Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
Latest action · Jun 20, 2018 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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 8, 2018
- Passed HouseJun 19, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security to designate the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, previously known as the Environmental Measurements Laboratory, as an additional laboratory.
The laboratory shall: (1) conduct tests, evaluations, and assessments of current and emerging technologies, including cybersecurity of such technologies that can connect to the Internet, for emergency response providers; (2) conduct research and development on radiological and nuclear response and recovery; and (3) act as a technical advisor to emergency response providers.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2018 to Jun 6, 2018; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Original | Feb 8, 2018 |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Original | Feb 8, 2018 |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | Jun 6, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 8, 2018Markup Jun 6, 2018Reported Jun 14, 2018 |
| Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 14, 2018Discharged Jun 6, 2018 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Jun 20, 2018 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jun 19, 2018Mr. Donovan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jun 19, 2018Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5266-5267)
- Jun 19, 2018DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4991.
- Jun 19, 2018Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5266)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Cost estimates E962 | Michael T. McCaul R-TX | Jul 3, 2018 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5266, H5267Text printed H5266 | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. R-NY, James R. Langevin D-RI | Jun 19, 2018 |
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
- Jul 3, 2018H.R. 4991, Supporting Research and Development for First Responders ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on June 19, 2018.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 25, February 8, 2018, page H1075.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Supporting Research and Development for First Responders Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Homeland Security
- Emergency Management
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Homeland security
- Research administration and funding
- Research and development
- Technology assessment
- Terrorism
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 20, 2018Referred in Senate
- Jun 19, 2018Engrossed in House
- Jun 14, 2018Reported in House
- Feb 8, 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.
