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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5314" measure-id="id113hr5314" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2014-07-31" update-date="2014-10-24">
<title>PREPARE Act of 2014</title>
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<action-date>2014-07-31</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience Act of 2014 or the PREPARE Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and Risk Management (Council), co-chaired by an employee of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).</p> <p> Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to provide administrative support and additional resources to the Council. </p> <p>Requires the Council to establish government-wide goals and priorities for extreme weather preparedness and risk management.</p> <p>Requires each agency to submit biannually to OMB and to the Council a comprehensive plan that integrates extreme weather into its operations and overall objectives. </p> <p>Requires the United States Global Change Research Program to designate a participating agency to maintain an Internet website providing extreme weather preparedness information. </p> <p>Directs the Council to publish biannually an inventory of all regional agency offices, centers, and programs that assist with extreme weather preparedness and risk management at the municipal level. </p> <p>Requires annual agency performance plans to include the most recent agency extreme weather plan.</p>]]></summary-text>
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