3.0.0 2587 2023-01-13T04:48:37Z 2023-01-13T04:48:37Z Senate S S 2006-04-06 109 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-04-06T22:05:44Z Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act 109 5272 HR 2006-05-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Research. Related bill CRS 2006-04-06 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2006-04-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. N Emergency Management Armed Forces and National Security Chemical industries Commerce Crime and Law Enforcement Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency communication systems Employee training Energy Environmental Protection Equipment and supplies Fire departments Fire fighters Fire prevention Grants-in-aid Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International Affairs Labor and Employment Layoffs Motor vehicles Nuclear power plants Petroleum refineries Police communication systems Salaries Science, Technology, Communications Terrorism Transportation and Public Works Weapons of mass destruction Emergency Management 00 2006-04-06 Introduced in Senate 2006-05-10T18:23:04Z Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration to award grants to a task force (two or more fire services operating under a cooperative agreement to coordinate incident response within a geographic area) for: (1) salary and benefits to hire or rehire firefighting personnel to provide services to the task force; (2) expenses related to the participation of firefighting personnel in appropriate training courses offered by the Department of Homeland Security, the National Fire Academy, or a state or local fire academy; (3) training related to incident response; (4) appropriate equipment or support systems for task force members; or (5) improved communications between task force members and a local police department or hospital.

Requires the Administrator, in selecting grantees, to give priority to task forces serving geographic areas within 50 miles of: (1) a nuclear power facility; (2) a large facility that produces, treats, or refines chemicals or petroleum products; (3) a business district of national significance; or (4) a location with one or more critical infrastructures.

Requires grantees to provide non-federal matching funds of at least 55% of the amount awarded by the Administrator for each fiscal year.

]]> Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act Display Title Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration to provide assistance to firefighting task forces, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act Introduced in Senate 2006-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s2587is/xml/BILLS-109s2587is.xml 2006-04-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.