3.0.0 6395 2019-11-15T21:12:35Z 2019-11-15T21:12:35Z House H HR 2008-06-26 110 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2008-09-29T15:48:14Z Referred to 2008-06-26T14:07:35Z 2008-09-29 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response. Committee 2008-06-26 Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2008-06-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1371-1372) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000553 Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] Al Green D TX 9 N Emergency Management Alabama Crime and Law Enforcement Disaster relief Disasters Economics and Public Finance Education Federal aid to education Higher education Hurricanes Louisiana Minorities Minority education Mississippi Research Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Terrorism Emergency Management 00 2008-06-26 Introduced in House 2008-09-23T18:34:14Z Department of Homeland Security Preparedness, Research, and Education Program Act of 2008 or the DHS PREP Act of 2008 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Under Secretary for Science and Technology, to establish a program for fellowships and research to enhance domestic preparedness and the collective response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies.

Requires the Secretary to award fellowships to individuals to: (1) promote such research and response; and (2) provide for the development of best practices for the response to and recovery from such events. Requires recipients to be individuals who: (1) are enrolled in an institution of higher education, with priority to those enrolled in minority serving institutions; (2) have demonstrated an interest in homeland security or emergency management and response; and (3) are geographically diverse.

Directs recipients to focus their research on, and participate in the rebuilding and recovery of, the Gulf Coast region in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

]]> Department of Homeland Security Preparedness, Research, and Education Program Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Department of Homeland Security Preparedness, Research, and Education Program Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced DHS PREP Act of 2008 Display Title Department of Homeland Security Preparedness, Research, and Education Program Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out a program for fellowships and research to enhance domestic preparedness and the collective response to acts of terrorism, natural disasters, and other emergencies, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2008-06-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6395ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6395ih.xml 2008-09-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response. 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.