National Emergency Centers Establishment Act

Bill: 110-hr-1796
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2007-03-29 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Access to health care
Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Disasters
Displaced persons
Education
Educational facilities
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency housing
Emergency medicine
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Environmental health
Evacuation of civilians
Federal law enforcement officers
Fire fighters
Government Operations and Politics
Hazardous wastes
Health
Health facilities
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Labor and Employment
Land transfers
Law enforcement officers
Maintenance and repair
Military base closures
Military bases
Military civic action
Paramedical personnel
Police
Police training
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: 
National Emergency Centers Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish at least six national emergency centers on military installations to use existing infrastructure to provide: (1) temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster; and (2) centralized locations for the training of first responders and the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. 

Lists minimum requirements for sites for such centers, including that they be capable of: (1) meeting for an extended period the housing, health, transportation, education, public works, humanitarian, and other transition needs of a large number of individuals affected; (2) being scaled up or down to accommodate major disaster preparedness and response drills, operations, and procedures; (3) housing existing permanent structures necessary to meet training and first responders coordination requirements during non-disaster periods; and (4) hosting the infrastructure necessary to rapidly adjust to temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance needs.

Sets forth center location requirements, including requiring the Secretary to designate closed military installations as sites whenever possible and to designate portions of existing military installations as centers otherwise.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
action_date: 2007-03-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2007-03-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E699-700)
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-03-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: Introduced in House