,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #db  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of    
,,representatives  ,january #c1         
#bjai,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,homeland ,security1 for a
 period to be subsequently determined by
 the ,speaker1 in each case for         
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the ,secretary of ,homeland     
,security to submit a study on the      
circumstances which may impact the      
effectiveness and availability of first 
responders before1 during1 or after a   
terrorist threat or event1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,first ,responder   
,identification of ,emergency ,needs in 
,disaster ,situations or the ,,friends  
,act4  #b4 ,circumstances which may     
impact first responders during a        

terrorist event  7a7 ,in general ,not   
later than one year after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the ,committees 
on ,homeland ,security and              
,transportation and ,infrastructure of  
the ,house of ,representatives and the  
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate a 
report that describes select ,state and 
local programs and policies1 as         
appropriate1 related to the preparedness
 and protection of first responders4    
,the report may include information on--
  7#a7 the degree to which such programs
 and policies include consideration of  
the presence of a first responder's     
family in an area impacted by a         
terrorist attack2  7#b7 the availability
 of personal protective equipment for   
first responders2  7#c7 the availability
 of home ,medkits for first responders  
and their families for biological       
incident response2 and  7#d7 other      

related factors4  7b7 ,context ,in      
preparing the report required under     
subsection 7a71 the ,comptroller        
,general of the ,united ,states may1 as 
appropriate1 provide information-- 7#a7 
in a format that delineates high risk   
urban areas from rural communities2 and 
7#b7 on the degree to which the selected
 ,state and local programs and policies 
included in such report were developed  
or are being executed with funding from 
the ,department of ,homeland ,security1 
including grant funding from the ,state 
,homeland ,security ,grant ,program or  
the ,urban ,area ,security ,initiative  
under sections #bjjb and #bjjc1         
respectively1 of the ,homeland ,security
 ,act of #bjjb 7#f ,u4,s4,c4 #fjc and   
#fjd74  7c7 ,homeland security          
consideration ,after issuance of the    
report required under subsection 7a71   
the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security   
shall consider such report's findings   
and assess its applicability for        
,federal first responders4