H.R. 5620: To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funding assistance to State training centers certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as capable of providing emergency response training.

H.R. 5620: To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funding assistance to State training centers certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as capable of providing emergency response training.

112th Congress · introduced 2012-05-08 · Armed Forces and National Security · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.

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Where it came from: introduced 2012-05-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funding assistance to State training centers certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as capable of providing emergency response training.

Plain summary

Authorizes the Secretary of Defense (DOD), with respect to the training of National Guard units and federal agencies performing homeland defense activities, to provide funding assistance through a special military cooperative agreement for the operation and maintenance of any state training center certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as capable of providing emergency response training. Requires merit-based or competitive selection procedures to be used in the use of funds for such purpose.

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To authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide funding assistance to State training centers certified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as capable of providing emergency response training.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] · 0 cosponsors

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr5620.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr5620 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112