3.0.0 4205 2023-01-13T04:49:44Z 2023-01-13T04:49:44Z House H HR 2005-11-02 109 hsba00 Financial Services Committee House Standing hsba04 Housing and Insurance Subcommittee Referred to 2006-01-05T16:53:13Z Referred to 2005-11-02T19:00:35Z hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee House Standing hssy14 Research Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-09T17:22:28Z hssy19 Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-09T17:22:21Z Referred to 2005-11-02T19:00:30Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-03T18:49:41Z Referred to 2005-11-02T19:00:25Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-11-02T19:00:20Z 2006-01-05 hsba04 Housing and Insurance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. Committee 2005-11-09 hssy14 Research Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. Committee 2005-11-09 hssy19 Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards. Committee 2005-11-03 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2005-11-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, and Financial Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsba00 Financial Services Committee 2005-11-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, and Financial Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hssy00 Science, Space, and Technology Committee 2005-11-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, and Financial Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2005-11-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, and Financial Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-02 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Science, and Financial Services, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-11-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000262 Rep. Ford, Harold E., Jr. [D-TN-9] HAROLD FORD D TN E. 9 N Emergency Management Accounting Building laws Colleges Commerce Department of Homeland Security Depreciation and amortization Disaster relief Earth movements and building Earthquakes Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency communication systems Federal Emergency Management Agency Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Home repair and improvement Hospitals Housing and Community Development Housing finance Income tax Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Labor and Employment Land use Local laws Losses Mortgage guaranty insurance Mortgages Partnerships Presidential appointments Public utilities Rental housing Risk School buildings Science, Technology, Communications Seismology Tax credits Tax deductions Tax-exempt securities Taxation Transportation and Public Works Zoning and zoning law Emergency Management 00 2005-11-02 Introduced in House 2005-12-07T21:12:16Z National Earthquake Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response and the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to meet the qualification requirements for their position by virtue of their emergency management experience, educational background, training, and professional contributions.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable personal credit of 50% of up to $6,000 of qualified seismic retrofit expenses (principal residence earthquake retrofit expenses). Authorizes the issuance of qualified seismic retrofitting bonds. Provides an exemption from passive activity loss restrictions for seismic retrofitting activity.

Amends the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to authorize the FEMA Director to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to certain local governments, public or nonprofit private hospitals, or public institutions of higher education for earthquake disaster mitigation and recovery planning measures (including retrofitting and disaster recovery plans) with respect to critical facilities and public infrastructures. Establishes the Loss Reduction Trust Fund for grant payments.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Advanced National Seismic System should be funded at its authorization level in order to achieve the goal of deploying a nationwide network of over 7,000 earthquake sensor systems serving the entire United States and providing dense coverage in 26 at-risk urban areas.

]]> National Earthquake Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act Display Title National Earthquake Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act Official Title as Introduced To provide incentives to encourage private sector efforts to reduce earthquake losses, to establish a national disaster mitigation program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced National Earthquake Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Act Introduced in House 2005-11-02T05:00:00Z 2006-01-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.