First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
Latest action · May 15, 2019 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.
- IntroducedMar 7, 2019
- Passed HouseMay 14, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to implement a uniform process for reviewing applications for certain anti-terrorism grants to urban areas and state, local, and tribal governments. Specifically, the uniform review must be done for grant applications requesting to purchase first responder equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 7, 2019 to May 9, 2019; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Mar 7, 2019 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 7, 2019 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | May 9, 2019 |
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 Mar 7, 2019 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 15, 2019 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 15, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- May 14, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3755-3756)
- May 14, 2019Ms. Torres Small (NM) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- May 14, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1594.
- May 14, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3755)
- May 14, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H3755, H3756Text printed H3755 | John Joyce R-PA, Xochitl Torres Small D-NM | May 14, 2019 |
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. 165, no. 41, March 7, 2019, page H2585.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 687 | First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act | Reintroduction of | Feb 1, 2017 |
| HR 2743 | First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 22, 2021 |
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 a process to review applications for certain grants to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 15, 2019Referred in Senate
- May 14, 2019Engrossed in House
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced 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.
