,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cjcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #g1 #bjah
 ,ms4 ,harris 7for herself1 ,mr4        
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,nelson1 ,mrs4        
,gillibrand1 ,ms4 ,warren1 ,mr4 ,markey1
 ,mr4 ,menendez1 and ,mr4 ,carper7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require a study and report on matters   
concerning best practices in mortality  
counts as a result of a major disaster4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,counting ,our ,unexpected      
,natural ,tragedies' ,victims ,act of   
#bjah or the ,,count ,victims ,act4  #b4
 ,study and report  7a7 ,in general ,not
 later than ,september #cj1 #bjah1 the  
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency shall    
enter into a contract with the ,national
 ,academy of ,medicine to conduct a     
study and prepare a report as described 

in subsection 7b74  7b7 ,study and      
report  7#a7 ,study  7,a7 ,in general   
,the study described in this subsection 
shall be a study of matters concerning  
best practices in mortality counts as a 
result of a major disaster 7as defined  
in section #ajb of the ,robert ,t4      
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eabb774  7,b7 ,contents ,the 
study described in this subsection shall
 address approaches to quantifying      
mortality and significant morbidity     
among populations affected by major     
disasters1 which shall include best     
practices and policy recommendations    
for--  7i7 equitable and timely         
attribution1 in order to facilitate     
access to available benefits1 among     
other things2  7ii7 timely prospective  
tracking of population levels of        
mortality and significant morbidity1 and
 their causes1 in order to continuously 
inform response efforts2 and  7iii7     
retrospective study of disaster-related 

mortality and significant morbidity to  
inform after-action analysis and improve
 subsequent preparedness efforts4  7#b7 
,report ,not later than #b years after  
the date on which the contract described
 in subsection 7a7 is entered into1 the 
,national ,academy of ,medicine shall   
complete and transmit to the            
,administrator of the ,federal          
,emergency ,management ,agency a report 
on the study described in paragraph     
7#a74  7c7 ,authorization of            
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this       
section #b1jjj1jjj for fiscal years     
#bjah through #bjbj4