-ALMo BrooksOriginalSep 14, 2011
R-ALRobert B. AderholtOriginalSep 14, 2011
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalSep 14, 2011
R-ALMartha RobySep 15, 2011
R-NCWalter B. JonesSep 15, 2011
R-MOBilly LongSep 20, 2011

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Sep 14, 2011Markup Oct 13, 2011Reported Dec 20, 2012
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Referred Sep 15, 2011Discharged Oct 13, 2011

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 20, 2012Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-712.
  2. Dec 20, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 517.
  3. Oct 13, 2011Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Discharged.
  4. Oct 13, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  5. Oct 13, 2011Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  6. Sep 15, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
  7. Sep 14, 2011Introduced in House
  8. Sep 14, 2011Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

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.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Oct 31, 2011H.R. 2919, A bill to eliminate the reimbursement requirement for certain tornado shelters constructed with federal assistanceCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on October 13, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, section 8, clause 1 (relating to the general welfare of the United States).

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H6181.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To eliminate the reimbursement requirement for certain tornado shelters constructed with Federal assistance, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011
Short Titles as Reported to House
Community Shelter Protection Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 20, 2012Reported in House
  2. Sep 14, 2011Introduced in House

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