3.0.0 4237 2023-01-13T04:49:43Z 2023-01-13T04:49:43Z House H HR 2005-11-04 109 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2005-11-07T14:21:45Z Referred to 2005-11-04T14:00:25Z 2005-11-07 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 2005-11-04 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2005-11-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-11-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000096 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] DANNY DAVIS D IL K. 7 N Emergency Management Disaster relief Federal-local relations Government Operations and Politics Hurricane aftermath legislation Labor and Employment Local employees Wages Emergency Management 00 2005-11-04 Introduced in House 2005-12-07T22:32:40Z Preservation of Local Government Act - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President, acting through the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to provide an eligible local government with financial assistance to enable it to pay all or part of the expenses necessary to pay its local public employees. Allows the Director to provide such assistance for up to six months, or longer if the local government is unable to generate enough revenue to pay such expenses.

Requires a local government, to be eligible to receive assistance under this Act, to be located in an emergency or major disaster area, and certify to the Director that it is unable to generate enough revenue to pay its local public employees.

]]> Preservation of Local Government Act Display Title Preservation of Local Government Act Official Title as Introduced To ensure that local governments can function in the case of a declared emergency or major disaster. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Preservation of Local Government Act Introduced in House 2005-11-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4237ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4237ih.xml 2005-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. 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.