3.0.0 3237 2022-02-03T05:22:06Z 2022-02-03T05:22:06Z Senate S S 2008-07-10 110 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-10T14:34:23Z Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 110 6461 HR 2008-07-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. Related bill CRS 2008-07-10 ssbk00 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6561-6562) IntroReferral 2008-07-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6561) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-07-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2008-07-10 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2008-07-10 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-07-14 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2008-07-23 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2008-07-23 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2008-07-23 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2008-09-08 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2008-09-11 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2008-09-16 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 Senate 2008-10-09T21:27:09Z Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 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 the Secretary 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 Secretary 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 A bill to assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3237is/xml/BILLS-110s3237is.xml 2008-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6561-6562) 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.