Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act, Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act, Disaster Assistance Simplification Act, and other legislation

342 Dirksen
Wed, 03 Aug 2022 14:00:00 GMT

Business meeting to consider the following:

  • H.R.3508, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 39 West Main Street, in Honeoye Falls, New York, as the CW4 Christian J. Koch Memorial Post Office.
  • H.R.3544, COVS Act
  • H.R.370, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Technical Corrections Act of 2021
  • H.R.3709, Preliminary Damage Assessment Improvement Act of 2021
  • H.R.521, First Responder Fair RETIRE Act
  • H.R.5271, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2245 Rosa L Parks Boulevard in Nashville, Tennessee, as the Thelma Harper Post Office Building.
  • H.R.5615, Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Act
  • H.R.5641, SPEED Recovery Act
  • H.R.5809, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1801 Town and Country Drive in Norco, California, as the Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui Memorial Post Office Building.
  • H.R.5900, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2016 East 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the Marine Corps Reserve PVT Jacob Cruz Post Office.
  • H.R.6386, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 West Schaumburg Road in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Memorial Post Office Building.
  • H.R.6614, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4744 Grand River Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, as the Rosa Louise McCauley Parks Post Office Building.
  • H.R.6825, Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022
  • H.R.700, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 303 East Mississippi Avenue in Elwood, Illinois, as the Lawrence M. Larry Walsh Sr. Post Office.
  • H.R.7077, Empowering the U.S. Fire Administration Act
  • H.R.91, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 810 South Pendleton Street in Easley, South Carolina, as the Private First Class Barrett Lyle Austin Post Office Building.
  • H.R.92, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 Johnson Street in Pickens, South Carolina, as the Specialist Four Charles Johnson Post Office.
  • PN1352, Kendra Davis Briggs — The Judiciary
  • PN1474, Errol Rajesh Arthur — The Judiciary
  • PN1476, Carl Ezekiel Ross — The Judiciary
  • S.1877, Hazard Eligibility and Local Projects Act
  • S.4326, Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Stipend Act
  • S.4337, Military Spouse Employment Act
  • S.4460, END FENTANYL Act
  • S.4465, Offices of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction and Health Security Act of 2022
  • S.4477, Eliminate Useless Reports Act of 2022
  • S.4488, Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act of 2022
  • S.4516, Combating Obstructive National Security Underreporting of Legitimate Threats (CONSULT) Act of 2022
  • S.4552, Extension of Authority to Acquire Innovative Commercial Items Act of 2022
  • S.4553, Extension of Department of Homeland Security Other Transaction Authority Act of 2022
  • S.4572, Non-Intrusive Inspection Expansion Act
  • S.4577, Clear and Concise Content Act of 2022
  • S.4592, Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act
  • S.4599, Disaster Assistance Simplification Act
  • S.4611, A bill to improve services for trafficking victims by establishing, in Homeland Security Investigations, the Investigators Maintain Purposeful Awareness to Combat Trafficking Trauma Program and the Victim Assistance Program.
  • S.4623, A bill to advance Government innovation through leading-edge procurement capability, and for other purposes.

The Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act, cosponsored by Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), would establish an interagency committee on global catastrophic risk, including “severe global pandemics, nuclear war, asteroid and comet impacts, supervolcanoes, sudden and severe changes to the climate, and intentional or accidental threats arising from the use and development of emerging technologies.”