Free Market and Taxpayer Groups to Congress: Support the Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness (PREPARE) Act of 2015

A statement from several free-market and taxpayer organizations urging the U.S. Congress to support the Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness (PREPARE) Act of 2015 to improve federal disaster response and reduce waste.

• Free-market and taxpayer groups advocate for the PREPARE Act of 2015 to streamline federal processes and coordinate agency responses to extreme weather, arguing that such measures will prevent the waste of taxpayer funds during natural disasters.
• The document cites significant human and financial costs of natural catastrophes, noting that from 1988 to 2013, the National Weather Service estimated all hazard damages totaled $461.8 billion, with an annual average of $26.2 billion. In 2011 alone, there were 242 disaster declarations, 1,096 deaths, and $23.9 billion in damage.
• The PREPARE Act proposes several mechanisms to improve disaster management: establishing an interagency council to set federal resilience and risk management goals, providing recommendations and resources to state, local, and tribal governments, addressing the 2013 Government Accountability Office (GAO) High Risk report, and requiring agencies to merge individual disaster response plans into a coordinated federal-level response.

APA

Environmental and Energy Study Institute (2015). Free Market and Taxpayer Groups to Congress: Support the Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness (PREPARE) Act of 2015. https://www.eesi.org/files/Support_the_PREPARE_Act_of_2015.pdf

Chicago

Environmental and Energy Study Institute. Free Market and Taxpayer Groups to Congress: Support the Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness (PREPARE) Act of 2015. 2015. https://www.eesi.org/files/Support_the_PREPARE_Act_of_2015.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{environmentalandenergystudyinstitute2015free, author = {{Environmental and Energy Study Institute}}, title = {{Free Market and Taxpayer Groups to Congress: Support the Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness (PREPARE) Act of 2015}}, publisher = {Environmental and Energy Study Institute}, year = {2015}, month = jul, url = {https://www.eesi.org/files/Support_the_PREPARE_Act_of_2015.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }