[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6309 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6309

To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to encourage States and localities to adopt policies pertaining to the 
  safe relocation of prisoners during major disasters and emergencies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 2020

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 
to encourage States and localities to adopt policies pertaining to the 
  safe relocation of prisoners during major disasters and emergencies.

    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 ``Natural Disaster Safe Inmate 
Relocation Act''.

SEC. 2. SAFE INMATE RELOCATION.

    The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall 
encourage States and localities that receive assistance under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) to adopt policies regarding the safe relocation of 
prisoners before, during, and after major disasters and emergencies, as 
appropriate.
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