US Congress Senate Bill 3658 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on May 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-12-14 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes an Office of Equal Rights and Community Inclusion (OERCI) within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). OERCI shall be responsible for improving underserved community access to disaster assistance and improving the quality of assistance such communities receive; eliminating racial, ethnic, and other underserved community disparities in the delivery of various preparedness, response, and recovery assistance; and carrying out such other responsibilities of the previous Office of Equal Rights as in effect on the day before the enactment of this bill as determined appropriate by FEMA. The bill defines underserved community to mean an historically disadvantaged community, including the Native American, African-American, Hispanic, Pacific Islander, Middle Eastern and North African, and rural communities. OERCI may award specified grants and enter into memoranda of understanding with state, local, tribal, and territorial government agencies. It shall develop measures to evaluate the effectiveness of its activities aimed at reducing disparities in preparedness, response, and recovery. During the period of time for which there is a major disaster or emergency declared by the President with respect to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), OERCI shall regularly consult with state, local, territorial, and tribal government officials and community-based organizations from underserved communities that it identifies as disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in Disaster Response, Recovery, and Resilience Act of 2020

Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]

Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]

Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-14	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 619.
2020-12-14	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-316.
2020-07-22	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2020-05-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3658/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3658/BILLS-116s3658is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s3658/BILLS-116s3658rs.pdf