[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3858 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3858

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness 
operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets 
      and service animals following a major disaster or emergency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2005

Mr. Lantos (for himself, Mr. Shays, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Oberstar, 
 and Mr. Frank of Massachusetts) introduced the following bill; which 
   was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to ensure that State and local emergency preparedness 
operational plans address the needs of individuals with household pets 
      and service animals following a major disaster or emergency.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pets Evacuation and Transportation 
Standards Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. STANDARDS FOR STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
              OPERATIONAL PLANS.

    Section 613 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196b) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
    ``(g) Standards for State and Local Emergency Preparedness 
Operational Plans.--In approving standards for State and local 
emergency preparedness operational plans pursuant to subsection (b)(3), 
the Director shall ensure that such plans take into account the needs 
of individuals with household pets and service animals following a 
major disaster or emergency.''.
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