Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3669
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2019-07-10
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather

Congressional oversight

Disaster relief and insurance

Electric power generation and transmission

Emergency planning and evacuation

Intergovernmental relations

Natural disasters

Public utilities and utility rates

Terrorism
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to develop and conduct a collective-response-to-terrorism exercise that includes managing cascading effects on critical infrastructure, such as an extreme cold-weather event caused by a polar vortex.</p>

action_date: 2019-11-22
action_desc: Reported to House
text: <p><b>Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to develop and conduct a collective-response-to-terrorism exercise that includes managing cascading effects on critical infrastructure, such as an extreme cold-weather event caused by a polar vortex.</p>

action_date: 2019-12-09
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p><b>Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to develop and conduct a collective-response-to-terrorism exercise that includes managing cascading effects on critical infrastructure, such as an extreme cold-weather event caused by a polar vortex.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3669 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2019 Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Ryan , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Katko , Mr. Armstrong , and Mr. Young ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019 . 2. Exercise on terrorist attack during extreme cold (a) In general In addition to, or as part of exercise programs currently carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test the homeland security posture of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through appropriate offices and components of the Department, shall develop and conduct a collective response to terrorism exercise that includes management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) )), such as an extreme cold weather event caused by a polar vortex. (b) Exercise requirements The exercise required under subsection (a) shall include a scenario involving the following: (1) An extreme cold weather event, such as an event caused by a polar vortex, with respect to access to critical services. (2) Any cascading effects on critical infrastructure. (3) How the effects of a successful terrorist attack against critical infrastructure could be mitigated by emergency managers, State officials, and appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (4) How the resilience of communities that could be impacted by such an attack could be bolstered. (5) Coordination with appropriate Federal departments and agencies, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies. (6) Coordination with appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (c) Report Not later than 60 days after the completion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the protection of classified information, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report presenting the initial findings of such exercise, any immediate and longer-term plans for incorporating lessons learned into future operations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 249 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3669 [Report No. 116–308] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2019 Ms. Slotkin (for herself, Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Ryan , Miss Rice of New York , Mr. Pappas , Mr. Katko , Mr. Armstrong , and Mr. Young ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security November 22, 2019 Additional sponsors: Mr. Taylor and Ms. Craig November 22, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed A BILL To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019 . 2. Exercise on terrorist attack during extreme cold (a) In general In addition to, or as part of exercise programs currently carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test the homeland security posture of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through appropriate offices and components of the Department, shall develop and conduct a collective response to terrorism exercise that includes management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) )), such as an extreme cold weather event caused by a polar vortex. (b) Exercise requirements The exercise required under subsection (a) shall include a scenario involving the following: (1) An extreme cold weather event, such as an event caused by a polar vortex, with respect to access to critical services. (2) Any cascading effects on critical infrastructure. (3) How the effects of a successful terrorist attack against critical infrastructure could be mitigated by emergency managers, State officials, and appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (4) How the resilience of communities that could be impacted by such an attack could be bolstered. (5) Coordination with appropriate Federal departments and agencies, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies. (6) Coordination with appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (c) Report Not later than 60 days after the completion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the protection of classified information, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report presenting the initial findings of such exercise, any immediate and longer-term plans for incorporating lessons learned into future operations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise.

November 22, 2019 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3669 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019 . 2. Exercise on terrorist attack during extreme cold (a) In general In addition to, or as part of exercise programs currently carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test the homeland security posture of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through appropriate offices and components of the Department, shall develop and conduct a collective response to terrorism exercise that includes management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) )), such as an extreme cold weather event caused by a polar vortex. (b) Exercise requirements The exercise required under subsection (a) shall include a scenario involving the following: (1) An extreme cold weather event, such as an event caused by a polar vortex, with respect to access to critical services. (2) Any cascading effects on critical infrastructure. (3) How the effects of a successful terrorist attack against critical infrastructure could be mitigated by emergency managers, State officials, and appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (4) How the resilience of communities that could be impacted by such an attack could be bolstered. (5) Coordination with appropriate Federal departments and agencies, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies. (6) Coordination with appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (c) Report Not later than 60 days after the completion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the protection of classified information, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report presenting the initial findings of such exercise, any immediate and longer-term plans for incorporating lessons learned into future operations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise.

Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

tv_txt: IIB 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3669 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 10, 2019 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a collective response to a terrorism exercise that includes the management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure during times of extreme cold weather, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Weatherizing Infrastructure in the North and Terrorism Emergency Readiness Act of 2019 . 2. Exercise on terrorist attack during extreme cold (a) In general In addition to, or as part of exercise programs currently carried out by the Department of Homeland Security, to enhance domestic preparedness for terrorism, promote the dissemination of homeland security information, and test the homeland security posture of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through appropriate offices and components of the Department, shall develop and conduct a collective response to terrorism exercise that includes management of cascading effects on critical infrastructure (as such term is defined in section 1016(e) of Public Law 107–56 ( 42 U.S.C. 5195c(e) )), such as an extreme cold weather event caused by a polar vortex. (b) Exercise requirements The exercise required under subsection (a) shall include a scenario involving the following: (1) An extreme cold weather event, such as an event caused by a polar vortex, with respect to access to critical services. (2) Any cascading effects on critical infrastructure. (3) How the effects of a successful terrorist attack against critical infrastructure could be mitigated by emergency managers, State officials, and appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (4) How the resilience of communities that could be impacted by such an attack could be bolstered. (5) Coordination with appropriate Federal departments and agencies, and State, local, Tribal, and territorial agencies. (6) Coordination with appropriate private sector and community stakeholders. (c) Report Not later than 60 days after the completion of the exercise required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall, consistent with the protection of classified information, submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate an after-action report presenting the initial findings of such exercise, any immediate and longer-term plans for incorporating lessons learned into future operations of the Department of Homeland Security, and any proposed legislative changes informed by such exercise.

Passed the House of Representatives December 9, 2019. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.