3.0.0 2632 2021-09-29T22:23:55Z 2023-01-13T16:29:04Z Senate S S 2004-07-08 108 First Responders Homeland Defense Act of 2004 108 2239 S 2004-03-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2004-07-09 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624. Calendars 2004-07-08 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2004-07-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Crime and Law Enforcement EBB Terrorism Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency communication systems Emergency medicine Equipment and supplies Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to law enforcement Fire departments Fire fighters Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Grants-in-aid Health Labor and Employment Law enforcement officers Medical personnel Medical supplies Nonprofit organizations Paramedical personnel Police Police communication systems Police training Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telephone Terrorism Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-07-08 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-01T19:03:03Z First Responders Homeland Defense Act of 2004 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a toll-free hotline through which local governments and nonprofit organizations may obtain information regarding all Federal grant programs that make funds available for the assistance of first responders and for terrorism preparedness.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to: (1) nonprofit organizations for training and equipping first responders; and (2) States, local governments, local law enforcement agencies, and local fire departments to assist in improving or purchasing communication systems to permit real-time, interoperable communication between State and local first responders.

]]> First Responders Homeland Defense Act of 2004 Short Titles as Introduced First Responders Homeland Defense Act of 2004 Display Title First Responders Homeland Defense Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish a first responder and terrorism preparedness grant information hotline, and for other purposes. Placed on Calendar Senate 2004-07-09T04:00:00Z 2004-07-09 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624. 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.