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- H.R.1168
H.R.1168: Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 106th Congress
- This bill is primarily about emergency management
- Introduced March 17, 1999
- Latest Major Action April 12, 2000
Bill Sponsor
Bill Cosponsors
287 (188 Democrats, 1 Independent, 1 Independent Democrat, 98 Republicans)
Bill Summary
Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants on a competitive basis to a variety of fire departments for any of a number of specified purposes, including: (1) hiring additional firefighting personnel; (2) training them; (3) funding creation of rapid intervention teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes of fires and other...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to House Science
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Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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| March 17, 1999 |
Introduced in the House by Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) |