[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 639 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 639


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 2019

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
  Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and 
   Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees.

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

SECTION 1. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND NATIONAL URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE 
              RESPONSE SYSTEM TASK FORCES.

    Section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165f) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(p) Federal Employees.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to mean that a task force may not include Federal employees. 
In the case of a Federal employee detailed to a task force, the 
sponsoring agency shall enter into an agreement with the relevant 
employing Federal agency.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 8, 2019.

            Attest:

                                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,

                                                                 Clerk.