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S. 930 (108th)

Emergency Preparedness and Response Act of 2003

openUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

28 April 2003

Last action

25 February 2004 · Reported

Status

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 433.

Sponsors

Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

7 April 2025

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Summary

Emergency Preparedness and Response Act of 2003 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to require the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish a program to provide assistance to States to enhance the ability of State and local first responders to respond to all hazards. Provide for use of such assistance to: (1) purchase interoperable equipment to respond to hazards; (2) train first responders; (3) develop, construct or upgrade preparedness training facilities and emergency operating centers; (4) develop preparedness and response plans consistent with Federal, State, and local strategies; (5) provide systems and equipment for communication needs, such as emergency notification systems and secure communication equipment; and (6) conduct exercises. Prescribes the allocation of such assistance to State and local governments. Allows the provision of assistance to a State only if the State agrees to maintain, and to ensure that local governments receiving funds maintain, aggregate expenditures for the uses described above at or above the average annual level of those expenditures for the two preceding fiscal years. Requires each State to conduct an exercise or participate in a regional exercise to measure its progress in enhancing the ability of State and local first responders to respond to all hazards. Requires the Director to provide grants to the 28 existing urban search and rescue task forces to pay operations costs. Allows the Director to provide grants to task forces to pay costs of operations in excess of such funding, equipment, training, transportation, expansion, and incident support teams. Instructs the Director to distribute funding to ensure that each task force has the capacity to deploy simultaneously at least two teams. Authorizes the Director to establish additional task forces. Prohibits, with exceptions, any additional task forces from being designated or funded until the existing task forces are able to deploy.

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Timeline

  1. 28 April 2003

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 28 April 2003

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 30 July 2003

    Reported

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

    Source: Committee

  4. 25 February 2004

    Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 433.

    Source: Calendars

  5. 25 February 2004

    Reported

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-227.

    Source: Committee

  6. 25 February 2004

    Reported

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 108-227.

    Source: Committee

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  • Reported to Senate (text)

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  • Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

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