Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 116th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6288 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6288 To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include a public health emergency in the definition of a major disaster, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2020 Mr. Richmond introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include a public health emergency in the definition of a major disaster, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act''. SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY IN DEFINITION OF MAJOR DISASTER. Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assi…