S. 1664 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to state and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property. | PoliFocus

S. 166497th Congress

A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to state and local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property.

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Government Operations and Politics

Summary

Directs any organization or agency within the Department of Defense to make any excess property available to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) before making such property available to any other organization outside the Department. States that any transfer of such property to the FEMA requires no reimbursement.

Amends the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Administrator of the FEMA to loan any property obtained from any Federal agency to State and local governments for civil defense purposes.

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H.R. 436A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to allow supplies under the control of departments and agencies within the Department of Defense to be transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as if it were within the Department of Defense and to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to loan to State and Local governments property transferred to such agency from other Federal agencies as excess property.
1981-02-02Referred to Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.
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Legislative Actions

1981-09-25
Introduced in Senate
1981-09-25
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
1982-02-02
Referred jointly to the Committees on Armed Services; Governmental Affairs by unanimous consent.
1982-03-09
Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from White House.
1982-06-09
Committee on Governmental Affairs received executive comment from White House.

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