US Congress House Bill 2227 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-2-1)
Status: Introduced on May 1 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

STRONG Act Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act Requires the Office of Science and Technology Policy, with input from the Department of Homeland Security, to establish and chair an interagency working group with cabinet-level representation from all relevant federal agencies in order to: (1) provide a strategic vision of extreme weather resilience; (2) conduct a gap and overlap analysis of current and planned federal activities related to achieving short- and long-term resilience to extreme weather and its impacts on the United States, such as flooding and drought; and (3) develop a National Extreme Weather Resilience Action Plan. Requires the Plan to include the establishment of an online, publicly available information portal to be used by federal agencies and other stakeholders that directs users to key data and tools to inform resilience-enhancing efforts and to build off and complement existing federal efforts. Provides for a coordinating entity to establish and maintain such portal. Requires such coordinating entity to coordinate the implementation of the Plan and to track its progress. Requires the submission of specified reports.

STRONG Act Strengthening The Resiliency of Our Nation on the Ground Act

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Elise Stefanik [R-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2015-05-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
2015-05-01	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2015-05-01	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2227/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2227/BILLS-114hr2227ih.pdf