3.0.0 4888 2023-01-31T05:18:48Z 2023-01-31T05:18:48Z Senate S 2022-09-20 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-20T14:53:23Z KESSLER Act 117 4521 S 2022-07-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Related bill CRS 2022-09-20 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2022-09-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA 2022-09-20 True Emergency Management Emergency Management 00 2022-09-20 Introduced in Senate 2023-01-26T20:30:59Z Keeping Everyone Safe and Securing Lives by Emergency Readiness Act or the KESSLER Act

This bill directs the President to supplement disaster response plans to account for catastrophic incidents.

Specifically, the President must supplement each Federal Interagency Operational Plan to include an annex containing a strategy to ensure the health, safety, and general welfare of the civilian population affected by catastrophic incidents by

  • providing for the basic needs of the civilian population that is impacted by catastrophic incidents in the United States;
  • coordinating response efforts with state and local governments, the private sector, and nonprofit relief organizations;
  • promoting personal and local readiness and non-reliance on government relief during periods of heightened tension or after catastrophic incidents; and
  • developing international partnerships with allied nations for the provision of relief services and goods.

The strategy must include specified elements, including a description of actions the President will take to ensure the basic needs of the U.S. civilian population in a catastrophic incident are met.

The Department of Homeland Security shall lead an exercise, as part of a national exercise program, to test and enhance the operationalization of the strategy.

The President must provide recommendations for (1) actions that should be taken to prepare the United States to implement the strategy, increase readiness, and address preparedness gaps; and (2) additional authorities that should be considered to more effectively implement the strategy.

]]> KESSLER Act Display Title KESSLER Act Short Title(s) as Introduced KESSLER Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Keeping Everyone Safe and Securing Lives by Emergency Readiness Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require the President to supplement disaster response plans to account for catastrophic incidents disabling 1 or more critical infrastructure sectors or significantly disrupting the critical functions of modern society, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4888is/xml/BILLS-117s4888is.xml 2022-09-20 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.