3.0.0 5807 2020-02-14T19:18:58Z 2020-02-14T19:18:58Z House H HR 2012-05-17 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. RICHARDSON:H.R. 5807.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted toCongress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of theUnited States Constitution.[Page H3104]]]> hshm00 Homeland Security Committee House Standing hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee Referred to 2012-06-06T17:48:54Z Referred to 2012-05-17T14:04:20Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2012-05-18T17:20:43Z Referred to 2012-05-17T14:04:25Z 2012-06-06 hshm12 Emergency Management and Technology Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. Committee 2012-05-18 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 2012-05-17 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2012-05-17 Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hshm00 Homeland Security Committee 2012-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-05-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000581 Rep. Richardson, Laura [D-CA-37] Laura Richardson D CA 37 N Emergency Management Department of Homeland Security Disability and paralysis Emergency communications systems Emergency planning and evacuation Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Homeland security Intergovernmental relations Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Terrorism Emergency Management 00 2012-05-17 Introduced in House 2012-08-21T13:02:43Z FEMA Regional Office Oversight Act - Directs the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to audit how all regional offices within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are carrying out delegated authorities pursuant to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management and Reform Act of 2006 and a memorandum executed in July 2009 by the FEMA Administrator.

Requires the audit to assess: (1) the ability of each regional office to support federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities to respond to an act of terrorism, to foster better regional emergency communications capabilities, to oversee the use of funding to promote preparedness and response capabilities, to coordinate with state, local, and tribal governments and emergency response providers on regional priorities, to identify critical gaps in regional capabilities to respond to populations with special needs, to conduct all procurements in a timely and secure manner that prevents waste and fraud, and to engage in employment practices that are transparent, efficient, and ethical; (2) the impact of the delegation of authorities on the Administrator's ability to achieve consistency throughout the regions; (3) the adequacy of oversight by the Administrator of how the regions are executing the delegated authorities and carrying out assigned responsibilities; and (4) the impact of the delegation of authorities on FEMA and specific regions to address Office of Inspector General and Comptroller General (GAO) recommendations in a timely manner.

]]> FEMA Regional Office Oversight Act Short Titles as Introduced FEMA Regional Office Oversight Act Display Title FEMA Regional Office Oversight Act Official Title as Introduced To require an audit of the extent to which regional FEMA offices are able to support coordinated and integrated Federal preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation capabilities to respond to an act of terrorism or other incident, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-05-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr5807ih/xml/BILLS-112hr5807ih.xml 2012-06-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications. 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.