A bill to amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees.

II Calendar No. 159 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1521 [Report No. 116–60] To amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- gency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 16, 2019 Mr. HAWLEY (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, and Ms. HAS- SAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs JULY 22, 2019 Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment A BILL To amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that Na- tional Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Federal employees. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1521.RS S1521 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1521 RS SECTION 1. FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND NATIONAL URBAN 1 SEARCH AND RESCUE RESPONSE SYSTEM 2 TASK FORCES. 3 Section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 4 and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5165f) is 5 amended by adding at the end the following: 6 ‘‘(p) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—Nothing in this section 7 shall be construed to mean that a task force may not in- 8 clude Federal employees. In the case of a Federal em- 9 ployee detailed to a task force, the sponsoring agency shall 10 enter into an agreement with the relevant employing Fed- 11 eral agency.’’. 12 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1521.RS S1521 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1521.RS S1521 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 159 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1521 [Report No. 116–60] A BILL To amend section 327 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to clarify that National Urban Search and Rescue Response System task forces may include Fed- eral employees. JULY 22, 2019 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:44 Jul 22, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1521.RS S1521 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS