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US Congress 113th Congress

PREPARE Act of 2014 [HB-5314] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ] [Disaster Relief ] [Energy ] [Science ] [Public Safety ]
Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience Act of 2014 or the PREPARE Act of 2014 - Directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resiliency, Preparedness, and Risk Management (Council), co-chaired by an employee of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Directs the Council on Environmental Quality to provide administrative support and additional resources to the Council. Requires the Council to establish government-wide goals and priorities for extreme weather preparedness (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 08/01/2014

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To amend the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 for the purposes of extending the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 through 2018, and for other purposes. [HB-518] [Water ] [Climate Change ] [Disaster Relief ]
Amends the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to: (1) extend authority for the drought program under such Act through FY2018, (2) authorize appropriations for such Act through FY2018, and (3) require cooperative drought contingency plans under such Act to provide for periodic review to address projected long-term climate variability and change.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Water And Power. on 02/12/2013

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National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2014 [HB-5082] [Taxes ] [Disaster Relief ] [Housing ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
National Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide tax relief for disasters declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 by: extending through 2014 the election to expense qualified disaster expenses (i.e., for removal of debris, demolition, and repair of business-related property); increasing the tax deduction for charitable contributions for disaster relief for individual and corporate taxpayers; allowing through 2014 the deduction of losses attributable to disasters; allowing waivers of requirements relating to mortgage (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Nita M. Lowey Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 07/11/2014

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School Modernization and Revitalization Through Jobs Act [HB-4826] [Education ] [Construction ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Disaster Relief ] [Manufacturing ] [Infrastructure ] [Children and Youth ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
School Modernization and Revitalization Through Jobs Act, the SMART Jobs Act, or the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe, healthy, high-performing, and technologically up-to-date. Allocates grant funds among states on the basis of the relative portion of school improvement funds provided to local educational agencies (LEAs) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney Referred To The Subcommittee On Early Childhood, Elementary, And Secondary Education. on 11/17/2014

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Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2013 [HB-453] [Disaster Relief ] [Taxes ] [Retirement ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Investment Savings Access After Catastrophes Act of 2013 - Defines "Hurricane Isaac disaster area" for purposes of this Act as any parish or county of Louisiana or Mississippi in an area in which a major disaster has been declared before September 10, 2012, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act by reason of Hurricane Isaac. Provides for tax preferences in the Hurricane Isaac disaster area, including: (1) suspension of limitations on the tax deduction for personal casualty losses, (2) an extension of the carryback (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bill Cassidy Referred To The Committee On Ways And Means, And In Addition To The Committee On Appropriations, 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. on 02/04/2013

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Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014 [HB-4524] [Animals ] [Disaster Relief ] [Public Safety ]
Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2014 - Amends the Animal Welfare Act to require research facilities, dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers (covered persons) to develop, document, and follow a contingency plan to provide for the humane handling, treatment, transportation, housing, and care of their animals in the event of an emergency or disaster. Requires the plan to: identify situations that the covered person might experience, including natural disasters and emergencies, that would trigger the need to implement the measures (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Livestock, Rural Development, And Credit. on 05/06/2014

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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for damages relating to federally declared disasters during September 2013, and for other purposes. [HB-4497] [Taxes ] [Disaster Relief ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax relief for federally-declared disasters, to: (1) allow the expensing of qualified disaster expenses (i.e., for removal of debris, demolition, and repair of business-related property) for a disaster occurring during September 2013; (2) allow individual taxpayers an increased tax deduction for charitable contributions made for relief efforts related to a federally-declared disaster which occurs after August 31, 2013, if such contributions are made by December 31, 2014; and (3) allow corporations (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Gardner Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/28/2014

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Homeowner Disaster Relief Act of 2014 [HB-4403] [Disaster Relief ] [Taxes ] [Retirement ]
Homeowner Disaster Relief Act of 2014 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt any qualified natural disaster distribution from the 10% penalty on premature distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans. Defines "qualified natural diasaster distribution" as a distribution from a retirement plan to an individual if: (1) such individual sustained an economic loss due to a federally-declared disaster, (2) the principal place of abode of such individual on the disaster declaration date is in the disaster area, and (3) such distribution is made (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Yvette D. Clarke Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 04/04/2014

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GRID Act [HB-4298] [Energy ] [Infrastructure ] [National Security ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Defense ]
Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act or the GRID Act - Amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), with or without notice, hearing, or report, to issue orders for emergency measures to protect the reliability of either the bulk-power system or the defense critical electric infrastructure whenever the President issues a written directive or determination identifying an imminent grid security threat. Requires either the President or the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to notify specified congressional (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Henry A. Waxman Referred To The Subcommittee On Energy And Power. on 03/28/2014

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SECURE Water Amendments Act [HB-4258] [Water ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014 - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to: (1) include "planning for or addressing the impact of drought" among the activities for which the Secretary may make grants and enter cooperative agreements for water management improvement, (2) include Hawaii among the states in which eligible grant and agreement applicants may be located, (3) authorize appropriations for such grants and agreements for FY2015-FY2023, and (4) authorize appropriations for national water availability and use assessment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Referred To The Subcommittee On Water And Power. on 03/21/2014

