3.0.0 6144 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z 2023-01-12T17:52:17Z House H HR 2006-09-21 109 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-09-21T14:01:25Z 2006-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2006-09-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1807) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 N B001149 Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] DAN BURTON R IN 5 2006-09-25 False M000933 Rep. Moran, James P. [D-VA-8] JAMES MORAN D VA P. 8 2006-09-27 False P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2006-09-28 False International Affairs Administrative procedure Building laws Congressional reporting requirements Department of State Economic assistance Ecosystem management Emergency Management Environmental Protection Federal advisory bodies Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development International relief Land use Law Nature conservation Planning Public Lands and Natural Resources Risk International Affairs 00 2006-09-21 Introduced in House 2006-11-30T21:32:43Z International Disaster Risk Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to include as part of assistance for disaster preparedness assistance to reduce human and property vulnerability to natural disasters through the use of disaster mitigation techniques.

Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) develop and implement an initiative to reduce human and property vulnerability to natural disasters in foreign countries by encouraging the use of disaster mitigation techniques in regions considered especially vulnerable to natural disasters; and (2) appoint an advisory committee of experts to help develop such initiative.

]]> International Disaster Risk Reduction Act of 2006 Display Title International Disaster Risk Reduction Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To reduce vulnerability to natural disasters in foreign countries through the use of disaster mitigation techniques. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced International Disaster Risk Reduction Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6144ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6144ih.xml 2006-09-21 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. 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.