Fire-Safe Communities Act

To promote fire-safe communities, and for other purposes.

1/29/2008--Introduced.
Fire-Safe Communities Act - Requires the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to publish a federal model ordinance for municipalities at risk (subdivisions located in a fire hazard area) that includes specified elements regarding fire prevention and management, such as:
(1) specifications for construction materials and techniques for use in such communities; and
(2) standards for roads, culverts, and bridges. Authorizes the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to modify, for a municipality at risk, the requirements of the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program related to the provision of a non-federal share of funds, so that if such a municipality has adopted an applicable model ordinance and is making significant progress toward implementing it, the Administrator may reduce the required non-federal share to 10% of the grant amount. Directs the Administrator to provide grants to:
(1) municipalities at risk to encourage responsible development in state-identified fire-prone regions and to mitigate the catastrophic effects of fires; and
(2) states to create or update fire-hazard assessment maps. Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to:
(1) include as a purpose of the Community and Private Land Fire Assistance Program to enhance the capacity of local governments to integrate fire-resistant community and home design into local planning, zoning, building code, and brush clearing ordinances; and
(2) authorize a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of providing assistance to fire-safe communities located near federal land.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Mark Udall [D, CO]
• and 1 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51]
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Committees

• House Agriculture
• 7 more
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Natural Resources
  • House Agriculture
  • House Science and Technology
  • House Transportation and Infrastructure
  • House Natural Resources
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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 29, 2008

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• Apr 25, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
• Feb 21, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
• Feb 01, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
• Jan 30, 2008: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
• Jan 29, 2008: Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
• Jan 29, 2008: Referred to House Agriculture
• Jan 29, 2008: Referred to House Natural Resources
• Jan 29, 2008: Referred to House Science and Technology
• Jan 29, 2008: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E96-98)
• Jan 29, 2008: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Science and Technology, 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.
• Introduced on Jan 29, 2008.

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Related Bills:

• S.2390

Related Issue Areas:

• Emergency management
• Administrative procedure
• Bridges
• Budgets
• 25 more
• Building construction
• Building laws
• Building materials
• Department of Homeland Security
• Executive departments
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Fire prevention
• Forest fires
• Government information
• Grants-in-aid
• Housing
• Infrastructure
• Law
• Local laws
• Maps
• National forests
• Natural resources
• Public lands
• Road construction
• Standards
• State and local government
• State laws
• Transportation
• Urban affairs
• Zoning and zoning law

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