UPDATE: H.R.1261 – National Landslide Preparedness Act

LATEST ACTION: June 4, 2019 - Received in the Senate.

BILL TITLE: National Landslide Preparedness Act

BILL SUMMARY:

National Landslide Preparedness Act

This bill directs the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to establish a National Landslide Hazards Reduction Program to identify and understand landslide hazards and risks, reduce losses from landslides, protect communities at risk of landslide hazards, and help improve communication and emergency preparedness.

The USGS shall, among other things

-- develop and publish a national strategy for landslide hazards, risk reduction, and response in the United States (including territories);

-- develop and maintain a publicly accessible national landslide hazard and risk inventory database;

-- expand the early warning system for debris flow; and

-- establish emergency response procedures for the rapid deployment of federal scientists, equipment, and services to areas impacted by a significant landslide event.

The USGS may provide grants to research, map, assess, and collect data on landslide hazards.

The National Science Foundation may provide grants to eligible entities for landslide research.

The USGS (1) shall establish the 3D Elevation Program and the 3D Elevation Federal Interagency Coordinating Committee, and (2) may make grants and enter into cooperative agreements to facilitate the improvement of nationwide coverage of 3D elevation data.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on June 5, 2019.]

BILL NUMBER: 116th Congress: House Bill 1261 (H.R.1261)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. Senate

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.1261, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1261

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1261/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

06/04/2019 -- Senate -- Received in the Senate.

06/03/2019 -- House -- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

06/03/2019 -- House -- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4198-4200)

06/03/2019 -- House -- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1261.

06/03/2019 -- House -- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4198-4201)

06/03/2019 -- House -- Mr. Case moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

06/03/2019 -- House -- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.

06/03/2019 -- House -- Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.

06/03/2019 -- House -- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-99, Part I.

05/01/2019 -- House -- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.

05/01/2019 -- House -- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

05/01/2019 -- House -- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged.

03/07/2019 -- House -- Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

02/14/2019 -- House -- Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

02/14/2019 -- House -- Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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.

02/14/2019 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of June 4, 2019. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1261/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]

-- Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]

-- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]

-- Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10]

-- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]

COMMITTEES: House Science, Space, and Technology Committee; House Natural Resources Committee.

SUBJECTS: Advisory bodies, American Samoa, Caribbean area, Congressional oversight, Department of the Interior, Disaster relief and insurance, Earth sciences, Emergency planning and evacuation, Executive agency funding and structure, Fires, Floods and storm protection, Forests, forestry, trees, Geography and mapping, Government information and archives, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and protectorates, Virgin Islands.