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- Senate Introduced Feb 24, 2015
- Senate Passed May 9, 2016
- House Passed Nov 29, 2016
- Senate Changes resolved Dec 10, 2016
- President To the President Dec 14, 2016
- President Signed Dec 16, 2016
- Law Dec 16, 2016
The RESPONSE Subcommittee shall develop recommendations for improving emergency responder training and resource allocation for hazardous materials (hazmat) incidents involving railroads after evaluating the following topics:
What it does: CRS summary · Public Law · Dec 16, 2016
RESPONSE Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee of the National Advisory Council.
The RESPONSE Subcommittee shall develop recommendations for improving emergency responder training and resource allocation for hazardous materials (hazmat) incidents involving railroads after evaluating the following topics:
- the quality and application of training for state and local emergency responders related to rail hazmat incidents, including training for emergency responders serving small communities near railroads;
- the availability and effectiveness of federal, state, local, and nongovernmental funding levels related to training emergency responders for rail hazmat incidents, including emergency responders serving small communities near railroads; and
- the strategy for integrating commodity flow studies, mapping, and rail and hazmat databases for state and local emergency responders and increasing the rate of access to the individual responder in existing or emerging communications technology.
The RESPONSE Subcommittee shall terminate within 90 days after the council submits a report approving the RESPONSE Subcommittee recommendations.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: RESPONSE Act of 2016
Also known as: RESPONSE Act of 2015
Latest action (Dec 16, 2016): Became Public Law No: 114-321.
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 24, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
- Senate Introduced Feb 24, 2015
- Senate Passed May 9, 2016
- House Passed Nov 29, 2016
- Senate Changes resolved Dec 10, 2016
- President To the President Dec 14, 2016
- President Signed Dec 16, 2016
- Law Dec 16, 2016
No recorded floor vote found.