POLAR Response Act

Bill: 117-hr-6306
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2021-12-16
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Providing Our Law Enforcement with Adequate Resources for a Response Act or the POLAR Response Act</b></p> <p>This bill includes a polar vortex as a major disaster for which a declaration of a state of emergency can be made and provides a definition for a<i> disaster-related emergency</i> for purposes of the Department of Defense (DOD) excess personal property program (therefore authorizing DOD to transfer certain personal property for a polar vortex emergency).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6306 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 16, 2021 Mr. Jackson (for himself, Mr. Nehls , Mr. Pfluger , Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas , Mr. Arrington , Mr. Fallon , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mr. Ellzey , Mr. Sessions , and Mr. Taylor ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services , and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure , 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 A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a definition of disaster-related emergency for purposes of the Department of Defense excess personal property program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Our Law Enforcement with Adequate Resources for a Response Act or the POLAR Response Act . 2. Definition of disaster-related emergency under Department of Defense excess personal property program (a) Definition of disaster-Related emergency Subsection (g) of section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking Controlled property and inserting Definitions ; (2) by striking In this section, and inserting In this section: ; (3) by redesignating the text beginning with the term and ending with document. as paragraph (1) and adjusting the margins accordingly; (4) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by striking the term and inserting The term ; and (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) The term disaster-related emergency means any event with respect to which the President declares an emergency or major disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq. ). . (b) Inclusion of polar vortex in definition of major disaster Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5122(2) ) is amended by inserting , polar vortex after mudslide .