H.R.5498: WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 111th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about emergency management
  • Introduced June 10, 2010
  • Latest Major Action Dec. 22, 2010

Bill Summary

WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010 - Title I: Intelligence Matters - (Sec. 101) Requires the Director of National Intelligence to develop, implement, and report to Congress regarding: (1) a National Intelligence Strategy for Countering the Threat from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD); and (2) a National Intelligence Strategy for Countering Biological Threats. Title II: Homeland Security Matters - (Sec. 201) Amends the Homeland...

(Source: Library of Congress)

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The Congressional Budget Office has produced a cost estimate for H.R.5498.

Bill Actions

Date Description
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to House Homeland Security
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Referred to House Agriculture
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Referred to House Foreign Affairs
Referred to House Intelligence
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 0.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology Discharged.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 111-659, Part I.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Transportation discharged.
Committee on Foreign Affairs discharged.
Committee on Intelligence (Permanent) discharged.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 3, 2010.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 17, 2010.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 21, 2010.
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 22, 2010.
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 411.
June 10, 2010

Introduced in the House by Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)

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