3.0.0 3476 2023-01-11T13:19:47Z 2023-01-11T13:19:47Z Senate S S 2010-06-10 111 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-06-10T17:32:10Z National Emergency Centers Establishment Act 111 645 HR 2009-02-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities. Related bill CRS 2010-06-10 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2010-06-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2010-06-10 True Emergency Management Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Homelessness and emergency shelter Military facilities and property Emergency Management 00 2010-06-10 Introduced in Senate 2010-11-03T14:01:29Z National Emergency Centers Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish at least six national emergency centers on military installations to use existing infrastructure to provide: (1) temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster; and (2) centralized locations for the training of first responders and the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.

Requires the Secretary to designate: (1) 2 military installations as sites for the establishment of the centers within 60 days of this Act's enactment; and (2) not fewer than 4 more within 18 months of enactment.

Lists minimum requirements for sites for such centers, including that they be capable of: (1) meeting for an extended period the housing, health, transportation, education, public works, humanitarian, and other transition needs of a large number of individuals affected; (2) being scaled up or down to accommodate major disaster preparedness and response drills, operations, and procedures; (3) housing existing permanent structures necessary to meet training and first responders coordination requirements during non-disaster periods; and (4) hosting the infrastructure necessary to rapidly adjust to temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance needs.

Sets forth center location requirements, including requiring the Secretary to give preference to military installations designated as Regional Joint Readiness Centers and to closed or materially affected military installations.

]]> National Emergency Centers Establishment Act Display Title National Emergency Centers Establishment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers on military installations. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Emergency Centers Establishment Act Introduced in Senate 2010-06-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3476is/xml/BILLS-111s3476is.xml 2010-06-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.