Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act

Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act

This bill includes a public health emergency, such as a pandemic or virus threat, within the definition of major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6288 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6288

     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to include a public health emergency in the definition 
              of a major disaster, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 2020

 Mr. Richmond introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
 Assistance Act to include a public health emergency in the definition 
              of a major disaster, 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 ``Responsibly Responding to Pandemics 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN DEFINITION OF MAJOR 
              DISASTER.

    Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended by inserting ``any 
public health emergency (including any pandemic or virus threat),'' 
after ``drought),''.
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