National Resilience Development Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2370
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2003-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aggression
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Disasters
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health planning
International Affairs
Mental health
Mental health services
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear warfare
Psychological warfare
Public health
Stress (Psychology)
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: 
National Resilience Development Act of 2003 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convene and lead an interagency task force for the purposes of mitigating distress reactions and maladaptive behaviors in Americans and increasing their psychological resilience in preparation for, and in response to, a conventional, biological, chemical, or radiological attack on the United States. Directs the task force to coordinate and facilitate the efforts of various public bodies to develop programs and protocols to achieve such purposes. 
 
Amends the Act and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA Patriot Act) of 2001 to permit certain grants to go to activities aimed at enabling State mental health authorities, in coordination with State public health authorities and the interagency task force, to better understand and manage human emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses to disasters. States that such efforts shall include increasing the psychological resilience of the public and mitigating distress reactions and maladaptive behaviors that could occur in response to an attack.
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to integrate into each of its functions of mitigation, planning, response, and recovery, efforts to increase communities' psychological resilience and decrease distress reactions and maladaptive behaviors in individuals. Directs that FEMA take such measures in coordination with the interagency task force and other efforts by the Department of Homeland Security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-06-05
text: Introduced in House