Civil Defense Accountability Act of 2018
Latest action · Feb 9, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Civil Defense Accountability Act of 2018
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to report to Congress regarding current notification protocols for ballistic missile threats.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must conduct, and report on, a study to identify best practices of at least 13 states, including Hawaii, Alaska, California, Washington, and other states bordering or not bordering on an ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, regarding civil defense emergencies.
The bill requires key officials (defined to include the heads of DOD, FEMA, and the FCC) to submit to Congress and make publicly available unclassified reports on the actions of their respective departments or agencies regarding the ballistic missile false alarm that occurred on January 13, 2018, in Hawaii. Each report shall include recommendations for corrective actions to diminish the possibility of another ballistic missile false alarm.
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must submit to Congress and publish online a report regarding the ability of HHS and health care providers to respond to attacks in the United States with biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear weapons. HHS must (1) develop and implement a public outreach program in coordination with state and local governments regarding recommendations in such report for improving readiness in responding to such attacks, and (2) consider the report's recommendations when issuing grants under the Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement and the Hospital Preparedness Program.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2018 to May 1, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Original | Feb 6, 2018 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Feb 6, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Feb 7, 2018 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Feb 7, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Matt Gaetz | Feb 8, 2018 | |
| R-AS | Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen | Feb 13, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Feb 13, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| R-VA | Scott Taylor | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Feb 26, 2018 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Feb 27, 2018 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Mar 5, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 7, 2018 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Mar 7, 2018 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 8, 2018 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Mar 19, 2018 | |
| R-NY | John J. Faso | May 1, 2018 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2018 |
| Strategic Forces Subcommittee | Referred Feb 7, 2018 | |
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2018 |
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2018 |
| Communications and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 9, 2018 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 9, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
- Feb 7, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Feb 7, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
- Feb 6, 2018Introduced in House
- Feb 6, 2018Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 23, February 6, 2018, page H902.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3665 | 21st Century American Service Act | Related bill | Nov 28, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Director of the Federal Communications Commission to take certain actions regarding civil defense related to the growing ballistic missile threat and the communications errors in Hawaii on January 13, 2018, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Civil Defense Accountability Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Alaska
- California
- Chemical and biological weapons
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency communications systems
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Food assistance and relief
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Hawaii
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health programs administration and funding
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Intergovernmental relations
- Nuclear weapons
- State and local government operations
- Washington State
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2018Introduced 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.
