Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
Latest action · Feb 27, 2012 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 329.
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 17, 2011
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011 - Title I: Earthquakes - National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to revise and reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program through FY2015.
(Sec. 103) Repeals provisions establishing the Interagency Coordinating Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction and an associated advisory committee.
(Sec. 104) Revises responsibilities of Program agencies, including by making: (1) the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) responsible for research and development to improve building standards and practices; (2) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), consistent with its all hazards approach, responsible for facilitating the adoption of model building codes; (3) the United States Geological Survey (USGS) responsible for providing real-time earthquake information; and (4) the National Science Foundation (NSF) responsible for funding basic research.
(Sec. 105) Makes NIST (currently, USGS) responsible for organizing investigations under the post-earthquake investigations program.
Title II: Wind - National Windstorm Impact Reduction Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Amends the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act of 2004 to revise and reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program through FY2015.
(Sec. 203) Repeals provisions requiring the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish an Interagency Working Group responsible for the planning, management, and coordination of the Program.
(Sec. 204) Designates NIST as the lead agency and sets forth revised responsibilities of NIST and the other Program agencies: FEMA, NSF, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title III: Interagency Coordinating Committee on Natural Hazards Risk Reduction - (Sec. 301) Establishes an Interagency Coordinating Committee on Natural Hazards Risk Reduction, chaired by the Director of NIST, to oversee the planning and coordination of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program, and other federal research for natural hazard mitigation that the Committee considers appropriate. Requires: (1) the Committee to develop strategic plans and coordinated budgets for such Programs; and (2) the Director to establish an Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction and such other advisory committees as necessary to advise NIST on research, development, and technology transfer activities to mitigate the impact of natural disasters.
Title IV: National Construction Safety Team Act Amendments - (Sec. 401) Amends the National Construction Safety Team Act to authorize safety teams to be established for deployment after events causing the failure of infrastructure, as well as buildings, leading to a substantial loss of life.
Title V: Fire Research Program - (Sec. 501)Amends the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act to include among the types of fires subject to the Fire Research Center's research program fires at the wildland-urban interface.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2011 to Apr 12, 2011; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Mar 17, 2011 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Mar 30, 2011 | |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Apr 12, 2011 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Mar 17, 2011Markup May 5, 2011Reported Feb 27, 2012 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2012Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Rockefeller with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 112-150.
- Feb 27, 2012Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 329.
- May 5, 2011Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Mar 17, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Mar 17, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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
- Jun 20, 2011S. 646, Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on May 5, 2011
Printed hearings 3
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013349 pages | Appropriations Committee | Nov 16, 2012 |
| S. Hrg. 112-731 | DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013604 pages | Appropriations Committee | Feb 29, 2012–May 16, 2012 |
| Serial No. 112-13 | ARE WE PREPARED? ASSESSING EARTHQUAKE RISK REDUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES82 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Apr 7, 2011 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1379 | Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011 | Identical bill | Apr 11, 2011 |
| HR 3479 | Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011 | Related bill | Sep 12, 2012 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
- Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill
- National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2011
- National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2011
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate for portions of this bill
- National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2011
- National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2011
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Building construction
- Department of Commerce
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency Management
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Fires
- Floods and storm protection
- Government information and archives
- Housing industry and standards
- National Science Foundation
- Natural disasters
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Technology transfer and commercialization
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2012Reported to Senate
- Mar 17, 2011Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
