3.0.0 1955 2023-01-11T20:36:21Z 2023-01-11T20:36:21Z Senate S S 2007-08-02 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-08-02T23:07:35Z 2007-08-02 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2007-08-02 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10804) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-08-02 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-12-06 False H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-12-06 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-12-06 False Emergency Management Ambulances Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Emergency medicine Federal aid to law enforcement Fire departments Grants-in-aid Health Hours of labor Labor and Employment Military operations Police Replacement workers Salaries Social Welfare Volunteer workers Wages Emergency Management 00 2007-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-29T20:55:08Z Reinforce First Responders and Emergency Employees Deployed Overseas in the Military Act of 2007 or the Reinforce FREEDOM Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to make a grant to a first responder agency (a law enforcement or fire agency of a state or local government or an ambulance service) an employee of which (or a significant portion of the voluntary staff of which) is: (1) a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces; and (2) on active duty or has received orders to begin active duty.

Authorizes the use of grant funds for: (1) the salary of an individual hired to replace such employee or volunteer; (2) overtime expenses for an employee performing tasks that would have been performed by such employee or volunteer; and (3) the cost of equipment, maintenance, or other activities that a first responder agency was unable to acquire or perform because of the costs of replacing such employee or volunteer or the need for which was caused by such employee's or volunteer's deployment.

]]> Reinforce First Responders and Emergency Employees Deployed Overseas in the Military Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to make grants to first responder agencies that have employees in the National Guard or Reserves on active duty. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Reinforce First Responders and Emergency Employees Deployed Overseas in the Military Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Reinforce First Responders and Emergency Employees Deployed Overseas in the Military Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Reinforce FREEDOM Act Introduced in Senate 2007-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1955is/xml/BILLS-110s1955is.xml 2007-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.