STRONG Act
Latest action · Dec 19, 2012 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 19, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or the STRONG Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of federal agencies' current and planned activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Plan.
Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information clearinghouse to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such clearinghouse.
Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress.
Requires the submission of specified reports.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Dec 19, 2012.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Original | Dec 19, 2012 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Dec 19, 2012 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Dec 19, 2012Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Dec 19, 2012Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8204)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Congressional oversight
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Government information and archives
- Public-private cooperation
- Science, Technology, Communications
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 19, 2012Introduced in Senate
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