US Congress House Bill 5643 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on July 6 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-07-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop and make available to state, local, tribal, territorial, and nongovernmental partners guidance to assist in the development of emergency action and response plans for active shooter and mass casualty incidents. Such guidance may relate to the development of: a strategy for properly responding to such incidents, a plan for establishing a unified command, a schedule for regular testing of equipment used to receive communications during such incidents, a practiced method and plan to communicate with occupants of locations of such incidents and with the surrounding community, a plan for coordinating with volunteer organizations to expedite assistance for victims, a schedule for joint exercises and training, and a plan for outreach to facilities that have been identified by DHS as potentially vulnerable targets. The bill permits funds under homeland security grants to states and high-risk urban areas to be used for training exercises to enhance preparedness for and response to mass casualty and active shooter incidents and security events at private locations (current law permits such funds to be used for such exercises at public locations). In allocating grant funds among states and high-risk urban areas, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall consider the threat from active shooters to critical infrastructure and U.S. populations.

Active Shooter Preparedness Enhancement Act of 2016

Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2016-07-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications.
2016-07-06	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2016-07-06	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2016-07-06	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2016-07-06	House	Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
2016-07-06	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5643/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5643/BILLS-114hr5643ih.pdf