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COPS Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2013 [HB-421] [Crime ] [Public Safety ] [Education ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [National Security ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Budget and Spending ]
COPS Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify the public safety and community policing grant program (COPS ON THE BEAT grant program) to: (1) establish within the Department of Justice (DOJ), under the general authority of the Attorney General, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to be headed by a Director; and (2) authorize the Attorney General to carry out more than one such program. Repeals provisions authorizing: (1) the Attorney General to give preferential (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David G. Reichert Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 02/28/2013

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California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 [HB-4039] [Agriculture ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Health ] [Food ] [Energy ]
California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior (Secretaries), in response to the declaration of a state of drought emergency in California, to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to Central Valley Project (CVP) and Klamath Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors, State Water Project contractors, and any other locality or municipality in California (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Cardenas Referred To The Subcommittee On Environment And The Economy. on 02/14/2014

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WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2014 [HB-4034] [National Security ] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Science ] [Defense ] [International ] [Law Enforcement ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Agriculture ] [Food ] [Cybersecurity ] [Public Safety ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Crime ]
WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2014 - Title I: A National Biodefense Enterprise - Requires the President to assign a member of the National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President for Biodefense to: (1) serve as the President's principal advisor regarding coordination of federal biodefense policy; (2) identify inefficiencies in existing biodefense activities and the actions necessary to overcome them; (3) lead the development of a coordinated National Biodefense Plan, a coordinated National Biosurveillance Strategy, and a (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Bill Pascrell Referred To The Subcommittee On Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, And Security Technologies. on 02/27/2014

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Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013 [HB-3989] [Disaster Relief ] [Taxes ] [Insurance ] [Budget and Spending ] [Housing ] [Property Tax ]
Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt disaster savings accounts to pay the expenses of homeowners for disaster mitigation and recovery expenses, (2) allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) up to $5,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) in a taxable year for cash contributions to such accounts, (3) exclude from gross income distributions from such accounts to pay disaster mitigation and recovery expenses; and (4) set forth tax rules and penalties for excess contributions (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 02/04/2014

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Public Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2013 [HB-3730] [Infrastructure ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Public Safety ] [Disaster Relief ] [Construction ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
Public Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of the Army to approve or disapprove a covered permit application for a public safety project within two years after the application is submitted. Requires an application upon which the Secretary fails to act within such time to be considered under an expedited process, unless the governor of the state in which the project is to be located issues a declaration of emergency with respect to the project. Defines "covered permit application" as an application for a permit to discharge (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis Referred To The Subcommittee On Water Resources And Environment. on 12/13/2013

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Extreme Weather Mitigation Act of 2013 [HB-3646] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Infrastructure ] [Water ] [Environmental ] [Climate Change ] [Budget and Spending ] [Public Safety ]
Extreme Weather Mitigation Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Army to give funding priority to authorized projects and studies with a primary purpose of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction that: (1) address an imminent threat to life and property, (2) prevent storm surge from inundating populated areas, (3) prevent the loss of coastal wetlands that help reduce the impact of storm surge, (4) protect emergency hurricane evacuation routes or shelters, (5) prevent adverse impacts to publicly-owned or funded infrastructure and assets, (6) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gregory W. Meeks Referred To The Subcommittee On Economic Development, Public Buildings And Emergency Management. on 12/05/2013

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Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 [HB-3526] [Human Rights ] [International ] [National Security ] [Poverty ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Humanitarian Assistance Facilitation Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that humanitarian organizations acting in good faith and with the appropriate restrictions and controls in place should not be prevented from providing aid to civilian populations before or early on in humanitarian crises, such as in the famine in al-Shabaab-controlled areas of Somalia. Amends the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to permit under specified conditions persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction to enter into transactions with certain sanctioned (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 01/09/2014

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Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2013 [HB-3509] [International ] [Human Rights ] [Immigration ] [Disaster Relief ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Economic Development ]
Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2013 - Expresses the sense of Congress that transparency, accountability, democracy, and good governance are integral factors in any congressional decision regarding U.S. assistance, including assistance to Haiti. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress within 120 days, and every 180 days thereafter through September 30, 2016, on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti. Requires inclusion in such report: (1) a summary of the Haiti rebuilding and development strategy; (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Foreign Relations. on 12/13/2013

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CIPA [HB-3410] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [National Security ] [Energy ] [Science ] [Public Safety ] [Defense ] [Infrastructure ]
Critical Infrastructure Protection Act or CIPA - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Assistant Secretary of the National Protection and Programs Directorate to: (1) include in national planning scenarios the threat of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events; and (2) conduct a campaign to proactively educate owners and operators of critical infrastructure, emergency planners, and emergency responders at all levels of government of the threat of EMP events. Directs the Under Secretary for Science and Technology to conduct research and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. David P. Roe Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs. on 12/02/2014

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Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013 [HB-3298] [Disaster Relief ] [Taxes ] [Inflation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Housing ]
Disaster Savings Accounts Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish tax-exempt disaster savings accounts to pay the expenses of homeowners for equipment and materials for mitigating the effects of a natural disaster, (2) allow a deduction from gross income (above-the-line deduction) up to $5,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) in a taxable year for cash contributions to such accounts, and (3) set forth tax rules for account distributions and failure to report on disaster savings accounts.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas J. Rooney Referred To The House Committee On Ways And Means. on 10/16/2013

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