US HB5775 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on September 27 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-09-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 27 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-09-28 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To ensure greater equity in Federal disaster assistance policies and programs by authorizing an equity steering group and equity advisor within the Federal Emergency Management Agency, improving data collection to measure disparate outcomes and participation barriers, requiring equity criteria to be applied to policies and programs, and for other purposes.
Title
Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS] | Rep. Delia Ramirez [D-IL] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY] |
| Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] | Rep. Al Green [D-TX] | Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY] | Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY] |
| Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ] | Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA] | Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA] | Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV] |
| Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ] | Rep. Troy Carter [D-LA] | Rep. Robert Garcia [D-CA] | Rep. Jared Moskowitz [D-FL] |
| Rep. Shri Thanedar [D-MI] | Rep. Daniel Goldman [D-NY] | Rep. Timothy Kennedy [D-NY] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-28 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. |
| 2023-09-27 | House | Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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. |
| 2023-09-27 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2961 (Related) 2023-09-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5775/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr5775/BILLS-118hr5775ih.pdf |
