[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 5703 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 379
117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5703

                          [Report No. 117-504]

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide professional 
counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under such Act, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 22, 2021

  Ms. Pressley (for herself, Ms. Titus, Mr. McKinley, and Mr. Meijer) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

                           September 28, 2022

   Additional sponsors: Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Moolenaar, Mrs. Axne, Mr. 
 Fitzpatrick, Ms. Salazar, Mr. Katko, Ms. Wild, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, 
    Mr. Allred, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Ms. Williams of Georgia, and Ms. 
                                Plaskett

                           September 28, 2022

   Reported from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; 
committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed


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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide professional 
counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under such Act, 
                        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 ``Post-Disaster Mental Health Response 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CRISIS COUNSELING ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING.

    Section 502(a)(6) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5192(a)(6)) is amended by inserting 
``and section 416'' after ``section 408''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 379

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5703

                          [Report No. 117-504]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
   Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide professional 
counseling services to victims of emergencies declared under such Act, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           September 28, 2022

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed