Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Providing Our Law Enforcement with Adequate Resources for a Response Act” or the “POLAR Response Act”.
Providing Our Law Enforcement with Adequate Resources for a Response Act
A BILL
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for a definition of disaster-related emergency for purposes of the Department of Defense excess personal property program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Definition of disaster-related emergency under Department of Defense excess personal property program
Definition of disaster-Related emergency— Subsection (g) of section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
in the subsection heading, by striking “Controlled property” and inserting “Definitions”;
by striking “In this section,” and inserting “In this section:”;
by redesignating the text beginning with “the term” and ending with “document.” as paragraph (1) and adjusting the margins accordingly;
in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, by striking “the term” and inserting “The term”; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(2) The term “disaster-related emergency” means any event with respect to which the President declares an emergency or major disaster pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).”
Inclusion of polar vortex in definition of major disaster— Section 102(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122(2)) is amended by inserting “, polar vortex” after “mudslide”.