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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2849 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of 

Disability Integration and Coordination within the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 

Ms. RICHARDSON (for herself, Mr. STARK, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. 

WILSON of Florida, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. BROWN of Florida, and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

the Office of Disability Integration and Coordination 

within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 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 ‘‘Disability Integration 

5 and Coordination Improvement Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. OFFICE OF DISABILITY INTEGRATION AND COORDI2 NATION. 

3 Section 513 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

4 (6 U.S.C. 321b) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

6 the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1), by redes7 ignating paragraph (11) as paragraph (12), and by 

8 inserting after paragraph (10) the following new 

9 paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(11) serving as the head of the Office of Dis11 ability Integration and Coordination established 

12 under subsection (c); and’’; and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub14 section: 

15 ‘‘(c) OFFICE OF DISABILITY INTEGRATION AND CO16 ORDINATION.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es18 tablish within the Agency the Office of Disability In19 tegration and Coordination (in this subsection re20 ferred to as the ‘Office’). 

21 ‘‘(2) MISSION.—The Administrator shall, in 

22 consultation with the National Council on Disability, 

23 State, local, and tribal governments, private sector 

24 entities, and nongovernmental organizations, includ25 ing faith-based and other community humanitarian 

26 relief entities, use the Office to implement strategies 


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1 and activities in support of the responsibilities of the 

2 Disability Coordinator under this section and as as3 signed by other provisions of law or by the Adminis4 trator. 

5 ‘‘(3) STAFFING.—The Disability Coordinator— 

6 ‘‘(A) subject to subparagraph (B), shall 

7 maintain staffing levels of the Office that are 

8 commensurate with the current and projected 

9 workload; 

10 ‘‘(B) shall maintain not less than 10 full11 time, permanent personnel of the headquarters 

12 office of the Agency who are properly trained to 

13 implement the Office’s mission, and who shall 

14 be assigned to the Regional Offices as nec15 essary; and 

16 ‘‘(C) shall periodically evaluate the staffing 

17 levels of the headquarters office of the Agency. 

18 ‘‘(4) PERFORMANCE MEASURES.—The Adminis19 trator, in coordination with the Disability Coordi20 nator and in consultation with the National Council 

21 on Disability, State, local, and tribal governments, 

22 private sector entities, and nongovernmental organi23 zations, including faith-based and other community 

24 humanitarian relief entities, shall establish perform25 ance measures for the Office that are specific, measVerDate Mar 15 2010 05:10 Sep 08, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2849.IH H2849

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1 urable, achievable, and relevant, including but not 

2 limited to— 

3 ‘‘(A) ensuring the timely development, up4 date, integration, and dissemination of informa5 tion, including policy guidance, training mate6 rials, and other planning tools for State, local, 

7 and tribal government officials and other appro8 priate stakeholders; and 

9 ‘‘(B) ensuring the integration of people 

10 with disabilities into emergency, preparedness, 

11 protection, mitigation, evacuation, sheltering, 

12 transition, resiliency, and recovery plans. 

13 ‘‘(5) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator 

14 shall submit annual reports to Congress on— 

15 ‘‘(A) the progress achieved by the Office in 

16 implementing strategies and activities in sup17 port of the responsibilities of the Disability Co18 ordinator as stated under this section; and 

19 ‘‘(B) specific barriers noted in achieving 

20 such progress.’’. 

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