Senate committee passes Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act
has approved the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act authored by Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT).
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act authored by Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT). The bill will implement recommendations from the committee’s Hurricane Katrina report, which include reconstituting FEMA, improving emergency staffing and facilitating better communications and interoperability capabilities among emergency responders.