[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[S. 1288 Reported in Senate (RS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 223
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1288

                          [Report No. 111-103]

 To authorize appropriations for grants to the States participating in 
  the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2009

  Mr. Pryor (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, and Mr. Burris) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                            December 9, 2009

              Reported by Mr. Lieberman, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize appropriations for grants to the States participating in 
  the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, and for other purposes.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Management 
Assistance Compact Reauthorization Act of 2009''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Congress finds the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Emergency Management Assistance Compact 
        consented to by the Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint 
        Resolution granting the consent of Congress to the Emergency 
        Management Assistance Compact'' (Public Law 104-321; 110 Stat. 
        3877) is the only congressionally chartered mutual aid 
        agreement among States that provides for assistance after 
        emergencies and major disasters.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The Emergency Management Assistance Compact 
        was highlighted as a best practice in the major after-action 
        reports relating to Hurricane Katrina of 2005.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The Emergency Management Assistance Compact 
        enables States to assist each other during emergencies and 
        major disasters swiftly with specific assets and 
        personnel.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) By identifying, training, and exercising 
        resources and personnel before an emergency or major disaster, 
        the Emergency Management Assistance Compact saves taxpayer 
        money by reducing redundancy and increasing self-sufficiency at 
        the State level.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is 
        the mechanism used by States to deploy individuals from the 
        various emergency disciplines when an emergency or major 
        disaster occurs and a State affected by the major disaster or 
        emergency requests assistance.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) Investment in the Emergency Management 
        Assistance Compact ensures a stable and agile mutual aid 
        program to address all-hazards disasters.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform 
        Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-295; 120 Stat. 1394) authorized 
        funding for grants to the administrators of the Emergency 
        Management Assistance Compact, the Final Report of the National 
        Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 
        (commonly known as the ``9/11 Commission Report'') called for 
        mutual aid enhancement, and the report of the Government 
        Accountability Office entitled ``Emergency Management 
        Assistance Compact: Enhancing EMAC's Collaborative and 
        Administrative Capacity Should Improve National Disaster 
        Response'', dated June 29, 2007, recommended that the 
        Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
        identify ways to build the administrative capacity of the 
        Emergency Management Assistance Compact network.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT 
              GRANTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Uses.--Section 661(b) of the Post-Katrina Emergency 
Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 761(b)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at 
        the end and inserting a semicolon; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) to educate emergency response providers by 
        offering training materials and courses relating to the 
        Emergency Management Assistance Compact;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(7) to conduct exercises regarding deployments 
        under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and related 
        procedures;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(8) to establish a system for tracking resources 
        deployed under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(9) to conduct after-action assessments, prepare 
        reports, and carry out recommendations in response to large-
        scale activations, as determined appropriate by the 
        administrators of the Emergency Management Assistance 
        Compact.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 661(d) of 
the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 
761(d)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2008'' and inserting 
``each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Management Assistance 
Compact Grant Reauthorization Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT GRANTS.

    Section 661(d) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act 
of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 761(d)) is amended by striking ``fiscal year 2008'' 
and inserting ``each of fiscal years 2010 through 2012''.
                                                       Calendar No. 223

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                S. 1288

                          [Report No. 111-103]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To authorize appropriations for grants to the States participating in 
  the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, and for other purposes.

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                            December 9, 2009

                       Reported with an amendment