In their last day before taking a week off for the 4th
of July the House and Senate introduced 81 bills. Two of those bills may be of
specific interest to readers of this blog:
S 2534 Latest Title: An original
bill making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen
Landrieu, Mary L. (D,LA)
S 2547 Latest Title: A bill to
establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and
Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's National Advisory Council to provide recommendations on
emergency responder training and resources relating to hazardous materials
incidents involving railroads, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen
Heitkamp, Heidi (D,ND)
As is usual I will expect that the report accompanying the
DHS spending bill to be more interesting than the bill itself. The Senate will
pass it’s bill and the House theirs and then the Conference Committee will work
out the differences. Most of the ‘requirements’ in the report however will
stand.
It is interesting that Heitkamp’s advisory committee will
actually only be a subcommittee of an already existing AC. I’m looking forward
to seeing what requirements are laid upon that subcommittee.
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