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Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness Act of 2019 or the PREPARE Act of 2019
This bill directs the President to establish the Interagency Council on Extreme Weather Resilience, Preparedness, and Risk Identification and Management, which shall establish government-wide goals and provide recommendations for addressing extreme weather resilience, preparedness, and risk identification and management.
Each federal agency shall submit biannually to the Office of Management and Budget and to the council a comprehensive plan that integrates consideration of extreme weather into its operations and overall mission objectives.
People & committees
Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8] · D–PA
Legislative record
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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 546.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
Committee on Oversight and Reform discharged.
Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology for a period ending not later than Dec. 17, 2020 for consideration of such provisions of the bill as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(p) of rule X.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-662, Part I.
Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 116-662, Part I.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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