II 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1418 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 26, 2011 Mr. Pryor (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact Act of 2011.

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Findings

Congress finds the following: (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. (2)The Emergency Management Assistance Compact was highlighted as a best practice in the major after-action reports relating to Hurricane Katrina of 2005. (3)The Emergency Management Assistance Compact enables States to assist each other during emergencies and major disasters swiftly with specific assets and personnel. (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. (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. (6)Investment in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact ensures a stable and agile mutual aid program to address all-hazards disasters. (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.

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Emergency Management Assistance Compact grants

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Uses

Section 661(b) of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 761(b)) is amended— (1)in paragraph (4), by striking and at the end; (2)in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (6)to educate emergency response providers by offering training materials and courses relating to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact; (7)to conduct exercises regarding deployments under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and related procedures; (8)to establish a system for tracking resources deployed under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact; and (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. . (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 $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2008 and inserting $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.