[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2849 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2849

 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of 
 Disability Integration and Coordination within the Federal Emergency 
               Management Agency, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2011

 Ms. Richardson (for herself, Mr. Stark, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, 
  Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Brown of Florida, and Mr. 
   Conyers) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish the Office of 
 Disability Integration and Coordination within the Federal Emergency 
               Management Agency, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Disability Integration and 
Coordination Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. OFFICE OF DISABILITY INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION.

    Section 513 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 321b) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon at the end of paragraph (1), by redesignating 
        paragraph (11) as paragraph (12), and by inserting after 
        paragraph (10) the following new paragraph:
            ``(11) serving as the head of the Office of Disability 
        Integration and Coordination established under subsection (c); 
        and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Office of Disability Integration and Coordination.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Administrator shall establish within 
        the Agency the Office of Disability Integration and 
        Coordination (in this subsection referred to as the `Office').
            ``(2) Mission.--The Administrator shall, in consultation 
        with the National Council on Disability, State, local, and 
        tribal governments, private sector entities, and 
        nongovernmental organizations, including faith-based and other 
        community humanitarian relief entities, use the Office to 
        implement strategies and activities in support of the 
        responsibilities of the Disability Coordinator under this 
        section and as assigned by other provisions of law or by the 
        Administrator.
            ``(3) Staffing.--The Disability Coordinator--
                    ``(A) subject to subparagraph (B), shall maintain 
                staffing levels of the Office that are commensurate 
                with the current and projected workload;
                    ``(B) shall maintain not less than 10 full-time, 
                permanent personnel of the headquarters office of the 
                Agency who are properly trained to implement the 
                Office's mission, and who shall be assigned to the 
                Regional Offices as necessary; and
                    ``(C) shall periodically evaluate the staffing 
                levels of the headquarters office of the Agency.
            ``(4) Performance measures.--The Administrator, in 
        coordination with the Disability Coordinator and in 
        consultation with the National Council on Disability, State, 
        local, and tribal governments, private sector entities, and 
        nongovernmental organizations, including faith-based and other 
        community humanitarian relief entities, shall establish 
        performance measures for the Office that are specific, 
        measurable, achievable, and relevant, including but not limited 
        to--
                    ``(A) ensuring the timely development, update, 
                integration, and dissemination of information, 
                including policy guidance, training materials, and 
                other planning tools for State, local, and tribal 
                government officials and other appropriate 
                stakeholders; and
                    ``(B) ensuring the integration of people with 
                disabilities into emergency, preparedness, protection, 
                mitigation, evacuation, sheltering, transition, 
                resiliency, and recovery plans.
            ``(5) Annual report.--The Administrator shall submit annual 
        reports to Congress on--
                    ``(A) the progress achieved by the Office in 
                implementing strategies and activities in support of 
                the responsibilities of the Disability Coordinator as 
                stated under this section; and
                    ``(B) specific barriers noted in achieving such 
                progress.''.
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