H.R. 5859Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act

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Sponsor: Michael T. McCaul [R-TX-10]
Cosponsors: 29 · 23 Republicans · 6 Democrats
Policy area: Emergency Management
Committees: Homeland Security Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Latest action: Sep 22, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

IntroducedJul 14, 2016
Passed the HouseSep 21, 2016
Passed the SenateNot yet reached
Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
Became lawNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 9, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out a grant program for emergency response providers to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the most likely terrorist attack scenarios, including active shooters against major metropolitan areas.

DHS shall provide to eligible applicants: (1) unclassified information on such scenarios, and (2) information on training and exercises best practices. Recipients may use grants to conduct training and exercises consistent with preventing, preparing for, and responding to such scenarios.

Emergency response providers in jurisdictions that are currently receiving, or that previously received, funding under the Urban Area Security Initiative may apply for such a grant.

Eligible applicants receiving funding under the program may include in funded activities neighboring jurisdictions that would be likely to provide mutual aid in response to terrorist attack scenarios.

Grant applications must include a description of how the applicant will work with community partners such as schools, places of worship, and businesses when conducting permitted activities.

DHS shall make funds provided under this bill available for use by a grant recipient for a period of at least 24 months.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5859 as passed House amended on Sep 21, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 537

House Sep 21, 2016

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Community Counter-terrorism Preparedness Act

Passed · Two-thirds required

395 Yea 30 Nay 6 not voting

Crossed both parties 30 of 425 voting members broke with their own party: 30 Republicans.

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All members431 members

Democratic186 members

Republican245 members

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Cosponsors29 · 23 Republicans · 6 Democrats

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5859 and vote against it. 25 signed when it was filed.

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H.R. 5859Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 537

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors29 · 23 Republicans · 6 Democrats

H.R. 5859Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 537

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

How the chamber split

Cosponsors29 · 23 Republicans · 6 Democrats

Who lobbied on H.R. 58593 organizations

Who lobbied on H.R. 58593 organizations