H.R. 390: National Emergency Centers Establishment Act

Introduced:
Jan 23, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL20]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Progress
Introduced Jan 23, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 23, 2013
Reported by Committee ...
Passed House ...
Passed Senate ...
Signed by the President ...
Prognosis

1% chance of getting past committee.
0% chance of being enacted.

Only 11% of House bills made it past committee and only 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Armed Services

↪ Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities

House Transportation and Infrastructure

↪ Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management

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Full Title

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers on military installations.

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Last updated Jan 23, 2013.
10 pages

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1/23/2013--Introduced.
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.

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