[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3225 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3225

To express the sense of Congress that a uniform standard for declaring 
levels of alert in cases of emergencies should be developed for Federal 
agencies, and to require the Comptroller General to conduct a study of 
            how such a uniform standard may be implemented.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2001

  Ms.  Jackson-Lee of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To express the sense of Congress that a uniform standard for declaring 
levels of alert in cases of emergencies should be developed for Federal 
agencies, and to require the Comptroller General to conduct a study of 
            how such a uniform standard may be implemented.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that a uniform standard for declaring 
levels of alert in cases of emergencies should developed for, and 
implemented by, Federal agencies.

SEC. 2. STUDY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS REQUIRED.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study on--
            (1) the systems under which Federal agencies declare levels 
        of alert in cases of emergencies; and
            (2) an appropriate uniform standard for such agencies for 
        declaring such levels of alert.
    (b) Report.--Not later than three months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress 
a report describing the findings of the study conducted under 
subsection (a), including recommendations for how a uniform standard 
for Federal agencies for declaring levels of alert in cases of 
emergencies may be implemented.
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