H.R. 6288 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6288 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2020Mr. 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responsibly Responding to Pandemics Act. 2. Inclusion of public health emergency in definition of major disaster Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122) is amended by inserting any public health emergency (including any pandemic or virus threat), after drought),.