S. 3585: Ensuring Defense Support to Catastrophic Incident Response Act of 2008
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S. 3585: Ensuring Defense Support to Catastrophic Incident Response Act of 2008
110th Congress · introduced 2008-09-25 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2008-09-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Ensuring Defense Support to Catastrophic Incident Response Act of 2008
Plain summary
Ensuring Defense Support to Catastrophic Incident Response Act of 2008 - Directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to undertake civil support operations in response to catastrophic incidents in the United States. Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense to develop comprehensive plans for such operations, including strategies for the use of the Armed Forces (including the National Guard and Reserve) and civilian personnel and contractors of DOD; (2) the annual DOD budget to include a separate funding request for carrying out such operations; and (3) the first national security strategy and national defense strategy prepared after the enactment of this Act to include, among other things, DOD roles and responsibilities in responding to catastrophic incidents.
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Official text
Ensuring Defense Support to Catastrophic Incident Response Act of 2008
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · 1 cosponsors
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Susan M. Collins (R-ME)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s3585.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s3585 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110