Community Protection and Response Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-2878
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2003-07-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Agriculture and Food
Air pollution control
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Child health
Claims
Commerce
Computer crimes
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Counseling
Crime and Law Enforcement
Data banks
Disaster loans
Disaster relief
Disasters
Drugs
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Electric utilities
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency housing
Emergency medicine
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental health
Environmental monitoring
Executive Office of the President
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to research
Federal officials
Federal-local relations
Food service
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Health
Health counseling
Higher education
Homeless
Hospitals
Hours of labor
Housing and Community Development
Indoor air pollution
Infrastructure
Interest
International Affairs
Labor and Employment
Maintenance and repair
Medical research
Medical statistics
Medical supplies
Mental health services
Nonprofit organizations
Nuclear terrorism
Police
Pollution measurement
Presidential commissions
Public health
Public utilities
Refuse and refuse disposal
Relocation
School buildings
School health programs
Science, Technology, Communications
Security measures
Sewage treatment
Social Welfare
Teaching materials
Terrorism
Textbooks
Trauma care
Victims of terrorism
Waste water treatment
Water Resources Development
Water treatment plants

Summary:
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Community Protection and Response Act of 2003 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act) to include a terrorist attack, dispersion of radioactive or other contaminants, dispersion of hazardous substances, or other catastrophic event as a "major disaster" eligible for relief under the Act. Includes as a "private nonprofit facility" for purposes of damages coverage in a major disaster private for-profit telecommunications, phone services, and utilities when losses occur during a homeland security event and are not covered by insurance. 
Authorizes the President, at the request of a State governor, to declare that a major disaster constitutes a homeland security event and is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capacity of the affected State and local government. Provides specified Federal assistance under the Act upon such a declaration, including reimbursement and grant assistance for lost compensation, sustained losses, and required repairs.
Includes as critical services under the Act education systems, providers of counseling, and providers of assistance to the homeless.
Removes the $5 million limit on community disaster loans provided under the Act. 
Requires or provides for: (1) standards for reporting information concerning disasters involving homeland security events; (2) a special commission to review air quality following a homeland security event; (3) guidelines concerning health risks associated with the release of materials following a homeland security event and associated monitoring and analysis; and (4) grants for data collection during public health emergencies, research on assisting victims, advance preparation for public health emergencies, and disaster relief for local educational agencies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-08-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
action_date: 2003-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-07-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1603)
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-07-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, 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: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-07-24
text: Introduced in House