3.0.0 3658 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z 2023-01-11T13:42:43Z Senate S 2020-05-07 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2020-12-14T22:10:21Z Markup by 2020-07-22T14:00:10Z Referred to 2020-05-07T19:41:45Z S. Rept. 116-316 2020-12-14 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619. Calendars 2020-12-14 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-316. Committee 2020-12-14 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-316. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2020-07-22 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2020-05-07 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-07-30 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2020-08-05 False Emergency Management Cardiovascular and respiratory health Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Emergency planning and evacuation Executive agency funding and structure Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Federal-Indian relations Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Performance measurement Poverty and welfare assistance Racial and ethnic relations Rural conditions and development State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2020-05-07 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-26T12:43:15Z Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020

This bill establishes an Office of Equal Rights and Community Inclusion (OERCI) within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

OERCI shall be responsible for

  • improving underserved community access to disaster assistance and improving the quality of assistance such communities receive;
  • eliminating racial, ethnic, and other underserved community disparities in the delivery of various preparedness, response, and recovery assistance; and
  • carrying out such other responsibilities of the previous Office of Equal Rights as in effect on the day before the enactment of this bill as determined appropriate by FEMA.

The bill defines underserved community to mean an historically disadvantaged community, including the Native American, African-American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and North African, and rural communities.

OERCI may award specified grants and enter into memoranda of understanding with state, local, tribal, and territorial government agencies. It shall develop measures to evaluate the effectiveness of its activities aimed at reducing disparities in preparedness, response, and recovery.

During the period of time for which there is a major disaster or emergency declared by the President with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), OERCI shall regularly consult with state, local, territorial, and tribal government officials and community-based organizations from underserved communities that it identifies as disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

]]> 25 2020-12-14 Reported to Senate 2021-03-17T14:35:32Z Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020

This bill establishes the Office of Equal Rights and Community Inclusion (OERCI) within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The OERCI shall be responsible, among other things, for (1) improving underserved community access to disaster assistance and improving the quality of assistance such communities receive; and (2) eliminating racial, ethnic, and other underserved community disparities in the delivery of various preparedness, response, and recovery assistance.

The bill defines underserved community to mean an historically disadvantaged community, including the Native American, African-American, Asian, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and North African, rural, low-income, and disability communities.

FEMA shall (1) administer and evaluate its programs and activities, including those of recipients of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation grants, in a manner to affirmatively further inclusion and engagement of underserved communities and improved outcomes for underserved communities tied to FEMA programs and activities; and (2) establish an underserved community initiative to award grants to specified nonprofit entities.

The OERCI shall develop measures to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities of program offices in FEMA and the activities of recipients aimed at reducing disparities in the services provided to underserved communities.

During the period of time for which there is a major disaster or emergency declared by the President with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), the OERCI shall regularly consult with state, local, territorial, and tribal government officials and community-based organizations from underserved communities that it identifies as disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

]]> Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020 Display Title Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020 S Senate Reported to Senate RS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an Office of Equal Rights and Community Inclusion at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Reported to Senate 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3658rs/xml/BILLS-116s3658rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3658is/xml/BILLS-116s3658is.xml 2020-12-14 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619. 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.