3.0.0 802 2019-11-15T21:44:11Z 2022-06-16T16:27:15Z Senate S S 2005-04-14 109 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-04-14T21:56:56Z National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 109 1386 HR 2005-03-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Related bill CRS Identical bill House 2005-04-14 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3675-3679) IntroReferral 2005-04-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3675) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-04-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000407 Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM] PETE DOMENICI R NM VICHI N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2005-04-14 True B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2005-04-14 True J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-04-14 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2005-04-14 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-04-14 True A000109 Sen. Allard, Wayne [R-CO] A. ALLARD R CO WAYNE 2005-04-14 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2005-04-14 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2005-04-14 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-04-14 True B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2005-04-14 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2005-04-20 False C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN 2005-04-27 False R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2005-05-12 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2005-07-28 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Animals Army Corps of Engineers Congress Congressional reporting requirements Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Disaster insurance Disaster relief Droughts Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Endangered species Environmental Protection Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to Indians Federal aid to water resources development Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Finance and Financial Sector Fire prevention Forest fires Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Government trust funds Grants-in-aid Hydrology Infrastructure Intergovernmental fiscal relations Interstate relations Land use Law Minorities National forests Planning Public Lands and Natural Resources Science, Technology, Communications Technology transfer Water Resources Development Water conservation Water quality Water supply Watersheds Weather Agriculture and Food 00 2005-04-14 Introduced in Senate 2005-04-28T20:25:20Z National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 - Establishes in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture the National Drought Council which shall develop a comprehensive National Drought Policy Action Plan, evaluate and coordinate Federal drought-related programs, establish and improve the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), and undertake public awareness activities. Terminates the Council eight years after enactment of this Act.

Directs the Secretary to establish the National Office of Drought Preparedness to assist the Council.

Establishes in the Treasury the Drought Assistance Fund, which shall be used to pay the cost of technical and financial assistance to States, Indian tribes, local governments, watershed groups, and critical service providers for: (1) drought preparedness plans and drought mitigation; (2) expanding the technology transfer of drought and water conservation strategies and innovative water supply techniques; (3) developing post-drought evaluations and recommendations; and (4) supplementing the costs of implementing NIDIS-related actions undertaken pursuant to this Act.

Directs the Secretary to issue related implementing guidelines, including special requirements applicable to interstate watersheds.

Requires Federal agencies to develop and implement drought preparedness plans. Authorizes States, Indian tribes, local governments, watershed groups, and regional water providers to develop and implement such plans.

Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse States for costs of prepositioning wildfire suppression resources.

]]> National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 Display Title National Drought Preparedness Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a National Drought Council within the Department of Agriculture, to improve national drought preparedness, mitigation, and response efforts, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2005-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s802is/xml/BILLS-109s802is.xml 2005-04-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3675-3679) 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.