FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act
Latest action · Jan 16, 2020 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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to (1) revise its 2018-2022 Strategic Plan to ensure that the plan explicitly mentions climate change and addresses the implications of climate change on homeland security and near- and long-term national disaster risk; and (2) ensure that future strategic plans do likewise.
The Department of Homeland Security must establish, as a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council, the Climate Change Subcommittee, which shall advise FEMA on how to best incorporate climate change, including risk assessments and strategies for adaptation and mitigation, into and throughout FEMA's policies, plans, programs, and operations.
FEMA must publish as a report, submit to specified congressional committees, and make available to Congress and the public, a comprehensive assessment of climate change risks and preparedness.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4823 | FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act | Related bill | Oct 23, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Advisory bodies
- Air quality
- Atmospheric science and weather
- Climate change and greenhouse gases
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency planning and evacuation
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Natural disasters
- Poverty and welfare assistance
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 16, 2020Introduced in Senate
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