National Volunteer Emergency Response Service Act

An Act to establish a national volunteer emergency response service

This bill was last introduced in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session, which ended in March 2011.

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of March 2, 2011
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment establishes a national volunteer emergency response service whose role is to respond to emergencies by supplementing and supporting other emergency personnel.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.