Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA) 3


Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (PKEMRA) 3 :

Title VI of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007, Pub. L. 109-295, 120 Stat. 1355 (2006). The PKEMRA "clarified and modified the Homeland Security Act with respect to the organizational structure, authorities, and responsibilities of FEMA and the FEMA Administrator. In addition to these modifications, PKEMRA made changes - some appearing in the Homeland Security Act and the Stafford Act - directing FEMA, among other things, to: (1) Establish a Disability Coordinator and develop guidelines to accommodate individuals with disabilities; (2) Add disability and English proficiency to the list of provisions requiring nondiscrimination in relief and assistance activities; (3) Establish the National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System to reunify separated family members and assist in establishing the National Emergency Child Locator Center to locate missing children after a major disaster or emergency; (4) Coordinate and support precautionary evacuations and recovery efforts; (5) Provide transportation assistance for relocating and returning individuals displaced from their residences in a major disaster; (6) Provide rescue, care, shelter, and essential needs assistance to individuals with household pets and service animals as well as to such pets and animals; (7) Provide case management assistance to identify and address unmet needs of victims of major disasters;: (8) Note: Federal agencies shall not: deny or impede access to the disaster site to an essential service provider whose access is necessary to restore and repair an essential service; or impede the restoration or repair of essential services, to include telecommunications service, electrical power, natural gas, water and sewer services, or any other essential service, as determined by the President; and (9) Receive input from a National Advisory Council, including State and private sector members, about the development and revision of the National Response Framework and other related plans or strategies". (DHS, National Response Framework List of Authorities and References (Draft), September 10, 2007, p. 4). Note: See: References section for URL for the Post Katrina Act

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