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(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on December 7, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to: (1) continue to administer the National Urban Search and Rescue Response System; (2) provide for a national network of standardized search and rescue resources to assist states and local governments in responding to hazards; (3) designate urban search and rescue teams to participate in the system, determine participation criteria, and enter into an agreement with the state or local government agency sponsoring each team with respect to such participation; and (4) maintain management and technical teams necessary to administer the system.
FEMA may appoint a system member for a period of federal service to provide for the participation of such member in exercises, pre-incident staging, major disaster and emergency response activities, and training events sponsored or sanctioned by FEMA.
FEMA shall enter into: (1) an annual preparedness cooperative agreement under which amounts shall be made available to a sponsoring agency for training and exercises, acquisition and maintenance of equipment, and medical monitoring required for responder safety and health; and (2) a response cooperative agreement under which FEMA shall reimburse a sponsoring agency for costs incurred in responding to a major disaster or emergency.
FEMA shall submit a report on the development of a plan to finance, maintain, and replace system equipment.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 2971 as public Law on Dec 16, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Dec 7, 2016
National Urban Search and Rescue Response System Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
405 Yea 7 Nay 21 not voting
Crossed both parties 7 of 412 voting members broke with their own party: 7 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 2971 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S. 2971 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
11 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.