National Emergency Centers Establishment Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jan 23, 2013)
National Emergency Centers Establishment Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish at least six national emergency centers on military installations to use existing infrastructure to provide: (1) temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance to individuals and families dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster; and (2) centralized locations for the training of first responders and the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery efforts.
Lists minimum requirements for sites for such centers, including that they be capable of: (1) meeting for an extended period the housing, health, transportation, education, public works, humanitarian, and other transition needs of a large number of individuals affected; (2) being scaled up or down to accommodate major disaster preparedness and response drills, operations, and procedures; (3) housing existing permanent structures necessary to meet training and first responders coordination requirements during non-disaster periods; and (4) hosting the infrastructure necessary to rapidly adjust to temporary housing, medical, and humanitarian assistance needs.
Sets forth center location requirements, including requiring the Secretary to designate closed military installations as sites whenever possible and to designate portions of existing military installations as centers otherwise.
What just happenedFeb 21, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJan 23, 2013
- Feb 21, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats & Capabilities.
- Jan 24, 2013Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- Jan 23, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 23, 2013IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 23, 2013IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E57)
- Jan 23, 2013IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jan 23, 2013IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House