FRAME Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5310 To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Defense to prescribe regulations to allow emergency response providers to use mobile commissaries or exchange stores deployed to an area covered by a declaration of a major disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 5, 2019 Mr. WALTZ (for himself and Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to direct the Sec- retary of Defense to prescribe regulations to allow emer- gency response providers to use mobile commissaries or exchange stores deployed to an area covered by a declara- tion of a major disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘First Responder Ac- 4 cess to Mobile Exchanges Act’’ or ‘‘FRAME Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:58 Dec 11, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5310.IH H5310 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 5310 IH SEC. 2. USE BY EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS OF MO- 1 BILE COMMISSARIES OR EXCHANGE STORES 2 DEPLOYED TO AREAS COVERED BY A DEC- 3 LARATION OF MAJOR DISASTER OR EMER- 4 GENCY. 5 Section 1146 of title 10, United States Code, is 6 amended by adding at the end the following new sub- 7 section: 8 ‘‘(d) EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROVIDERS DURING A 9 DECLARED MAJOR DISASTER OR EMERGENCY.—The Sec- 10 retary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to allow an 11 emergency response provider (as that term is defined in 12 section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public 13 Law 107–296; 6 U.S.C. 101)) to use a mobile commissary 14 or exchange store deployed to an area covered by a dec- 15 laration of a major disaster or emergency under section 16 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- 17 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170).’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:58 Dec 11, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5310.IH H5310 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with BILLS