Legislation to Create a National Disaster Review Board

[Mike Smith]

I can't find an official copy of Rep. Sorensen's bill but based on media coverage, I see two issues:

1. The most important is that it appears the Board will only be able to demand info from some federal agencies and no state or local agencies. If correct, this is a major shortcoming. Much of the response to disasters is local.
2. It appears the Board will be located in D.C. If so, it will be wall-to-wall lobbyists and, worse, the people of D.C. are political junkies and don't care about disasters unless there is a political angle to them. It believe the Board will be much more effective if it is located outside of Washington.

If anyone can find a link to the actual bill, please post it. Thank you.

 

[Darren LaKous]

It looks like the Congress.gov website runs about a day behind when it comes to introduced legislation. The bill should show up here tomorrow, along with its committee referral.

119th Congress, Introduced Bills