National Preparedness Standards Act

Bill: 108-hr-3227
Sponsor: Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]
Introduced: 2003-10-02 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Biological warfare
Chemical warfare
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
EBB Terrorism
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency communication systems
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Grants-in-aid
Health
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Medical personnel
Metropolitan areas
Minorities
Nuclear terrorism
Paramedical personnel
Performance measurement
Police
Police training
Science, Technology, Communications
Standards
Terrorism
Urban affairs
Weapons of mass destruction

Summary:
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: 
National Preparedness Standards Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish clearly defined standards and guidelines for Federal, State, and local government emergency preparedness and response capability, including standards and guidelines for training, interoperable communication systems, and response equipment. Requires such standards to be: (1) sufficiently flexible to allow local government officials to set priorities based on their needs, while reaching nationally-determined preparedness levels within a fixed time period; and (2) measurable and subject to Federal audit. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) determine minimum essential emergency preparedness and response capabilities for each State; (2) measure the progress of each State in achieving such capabilities and in complying with standards issued by the Secretary; and (3) include in the FY 2005 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security a separate minimum essential emergency preparedness and response capability standard for metropolitan areas and for rural areas with respect to weapons of mass destruction and terrorism-related disaster equipment and training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-10-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness and Response.
action_date: 2003-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), 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: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), 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: 2003-10-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security (Select), 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: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-10-02
text: Introduced in House