3.0.0 3552 2023-01-11T13:23:48Z 2023-01-11T13:23:48Z House H HR 2013-11-20 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ANDREWS:H.R. 3552.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution[Page H7311]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2013-11-21T15:36:04Z Referred to 2013-11-20T15:02:50Z 2013-11-21 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 2013-11-20 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2013-11-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-11-20 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000210 Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] ROBERT ANDREWS D NJ E. 1 N Emergency Management Disaster relief and insurance Emergency planning and evacuation Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2013-11-20 Introduced in House 2014-02-07T19:04:06Z Emergency Response Improvement Act - Requires the chief executive officer of a state, to be eligible for assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act on or after October 1, 2014, to maintain a State Office of Emergency Management to coordinate the state response to, and to request federal assistance with respect to, an emergency.

Directs the President, if one or more federal agencies provides assistance to a state in response to an emergency, to designate an individual from one such agency to serve as the federal incident commander for that emergency. Requires such commander to meet with representatives of federal, state, and local entities involved in the response and assist such representatives in: (1) creating a response plan that specifies the responsibilities of each entity, (2) designating an individual to lead the response, and (3) drafting and executing a memorandum of understanding with respect to such plan.

Requires the federal incident commander, in the absence of such a memorandum of understanding, to report to the President and recommend if, and to what extent, the relevant federal agencies should be involved in the response.

]]> Emergency Response Improvement Act Display Title Emergency Response Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To improve emergency response activities in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Emergency Response Improvement Act Introduced in House 2013-11-20T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3552ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3552ih.xml 2013-11-21 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.