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House Bill 1049
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Department of Defense Emergency Response Capabilities Database Enhancement Act of 2017
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H. R. 1049 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1049


To enhance the database of emergency response capabilities of the Department of Defense.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 14, 2017

Mr. Langevin (for himself, Mr. Coffman, Mr. LoBiondo, and Mrs. Davis of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To enhance the database of emergency response capabilities of the Department of Defense.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Department of Defense Emergency Response Capabilities Database Enhancement Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Enhancement of database of emergency response capabilities of the Department of Defense.

(a) Deadline for implementation of database.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1406 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109–364; 120 Stat. 2436; 10 U.S.C. 113 note) is amended by striking “The Secretary of Defense shall maintain” and inserting the following:

“(a) In general.—Commencing not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Department of Defense Emergency Response Capabilities Database Enhancement Act of 2017, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and maintain”.

(2) USE OF EXISTING DATABASE OR SYSTEM.—The Secretary of Defense may meet the requirement in the amendment made by paragraph (1) through use or modification of a current database or tracking system of the Department of Defense if the Secretary determines that such action will—

(A) expedite compliance with the requirement in that amendment; and

(B) achieve such compliance at a cost not greater than the cost of establishing anew the database covered by the requirement in that amendment.

(b) Information required in database.—Subsection (a) of such section, as designated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking “each State's National Guard, as reported by the States” and inserting “the National Guard of each State and Territory, as reported by the States and Territories”; and

(B) by striking “home States” and inserting “home States and Territories”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

“(3) Cyber capabilities of the National Guard that are identified by the Department as important to national security and for response to domestic natural or manmade disasters.

“(4) Cyber capabilities of the other reserve components of the Armed Forces that are identified by the Department as important to national security.”.

(c) Information required To keep database current.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(b) Information required To keep database current.—In implementing and maintaining the database required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall identify and revise the information required to be included in the database at least once every two years for purposes of keeping the database current.”.