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HR 716 IH
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 716
To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize a fire station construction grant program for 5 years, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 15, 2011
Mr. FILNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
A BILL
To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize a fire station construction grant program for 5 years, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Firefighting Investment, Renewal, and Employment Act’ or the ‘FIRE Act’.
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.
Section 33(e) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘(3) CONSTRUCTION OF NON-FEDERAL FIRE STATIONS- In addition to the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Director for competitive grants for modifying, upgrading, or constructing non-Federal fire stations $210,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016.’.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.
Section 4(8) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203(8)) is amended by inserting ‘the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,’ before ‘the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands’.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.716 as Introduced in House FIRE Act
