3.0.0 706 2021-04-19T22:07:48Z 2021-04-19T22:07:48Z House H HR 2009-01-27 111 hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing Legislative interest 2010-09-22T16:38:00Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2009-01-28T16:23:19Z Referred to 2009-01-27T15:33:44Z 2009-01-28 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 2009-01-27 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2009-01-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-27 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 2009-01-27 True D000600 Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25] Mario Diaz-Balart R FL 25 2009-01-27 True A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 2009-05-04 False C000059 Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-44] KEN CALVERT R CA 44 2010-01-21 False Emergency Management Advisory bodies Disaster relief and insurance Emergency planning and evacuation Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Urban and suburban affairs and development Emergency Management 00 2009-01-27 Introduced in House 2009-02-25T19:14:21Z National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2009 - 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; (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 emergency response costs.

]]> National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2009 Display Title National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to continue to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-01-27T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr706ih/xml/BILLS-111hr706ih.xml 2009-01-28 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.