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111TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 645

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency
centers on military installations.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 22, 2009
Mr. HASTINGS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to
the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish
national emergency centers on military installations.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘National Emergency
5 Centers Establishment Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTERS.
8 (a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the requirements
of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security
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1 shall establish not fewer than 6 national emergency centers
on military installations.
3 (b) PURPOSE OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY CEN4
TERS.—The purpose of a national emergency center shall
5 be to use existing infrastructure—
6 (1) to provide temporary housing, medical, and
7 humanitarian assistance to individuals and families
8 dislocated due to an emergency or major disaster;
9 (2) to provide centralized locations for the purposes
of training and ensuring the coordination of
11 Federal, State, and local first responders;
12 (3) to provide centralized locations to improve
13 the coordination of preparedness, response, and recovery
efforts of government, private, and not-for
profit entities and faith-based organizations; and
16 (4) to meet other appropriate needs, as determined
by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
18 SEC. 3. DESIGNATION OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AS
NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTERS.
20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the
21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
land Security, in consultation with the Secretary of
Defense, shall designate not fewer than 6 military installations
as sites for the establishment of national emergency
centers.
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(b) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.—A site designated as
a national emergency center shall be—
(1) capable of meeting for an extended period
of time the housing, health, transportation,
education, public works, humanitarian and other
transition needs of a large number of individuals affected
by an emergency or major disaster;
(2) environmentally safe and shall not pose a
health risk to individuals who may use the center;
(3) capable of being scaled up or down to
accommodate major disaster preparedness and
response drills, operations, and procedures;
(4) capable of housing existing permanent
structures necessary to meet training and first
responders coordination requirements during
non disaster periods;
(5) capable of hosting the infrastructure
necessary to rapidly adjust to temporary housing,
medical, and humanitarian assistance needs;
(6) required to consist of a complete operations
command center, including 2 state-of-the art
command and control centers that will comprise a 24/7
operations watch center as follows: (A) one of the command and control
centers shall be in full ready mode; and
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(B) the other shall be used daily for training;
and
(7) easily accessible at all times and be able to
facilitate handicapped and medical facilities, including
during an emergency or major disaster.
(c) LOCATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY CENTERS.
There shall be established not fewer than one
national emergency center in each of the following areas:
(1) The area consisting of Federal Emergency
Management Agency Regions I, II, and III.
(2) The area consisting of Federal Emergency
Management Agency Region IV.
(3) The area consisting of Federal Emergency
Management Agency Regions V and VII.
(4) The area consisting of Federal Emergency
Management Agency Region VI.
(5) The area consisting of Federal Emergency
Management Agency Regions VIII and X.
(6) The area consisting of Federal Emergency
Management Agency Region IX.
(d) PREFERENCE FOR DESIGNATION OF CLOSED
MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—Wherever possible, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of Defense, shall designate a closed military
instalation as a site for a national emergency center. If the
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Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense jointly
determine that there is not a sufficient number of closed
military installations that meet the requirements of sub
sections (b) and (c), the Secretaries shall jointly designate
portions of existing military installations other than closed
military installations as national emergency centers.
(e) TRANSFER OF CONTROL OF CLOSED MILITARY
INSTALLATIONS.—If a closed military installation is
designated as a national emergency center, not later than 180
days after the date of designation, the Secretary of
Defense shall transfer to the Secretary of Homeland Security
administrative jurisdiction over such closed military installation.
(f) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR JOINT USE OF
EXISTING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.—If an existing
military installation other than a closed military installation
is designated as a national emergency center, not
later than 180 days after the date of designation, the
Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense
shall enter into a cooperative agreement to provide for the
establishment of the national emergency center.
(g) REPORTS.—
(1) PRELIMINARY REPORT.—Not later than 90
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting jointly with
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the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress
a report that contains for each designated site—
(A) an outline of the reasons why the site
was selected;
(B) an outline of the need to construct, re6
pair, or update any existing infrastructure at
the site;
(C) an outline of the need to conduct any

necessary environmental clean-up at the site;
(D) an outline of preliminary plans for the
transfer of control of the site from the Sec
Secretary of Defense to the Secretary of Homeland
Security, if necessary under subsection (e); and
(E) an outline of preliminary plans for
entering into a cooperative agreement for the
establishment of a national emergency center at
the site, if necessary under subsection (f).
(2) UPDATE REPORT.—Not later than 120 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting jointly with the
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a
report that contains for each designated site—
(A) an update on the information
contained in the report as required by paragraph
(1);
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(B) an outline of the progress made
toward the transfer of control of the site, if
necessary under subsection (e);
(C) an outline of the progress made toward
entering a cooperative agreement for the
establishment of a national emergency center at the
site, if necessary under subsection (f); and
(D) recommendations regarding any
authorizations and appropriations that may be
necessary to provide for the establishment of a
national emergency center at the site.
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, acting jointly with the
Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a
report that contains for each designated site—
(A) finalized information detailing the

transfer of control of the site, if necessary
under subsection (e);
(B) the finalized cooperative agreement for
the establishment of a national emergency
center at the site, if necessary under subsection (f);
and
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(C) any additional information pertinent to
the establishment of a national emergency
center at the site.
(4) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—The Secretary of
Homeland Security, acting jointly with the Secretary
of Defense, may submit to Congress additional
reports as necessary to provide updates on steps being
taken to meet the requirements of this Act.
SEC. 4. LIMITATIONS ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
This Act does not affect—
(1) the authority of the Federal Government to
provide emergency or major disaster assistance or to
implement any disaster mitigation and response
program, including any program authorized by the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); or
(2) the authority of a State or local government
to respond to an emergency.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There is authorized to be appropriated $180,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010 to carry out this
Act. Such funds shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act, the following definitions apply:
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1 (1) CLOSED MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The
2 term ‘‘closed military installation’’ means a military
3 installation, or portion thereof, approved for closure
4 or realignment under the Defense Base Closure and
5 Realignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of
6 Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note) that
7 meet all, or 2 out of the 3 following requirements:
8 (A) Is located in close proximity to a
9 transportation corridor.
10 (B) Is located in a State with a high level
11 or threat of disaster related activities.
12 (C) Is located near a major metropolitan
13 center.
14 (2) EMERGENCY.—The term ‘‘emergency’’ has
15 the meaning given such term in section 102 of the
16 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
17 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
18 (3) MAJOR DISASTER.—The term ‘‘major
disaster’’ has the meaning given such term in section
20 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
21 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122).
22 (4) MILITARY INSTALLATION.—The term
"military installation’’ has the meaning given such term
24 in section 2910 of the Defense Base Closure and Re-
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1 alignment Act of 1990 (part A of title XXIX of
2 Public Law 101–510; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
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Why do we need these places? This is what Hitler did. He set up "education camps" also.

Wake up America. TheGerman people never thought it could happen to them either.