3.0.0 3691 2020-02-12T18:54:42Z 2020-02-12T18:54:42Z Senate S S 2012-12-19 112 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-12-19T18:49:44Z 2012-12-19 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2012-12-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8204) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-12-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES N G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2012-12-19 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2012-12-19 True Science, Technology, Communications Atmospheric science and weather Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Economic performance and conditions Emergency planning and evacuation Executive Office of the President Executive agency funding and structure Government information and archives Public-private cooperation Science, Technology, Communications 00 2012-12-19 Introduced in Senate 2013-01-18T22:33:16Z Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or the STRONG Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of federal agencies' current and planned activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Plan.

Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information clearinghouse to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such clearinghouse.

Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress.

Requires the submission of specified reports.

]]> STRONG Act Short Titles as Introduced STRONG Act Short Titles as Introduced Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act Display Title STRONG Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to minimize the economic and social costs resulting from losses of life, property, well-being, business activity, and economic growth associated with extreme weather events by ensuring that the United States is more resilient to the impacts of extreme weather events in the short- and long-term, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2012-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3691is/xml/BILLS-112s3691is.xml 2012-12-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.