FRIENDS Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 118th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D Jackson LeeSponsor

No cosponsors.

First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations or the FRIENDS Act

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jan 11, 2023

First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations or the FRIENDS Act

This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report that describes select state and local programs and policies related to the preparedness and protection of first responders, which may include information on

the degree to which such programs and policies include consideration of the presence of a first responder's family in an area impacted by a terrorist attack,
the availability of personal protective equipment for first responders, and
the availability of home Medkits for first responders and their families for biological incident response.

The GAO may provide information (1) in a format that delineates high risk urban areas from rural communities; and (2) on the degree to which the selected state and local programs and policies were developed or are being executed with funding from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including grants from the State Homeland Security Grant Program or the Urban Area Security Initiative.

DHS shall consider the report's findings and assess its applicability for federal first responders.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: FRIENDS Act

Also known as: First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations Act

Latest action (Feb 8, 2023): Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.

Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: House · Introduced: Jan 11, 2023

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.