I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6288 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 13, 2020 Mr. 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), .