H.R. 2647: Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013
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H.R. 2647: Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013
113th Congress · introduced 2013-07-10 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2013-07-10 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013
Plain summary
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include public broadcasting facilities within the definition of a "private nonprofit facility" that provides essential services of a governmental nature to the general public, and to include broadcast and telecommunications within the definition of "critical services" provided by such a facility, for purposes of eligibility for certain disaster assistance. Makes this Act applicable to a major disaster declared by the President under such Act on or after October 28, 2012.
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Official text
Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2013
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26] · 17 cosponsors
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Tom Cole (R-OK), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Lois Frankel (D-FL)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2647.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>
Record fed-us-cong113-hr2647 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113