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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Sep 8, 2014
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Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, with respect to entities that are eligible to receive certain disaster assitance, to include: (1) broadcasting facilities within the definition of a "private nonprofit facility" that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and (2) broadcast and telecommunications communications within the definition of "critical services" provided by such a facility.
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Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] · D–AK
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 553.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-250.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. With written report No. 113-250.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
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