POLAR Response Act

2021-12-16

Introduced in House

Providing Our Law Enforcement with Adequate Resources for a Response Act or the POLAR Response Act

This bill includes a polar vortex as a major disaster for which a declaration of a state of emergency can be made and provides a definition for a disaster-related emergency for purposes of the Department of Defense (DOD) excess personal property program (therefore authorizing DOD to transfer certain personal property for a polar vortex emergency).

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