3.0.0 3676 2022-02-03T05:08:53Z 2022-02-03T05:08:53Z Senate S S 2008-10-01 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-10-02T01:19:37Z 2008-10-01 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2008-10-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT N Emergency Management College costs Economics and Public Finance Education Emergency medicine Employee health benefits Employee training Finance and Financial Sector Fire fighters Fringe benefits Grants-in-aid Health Health insurance Higher education Labor and Employment Life insurance Scholarships Social Welfare Student loan funds Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Volunteer workers Emergency Management 00 2008-10-01 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-19T20:56:45Z Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to provide funds to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical services (EMS) organization, that carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program in accordance with this Act.

Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year in which a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental EMS organization carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program, to pay such government, association, or organization (organization), out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for such fiscal year, a sum equal to the total expenditures of funds not received from the federal government made by such organization for that fiscal year to carry out the program.

Declares that this constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the federal government to provide payment to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental EMS organization any amount so provided.

Requires reports from recipients, and from the Secretary annually, to Congress.

]]> Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 Display Title Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to support the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-10-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3676is/xml/BILLS-110s3676is.xml 2008-10-01 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.