US Congress House Bill 645 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Emergency Centers Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish at least six national emergency centers on military installations to use existing infrastructure to provide: (1) temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster; and (2) centralized locations for the training of first responders and the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. Lists minimum requirements for sites for such centers, including that they be capable of: (1) meeting for an extended period the housing, health, transportation, education, public works, humanitarian, and other transition needs of a large number of individuals affected; (2) being scaled up or down to accommodate major disaster preparedness and response drills, operations, and procedures; (3) housing existing permanent structures necessary to meet training and first responders coordination requirements during non-disaster periods; and (4) hosting the infrastructure necessary to rapidly adjust to temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance needs. Sets forth center location requirements, including requiring the Secretary to designate closed military installations as sites whenever possible and to designate portions of existing military installations as centers otherwise.

National Emergency Centers Establishment Act

Rep. Jason Altmire [D-PA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-06		Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
2009-01-23		Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2009-01-22		Referred to House Armed Services
2009-01-22		Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2009-01-22		Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
2009-01-22		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E122-123)

SB3476 (Related) 2010-06-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/645/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr645/BILLS-111hr645ih.pdf