United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 217 (95th)
A bill to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to allow Federal civil defense funds to be used by local civil defense agencies for natural disaster relief.
Introduced
4 January 1977
Last action
4 January 1977 · Introduced
Status
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Sponsors
Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3], Rep. Flynt, John J., Jr. [D-GA-6], Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2], Rep. Ginn, Bo [D-GA-1], Rep. Young, Andrew [D-GA-5], Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4], Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10], Rep. Evans, Billy Lee [D-GA-8], Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9]
Subjects
Defence
Source updated
6 June 2025
Summary
Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the use of Federal civil defense funds by local civil defense agencies for natural disaster or civil disturbance relief. Increases the Federal contribution for travel expenses and per diem allowances for students in civil defense training programs and increases the Federal financial contribution to States for civil defense personnel and administrative expenses. Increases the authorization for appropriations under such Act for travel expenses, for personal equipment for State and local workers, and personnel and administrative expenses.
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Timeline
4 January 1977
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1977
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
4 January 1977
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Documents
1 official file
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 4 January 1977
Sponsors
- Rep. Brinkley, Jack [D-GA-3] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Flynt, John J., Jr. [D-GA-6] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Mathis, Dawson [D-GA-2] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Ginn, Bo [D-GA-1] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Young, Andrew [D-GA-5] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Levitas, Elliott H. [D-GA-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Evans, Billy Lee [D-GA-8] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Jenkins, Edgar L. [D-GA-9] · D · Cosponsor
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- related to ← A bill to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to allow Federal civil defense funds to be used by local civil defense agencies for natural disaster relief, and for other purposes.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/217
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/95/hr/217
- us · 95-hr-217 · source updated 6 June 2025