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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1288 

To authorize appropriations for grants to the States participating in the 

Emergency Management Assistance Compact, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 18, 2009 

Mr. PRYOR (for himself, Ms. COLLINS, Ms. LANDRIEU, and Mr. BURRIS) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To authorize appropriations for grants to the States participating in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Manage5 ment Assistance Compact Reauthorization Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The Emergency Management Assistance 

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1 tled ‘‘Joint Resolution granting the consent of Con2 gress to the Emergency Management Assistance 

3 Compact’’ (Public Law 104–321; 110 Stat. 3877) is 

4 the only congressionally chartered mutual aid agree5 ment among States that provides for assistance after 

6 emergencies and major disasters. 

7 (2) The Emergency Management Assistance 

8 Compact was highlighted as a best practice in the 

9 major after-action reports relating to Hurricane 

10 Katrina of 2005. 

11 (3) The Emergency Management Assistance 

12 Compact enables States to assist each other during 

13 emergencies and major disasters swiftly with specific 

14 assets and personnel. 

15 (4) By identifying, training, and exercising re16 sources and personnel before an emergency or major 

17 disaster, the Emergency Management Assistance 

18 Compact saves taxpayer money by reducing redun19 dancy and increasing self-sufficiency at the State 

20 level. 

21 (5) The Emergency Management Assistance 

22 Compact is the mechanism used by States to deploy 

23 individuals from the various emergency disciplines 

24 when an emergency or major disaster occurs and a 


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1 State affected by the major disaster or emergency 

2 requests assistance. 

3 (6) Investment in the Emergency Management 

4 Assistance Compact ensures a stable and agile mu5 tual aid program to address all-hazards disasters. 

6 (7) The Post-Katrina Emergency Management 

7 Reform Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–295; 120 

8 Stat. 1394) authorized funding for grants to the ad9 ministrators of the Emergency Management Assist10 ance Compact, the Final Report of the National 

11 Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United 

12 States (commonly known as the ‘‘9/11 Commission 

13 Report’’) called for mutual aid enhancement, and 

14 the report of the Government Accountability Office 

15 entitled ‘‘Emergency Management Assistance Com16 pact: Enhancing EMAC’s Collaborative and Admin17 istrative Capacity Should Improve National Disaster 

18 Response’’, dated June 29, 2007, recommended that 

19 the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Man20 agement Agency identify ways to build the adminis21 trative capacity of the Emergency Management As22 sistance Compact network. 


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1 SEC. 3. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT 

2 GRANTS. 

3 (a) USES.—Section 661(b) of the Post-Katrina 

4 Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 

5 761(b)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

7 end; 

8 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(6) to educate emergency response providers 

12 by offering training materials and courses relating to 

13 the Emergency Management Assistance Compact; 

14 ‘‘(7) to conduct exercises regarding deployments 

15 under the Emergency Management Assistance Com16 pact and related procedures; 

17 ‘‘(8) to establish a system for tracking re18 sources deployed under the Emergency Management 

19 Assistance Compact; and 

20 ‘‘(9) to conduct after-action assessments, pre21 pare reports, and carry out recommendations in re22 sponse to large-scale activations, as determined ap23 propriate by the administrators of the Emergency 

24 Management Assistance Compact.’’. 

25 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

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1 form Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 761(d)) is amended by strik2 ing ‘‘fiscal year 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 

3 2010 through 2012’’. 

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