HR 3190 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

PREPARE Act of 2015

Introduced Jul 23, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Matt Cartwright D-PA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jul 24, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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. IntroducedJul 23, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness Act of 2015 or the PREPARE Act of 2015

This bill directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Management (Council). The Council shall:

  • establish government-wide goals and priorities for, and develop, recommend, coordinate, and track implementation of priority interagency federal government actions related to, extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk management;
  • support regional, state, local, and tribal action to assess extreme weather-related vulnerabilities and cost effectively increase extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk management of communities, critical economic sectors, natural and built infrastructure, and natural resources;
  • facilitate the integration of meteorological and extreme weather science;
  • assess the specific recommendations relating to extreme weather in all relevant provisions of the Government Accountability Office's High-Risk Series, identify the feasibility of revising federal programs to implement such recommendations, and develop a plan to address such recommendations;
  • develop or adopt a framework for evaluating the progress and success of extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk management-related efforts that is complementary to any national indicator system developed as part of the National Climate Assessment;
  • develop or adopt performance metrics that allow tracking of the actions taken and progress made toward meeting and implementing the established government-wide goals and priorities;
  • provide recommendations to the Council on Environmental Quality and OMB on how agencies should update agency extreme weather plans and remove barriers to state and local extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk management in agency regulations, guidance, and policy;
  • make information available online for tracking implementation of agency extreme weather plans and government-wide goals and priorities and on recommendations relating to extreme weather in all relevant High-Risk Series provisions;
  • issue guidance to agencies on developing agency extreme weather plans and agency regulations, guidance, and policies to remove barriers to state and local extreme weather resilience;
  • designate one or more agencies to establish a website that provides information on risks related to extreme weather, preparedness, resilience, and risk management to support state, local, tribal, and private decisionmakers; and
  • publish biannually an inventory of all regional agency offices, centers, and programs that assist with extreme weather preparedness and risk management at the state or local level.

Each agency shall submit biannually to OMB and to the Council a comprehensive plan that integrates consideration of extreme weather into its operations and overall mission objectives. OMB shall consolidate and submit such plans to Congress.

Annual agency performance plans shall include the most recent agency extreme weather plan.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2015 to Mar 7, 2016; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalJul 23, 2015
R-TXBlake FarentholdOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-CAJared HuffmanOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-COJared PolisOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-CAJohn GaramendiOriginalJul 23, 2015
R-NJLeonard LanceOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalJul 23, 2015
R-PAMichael G. FitzpatrickOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-CAMichael M. HondaOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-ILMike QuigleyOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-WIRon KindOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-CAScott H. PetersOriginalJul 23, 2015
D-CAAdam B. SchiffJul 28, 2015
D-IADavid LoebsackJul 31, 2015
D-NYBrian HigginsSep 11, 2015
D-CATed LieuSep 11, 2015
R-PACharles W. DentSep 25, 2015
D-FLKathy CastorOct 21, 2015
D-NCAlma S. AdamsNov 2, 2015
D-OHJoyce BeattyNov 18, 2015
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyFeb 12, 2016
D-MDElijah E. CummingsFeb 24, 2016
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyMar 7, 2016

Committees 2

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseTransportation and Infrastructure Committee
Referred Jul 23, 2015
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee
Referred Jul 24, 2015
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Jul 23, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 24, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
  2. Jul 23, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Jul 23, 2015Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (relating to the power of Congress to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.) Article I; Section 8; Clause 18 The Congress shall have Power To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 116, July 23, 2015, page H5468.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R44583Role of the National Weather Service and Selected Legislation in the 114th Congress ArchivedReportAug 8, 2016

Titles 3

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance the Federal Government's planning and preparation for extreme weather, and the Federal Government's dissemination of best practices to respond to extreme weather, thereby increasing resilience, improving regional coordination, and mitigating the financial risk to the Federal Government from such extreme weather.
Short Titles as Introduced
PREPARE Act of 2015
Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 23, 2015Introduced in House

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