FEMA Help and Education for Local Partners Act (FEMA HELP Act)
Latest action · Dec 18, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Progress
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- IntroducedDec 17, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
FEMA Help and Education for Local Partners Act (FEMA HELP Act)
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish and convene a multi-agency federal disaster assistance team to work and coordinate with state, local, tribal, and territorial leaders to develop a comprehensive approach to disaster recovery by using a full range of federal program funding resources through collaboration among FEMA, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Highway Administration, the Small Business Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, the Department of Defense, the Army Corps of Engineers, and state, local, tribal, and territorial governments.
FEMA shall: (1) ensure that each coordinating officer is trained in a range of applicable disaster recovery funding programs across the team members, and (2) establish and publish guidelines and criteria for making and communicating decisions regarding funding eligibility and requirements for disaster recovery personnel across the team members.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Dec 17, 2015Introduced in House
- Dec 17, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Dec 17, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1814)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2015Introduced in House
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