Outreach to People With Disabilities During Emergencies Act

Outreach to People With Disabilities During Emergencies Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through the Disability Coordinator, in order to enhance domestic preparedness for a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, to provide guidance to and coordinate with appropriate individuals, officials, and organizations for outreach to people with disabilities during such an event.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5806 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5806

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator 
  of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide guidance and 
     coordination for outreach to people with disabilities during 
                  emergencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2012

Ms. Richardson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
    Committee on Homeland Security, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Administrator 
  of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide guidance and 
     coordination for outreach to people with disabilities during 
                  emergencies, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Outreach to People With Disabilities 
During Emergencies Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE AND COORDINATION FOR OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WITH 
              DISABILITIES DURING EMERGENCIES.

    (a) In General.--Title V of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 
U.S.C. 311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

``SEC. 526. GUIDANCE AND COORDINATION FOR OUTREACH TO PEOPLE WITH 
              DISABILITIES DURING EMERGENCIES.

    ``To enhance domestic preparedness for and collective response to 
terrorism and other incidents, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall provide guidance to and coordinate 
with appropriate individuals, officials, and organizations to implement 
plans for outreach to people with disabilities during a terrorist or 
other incident.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(b)) is amended by 
adding after the item relating to section 525 the following new item:

``Sec. 526. Guidance and coordination for outreach to people with 
                            disabilities during emergencies.''.
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