CTWG: HR 1178 - CAP and Homeland Security

Presently in Senate committee, HR 1178 is intended to expand CAPs ability to work with Homeland Security.

The bill was introduced by US Repreentative Charles Dent (PA). The bill requests an assesment of CAPs capabilies to support Homeland Security inititaves, assist in protecting our borders and critical infrastructure. This includes aerial surveilance, damage assesment, training services and becoming a critical part of a collective response to disasters, search and rescue operations and evacuations.

Previously, this bill was referred to as HR1333.

We at CTWG PA will keep our eye on it, however if you would like to track it too, go here: http://govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1178