3.0.0 4158 2023-01-11T20:12:12Z 2023-01-11T20:12:12Z House H HR 2007-11-13 110 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2007-11-14T15:50:27Z Referred to 2007-11-13T15:31:30Z National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007 110 4183 HR 2008-04-30 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 0 . Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2007-11-14 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 2007-11-13 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2007-11-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-11-13 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C001068 Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] Steve Cohen D TN 9 N N000147 Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] ELEANOR NORTON D DC HOLMES 0 2007-11-13 True G000546 Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6] SAM GRAVES R MO 6 2007-11-13 True R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 2008-06-26 False D000598 Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53] SUSAN DAVIS D CA A. 53 2008-06-26 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2008-06-26 False M001167 Rep. Mitchell, Harry E. [D-AZ-5] Harry Mitchell D AZ E. 5 2008-06-26 False B000461 Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] BRIAN BILBRAY R CA P. 50 2008-06-26 False M001163 Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-5] Doris Matsui D CA O. 5 2008-07-10 False C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44] KEN CALVERT R CA 44 2008-07-10 False Emergency Management Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Disability retirement Disaster relief Emergency medicine Employee rights Federal advisory bodies Federal employees Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Health Labor and Employment Law enforcement officers Licenses Nonprofit organizations Paramedical personnel Police Public-private partnerships Rescue work Social Welfare Wages Workers' compensation Emergency Management 00 2007-11-13 Introduced in House 2007-12-26T19:34:24Z National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) continue to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System; (2) provide for a national network of standardized search and rescue resources; (3) designate task forces to participate in the System and determine criteria for participation; and (4) enter into an agreement with the required sponsoring agency of each task force regarding participation.

Sets forth provisions regarding the composition of task forces and reimbursement.

Authorizes the Administrator to appoint a System member for a period of federal service to participate in sponsored or sanctioned exercises, pre-incident staging, major disaster and emergency response activities, and training events. Entitles a member who suffers personal injury, illness, disability, or death while acting in the scope of such appointment to be treated as an employee who sustained the injury in the performance of duty.

Sets forth provisions regarding election of benefits, liability, employment and re-employment rights, and licenses and permits.

Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish and maintain an advisory committee; and (2) enter into an annual preparedness cooperative agreement with each agency; and (3) enter into response cooperative agreements under which the Administrator agrees to reimburse agencies for emegency response costs.

]]> National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify and codify the authority of the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System for Federal response to all hazards. Introduced in House IH Display Title National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-11-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4158ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4158ih.xml 2007-11-14 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.