3.0.0 2283 2019-02-20T23:27:34Z 2019-02-24T00:05:53Z Senate S S 2012-03-29 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-29T21:57:34Z To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes. 112 1953 HR 2011-05-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2012-03-29 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2012-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT N A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2012-04-17 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2012-05-24 False U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2012-07-17 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2012-07-23 False B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2012-09-12 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-09-20 False Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Disaster relief and insurance Federal-Indian relations Indian lands and resources rights Emergency Management 00 2012-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2012-04-11T14:48:21Z Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government (the person recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as the chief elected administrative officer of that government) to submit a request for a declaration by the President that, consistent with requirements of that Act, a major disaster or an emergency exists.

Provides that: (1) in implementing assistance authorized by the President in response to such requests, references to "state" and "governor" shall mean "Indian tribal government" (the governing body of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, village, or community that the Secretary acknowledges to exist as an Indian tribe under the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994) and the Chief Executive of an affected Indian tribal government; and (2) nothing in this Act shall prohibit a tribal government from receiving such assistance through a presidential declaration at the request of a state if the President does not make a declaration under this Act for the same incident.

Allows any non-federal contribution required to be paid by an Indian tribal government under such Act to be adjusted or waived in accordance with criteria established by the President.

Directs the President, in promulgating regulations to carry out this Act, to consider unique conditions that affect the general welfare of the affected federally recognized Indian tribe.

]]> A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include procedures for requests from Indian tribes for a major disaster or emergency declaration, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2283is/xml/BILLS-112s2283is.xml 2012-03-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.