National Resilience Development Act of 2003

Bill: 108-hr-3774
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2004-02-04 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: 2004-02-04
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 to increase the psychological resilience of the American public and improve the ability of Federal, State and local governments to respond to the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional impacts of terrorism and their implications for disaster management.
 
Amends the Act and Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (USA Patriot Act) of 2001 and the Public Health Service Act to permit certain grants to be used to enable mental health authorities to better understand and manage human emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses to disasters, including by increasing the psychological resilience of the public and mitigate distress reactions and maladaptive behavior that could occur in response to a conventional, biological, chemical or radiological attack on the United States.
 
Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to integrate into its functions efforts to mitigate, plan, and recover from psychological injury and consequences of trauma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2004-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2004-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Judiciary, 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: 2004-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2004-02-04
text: Introduced in House