STRONG Act
Latest action · May 4, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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.
- IntroducedMay 1, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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 Office of Science and Technology Policy, with input from the Department of Homeland Security, 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 current and planned federal 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 Action Plan.
Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information portal to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders that directs users to key data and tools to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such portal.
Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress.
Requires the submission of specified reports.
Cosponsors 21
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2015 to May 11, 2016; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-FL | Patrick Murphy | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | May 1, 2015 |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | May 19, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 26, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | May 11, 2016 |
Committees 1
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 May 1, 2015 |
| Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee | Referred May 4, 2015 | |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred May 4, 2015 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 4, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- May 4, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- May 1, 2015Introduced in House
- May 1, 2015Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 65, May 1, 2015, page H2794.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3724 | STRONG Act | Reintroduced Bill | Sep 11, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To minimize the economic and social costs resulting from losses of life, property, well-being, business activity, and economic growth associated with extreme weather events by ensuring that the United States is more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events in the short- and long-term, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- STRONG Act
- Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
- Advisory bodies
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Congressional oversight
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Ecology
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Executive Office of the President
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Intergovernmental relations
- Public-private cooperation
- Science, Technology, Communications
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2015Introduced in House
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.
