Lifting Up Our First Responders Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5407
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2019-12-12
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance

Emergency planning and evacuation

Intergovernmental relations

Military procurement, research, weapons development

Motor vehicles
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Lifting Up Our First Responders Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill allows the Department of Defense (DOD) to transfer certain excess personal property from DOD to other federal or state agencies for purposes of disaster-related emergency preparedness.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5407 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2019 Mr. Olson (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Crenshaw , and Mr. David P. Roe of Tennessee ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer certain property of the Department of Defense to State and Federal agencies for purposes of disaster-related emergency preparedness, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Lifting Up Our First Responders Act of 2019 . 2. Excess personal property: sale or donation for law enforcement activities Section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A) by inserting , disaster-related emergency preparedness after coun­ter­ter­ror­ism ; and (2) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking indicating and inserting the following: (1) indicating ; (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (2) indicating use of high-water vehicles for disaster-related emergency preparedness. .