FEMA Act

Bill: 109-hr-5759
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2006-07-11 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Advice and consent of the Senate
Aircraft
Alabama
Armed Forces and National Security
Auditing
Biological warfare
Cabinet officers
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Charitable contributions
Chemical warfare
Civil actions and liability
Coastal zone
Commerce
Computer security measures
Congress
Congressional elections
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Cost effectiveness
Crime and Law Enforcement
Curricula
Damages
Data banks
Deceptive advertising
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Disasters
Displaced persons
Distance education
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Educational technology
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency communication systems
Emergency housing
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Employers' liability
Equipment and supplies
Evacuation of civilians
Executive reorganization
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal advisory bodies
Federal employees
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fines (Penalties)
Fire fighters
Firearms
Firearms control
Floods
Fraud
Gifts
Good samaritan laws
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Grants-in-aid
Gulf States
Health
Health information systems
Health surveys
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Influenza
Information networks
Information technology
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Inspectors general
Intelligence officers
International Affairs
International relief
Interstate compacts
Judicial review
Labor and Employment
Law
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees
Liability (Law)
Local employees
Logistics
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
Medical personnel
Metropolitan areas
Minorities
Mississippi
Motor vehicles
Native Americans
Nonprofit organizations
Nuclear terrorism
Paramedical personnel
Planning
Police
Presidential appointments
Presidential elections
Presidential powers
Public health
Public-private partnerships
Punitive damages
Regional planning
Rescue work
Risk
Science, Technology, Communications
Secondary education
September 11, 2001
Service academies
Signs and symbols
Small business
Social Welfare
State employees
Terrorism
Texas
Urban affairs
Virginia
Volunteer workers
Voting machines
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: 
Foundations for Emergency Management Act or the FEMA Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for the establishment within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of a Directorate of Emergency Management (DEM) (replacing the Directorate of Emergency Preparedness and Response). Requires DEM to be headed by an Under Secretary for Emergency Management and to include Deputy Under Secretaries for: (1) Emergency Preparedness and Mitigation; and (2) Emergency Response and Recovery. Directs the Under Secretary to serve as a Cabinet Officer during an Incident of National Significance. 
 
Requires the Secretary of DHS to: (1) ensure and annual certify that all programs within DEM administering federal assistance maintain proper internal management controls to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse; and (2) develop and implement a fraud prevention training program. Provides for the establishment within DHS of a Deputy Inspector General for Response and Recovery.
 
Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize grants for state disaster preparedness programs and plans for catastrophic incidents. Requires the President to conduct annual reviews of federal agencies, states, and local governments in preparing for catastrophic incidents. 
 
Good Samaritan Liability Improvement and Volunteer Encouragement Act of 2006 or the GIVE Act of 2006 - Exempts from liability for acts or omissions in providing services in connection with a declared disaster: (1) disaster relief volunteers; (2) employers or business partners of disaster relief volunteers; (3) hosts or enabling persons, entities, or organizations; and (4) governmental and intergovernmental entities for donations of disaster relief goods. Provides for punitive and non-economic damages only for willful, knowing, or reckless misconduct. 
 
Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 - Prohibits U.S. officers or employees, while acting in support of relief in a major disaster or emergency, from taking specified actions to restrict the possession, registration, or carrying of firearms, such as seizing any firearm the possession of which is not prohibited under federal or state law (with exceptions). Authorizes civil actions in U.S. district court for the return of confiscated firearms.
 
Hurricane Election Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Election Assistance Commission to make grants to each state for the purpose of: (1) restoring and replacing supplies, materials, records, equipment, and technology used in the administration of federal elections that were damaged, destroyed, or dislocated as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita; and (2) ensuring the full participation in such elections by individuals displaced as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.
action_date: 2006-07-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.
action_date: 2006-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, the Judiciary, and House Administration, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, the Judiciary, and House Administration, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, the Judiciary, and House Administration, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, the Judiciary, and House Administration, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, the Judiciary, and House Administration, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, the Judiciary, and House Administration, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, International Relations, the Judiciary, and House Administration, 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: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-11
text: Introduced in House