To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

Bill: 114-hr-559
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2015-01-27
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Health personnel

Intergovernmental relations

New Jersey
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Requires the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 559 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 27, 2015 Mr. Frelinghuysen (for himself, Mr. Lance , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , Mr. LoBiondo , Mr. Pascrell , Mr. Pallone , and Mr. Sires ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.

1. Addition of team to national urban search and rescue system (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, demonstrated the importance of enhancing national domestic terrorism preparedness. (2) Twenty-six of the 28 urban search and rescue teams included in the National Urban Search and Rescue System of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were called into action in the wake of the events of September 11th. (3) Highly qualified, urban search and rescue teams not included in the National Urban Search and Rescue System were the first teams in New York City on September 11th. (4) The continuing threat of a possible domestic terrorist attack remains an important mission for which the Nation must prepare to respond. (5) Part of that response should be to increase the number of urban search and rescue teams included in the National Urban Search and Rescue System. (b) Addition of new jersey task force 1 The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of the National Urban Search and Rescue System.