Disaster Mitigation through Military Service Act

Bill: 118-hr-5122
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-08-01
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Latest action: action_date: 2023-08-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-08-01
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Disaster Mitigation through Military Service Act</strong></p><p>This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to conduct, in conjunction with military operations, humanitarian and civic assistance activities that include the hardening of existing infrastructure in support of disaster mitigation.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5122 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 1, 2023 Ms. Porter (for herself, Mr. Case , Mr. Moylan , and Ms. Mace ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to include the hardening of infrastructure in support of disaster mitigation in the definition of humanitarian and civic assistance.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Disaster Mitigation through Military Service Act . 2. Definition of humanitarian and civic assistance Section 401(e)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: or the hardening of existing infrastructure in such facilities in support of disaster mitigation .