3.0.0 6461 2020-02-14T19:15:35Z 2020-02-14T19:15:35Z House H HR 2008-07-10 110 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Referred to 2008-07-11T20:06:44Z Referred to 2008-07-10T14:04:00Z Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 110 3237 S 2008-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6561-6562) Related bill CRS 2008-07-11 hspw13 Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Committee 2008-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2008-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 N P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2008-07-10 True R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] TIM RYAN D OH 17 2008-07-10 True H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2008-07-17 False K000364 Rep. Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. [R-NY-29] John Kuhl R NY R. "Randy" 29 2008-07-17 False G000554 Rep. Giffords, Gabrielle [D-AZ-8] Gabrielle Giffords D AZ 8 2008-07-29 False B001258 Rep. Boyda, Nancy E. [D-KS-2] Nancy Boyda D KS E. 2 2008-07-29 False M001151 Rep. Murphy, Tim [R-PA-18] Tim Murphy R PA 18 2008-07-29 False W000799 Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] Timothy Walz D MN J. 1 2008-07-29 False C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2008-07-29 False M000472 Rep. McHugh, John M. [R-NY-23] JOHN MCHUGH R NY M. 23 2008-07-31 False M001120 Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12] JOHN MURTHA D PA P. 12 2008-09-11 False M000309 Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4] CAROLYN MCCARTHY D NY 4 2008-09-11 False H001032 Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] RUSH HOLT D NJ D. 12 2008-09-25 False K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2008-09-29 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2008-09-29 False Emergency Management Diesel motor Energy Energy prices Fire departments Gasoline Social Welfare Subsidies Transportation and Public Works Volunteer workers Emergency Management 00 2008-07-10 Introduced in House 2008-10-09T21:25:14Z Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 - Directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to determine the average annual price per gallon for gasoline and diesel fuel for each of the five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts for 2007. Requires: (1) the average annual price per gallon to be based solely on data reported by the Energy Information Administration; and (2) that price to serve as the baseline fuel cost for each District.

Requires FEMA to reimburse a qualified volunteer fire department for 75% of the difference between: (1) the actual expenditures of the department for gasoline and diesel fuel for a year; and (2) the amount that such expenditures would have been using the baseline fuel costs.

Directs each qualified volunteer fire department seeking reimbursement to submit to the FEMA at the end of each year: (1) all of its receipts and bills of sales documenting the amounts of gasoline and diesel fuel purchased during that year; and (2) a sum total of the aggregate number of gallons and the costs of gasoline and diesel fuel purchased.

]]> Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 Display Title Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices. Introduced in House 2008-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr6461ih/xml/BILLS-110hr6461ih.xml 2008-07-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. 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.