Senate committee passes reform Act
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act authored by Chairman Susan
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act authored by Chairman Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.). 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.