3.0.0 2459 2023-01-15T04:49:08Z 2023-01-15T04:49:08Z Senate S S 2004-05-20 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-05-20T21:56:42Z 2004-05-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5958-5961) IntroReferral 2004-05-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5956-5958) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-05-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV N Emergency Management Administrative procedure Child health Colleges Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Decision making Department of Homeland Security Disaster relief Disasters EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Equipment and supplies Evacuation of civilians Families Federal aid to child health services Federal aid to education Federal aid to law enforcement Federal aid to research Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Health Health counseling Higher education Human engineering Income tax Infrastructure Labor and Employment Law Law enforcement officers Medical personnel Mental health services Paramedical personnel Police Problem children Rescue work Research grants Safety appliances School administration School health programs School personnel Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Self-employed Small business Social Welfare Standards Stress (Psychology) Tax credits Tax deductions Taxation Teachers Technological innovations Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Transportation research Travel costs Volunteer workers Wages Youth violence Emergency Management 00 2004-05-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-02T18:27:37Z Community Security Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a volunteer first responder employee tax credit. Allows a deduction for a volunteer first responder for training expenses.

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct: (1) the Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response to establish a standard of basic preparedness for local first responders and to provide for the award of need-based, competitive grants to States and local governments for basic personal equipment and communications enhancement needed to perform disaster response, mitigation, and recovery missions; and (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a Homeland Security Competitive Research Grant Program and to award research grants to colleges and universities for purposes including understanding how the Homeland Security Advisory System operates as a useful communication tool for citizens.

Amends: (1) the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to eligible entities to pay the Federal share of the cost of carrying out activities including training elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators to identify and prevent avoidable disasters, and to assist children in dealing with the aftermath of terrorism and disasters; and (2) the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to provide for financial assistance to affected State and local governments for school-based community mental health counseling.

]]> Community Security Act Display Title Community Security Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to award research and equipment grants, to provide a tax credit for employers who hire temporary workers to replace employees receiving first responder training, to provide school-based mental health training, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Security Act Introduced in Senate 2004-05-20T04:00:00Z 2004-05-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5958-5961) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.