STRONG Act

Summary

Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act or the STRONG Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of federal agencies' current and planned activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Plan. Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information clearinghouse to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such clearinghouse. Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress. Requires the submission of specified reports.

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Timeline

1. 19 December 2012

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 December 2012

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8204)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 December 2012

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 19 December 2012 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 December 2012

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 December 2012

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Sponsors

• Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• Kirsten Gillibrand · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
• · sscm00 · Standing

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