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Legislature codifies Guam Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, mandates annual review and exercises
Summary
Lawmakers advanced Bill 66-38 COR to the third reading to require the Guam Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (GCEMP) be codified, reviewed annually, and exercised; sponsors said the measure addresses lapses in plan maintenance and federal grant compliance.
The Legislature moved Bill 66-38 COR to third reading after extended floor debate in which lawmakers argued that codifying the Guam Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (GCEMP) and requiring regular reviews and exercises is necessary to maintain federal grant eligibility and to avoid past lapses in preparedness.
Speaker and bill author Frank (referred to on the floor as the speaker from Barragada) told colleagues the GCEMP was created to meet federal preparedness standards and that annual review and exercises had not been sustained in recent years. He tied the lack of formal exercises and reviews to operational failures and to potential federal funding risks: “...millions of dollars lost and possibly…
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