US Congress House Bill 1546 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-24 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015 Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include public broadcasting facilities within the definition of a "private nonprofit facility" that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and to include broadcast and telecommunications within the definition of "critical services" provided by such a facility, for purposes of eligibility for certain disaster assistance. Makes this Act applicable to a major disaster declared by the President under such Act on or after October 28, 2012.

Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2015

Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]	Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Don Young [R-AK]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]	Rep. Garland Barr [R-KY]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]	Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-24	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2015-03-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2015-03-23	House	Introduced in House

HB1471 (Related) 2016-03-01 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB1090 (Related) 2015-12-18 - Became Public Law No: 114-111. (TXT | PDF)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1546/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1546/BILLS-114hr1546ih.pdf