3.0.0 762 2023-01-11T13:19:25Z 2023-01-11T13:19:25Z Senate S S 2009-04-01 111 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-04-01T17:21:38Z 2009-04-01 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2009-04-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4175-4177) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-04-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2009-05-11 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2009-05-11 False U000038 Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO] MARK UDALL D CO 2009-12-08 False Emergency Management Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Homeland Security Fires Forests, forestry, trees State and local government operations Emergency Management 00 2009-04-01 Introduced in Senate 2009-07-10T21:52:40Z Fire-Safe Communities Act of 2009 - Authorizes the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reduce the amount of the share of nonfederal funds required by the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program to 10% of the grant amount for a municipality at risk if such municipality has adopted: (1) a national wildland fire code, standard, or ordinance; or (2) a local ordinance, standard, or code that requires the retrofit of existing construction that provides for increased protection for the municipality from the threat of wildfire, such as a requirement to replace combustible roofing material used in existing structures.

Directs the Under Secretary to award grants to municipalities at risk to: (1) encourage responsible development in such municipalities; (2) mitigate the catastrophic effects of fires; and (3) encourage the retrofit of existing wildfire-prone structures. Limits grant awards to $1 million. Directs the Under Secretary to require that a person awarded a grant provide nonfederal funds equal to 25% of the grant amount for the purpose of the award.

Amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to: (1) include as a purpose of the Community and Private Land Fire Assistance Program to enhance the capacity of local governments to integrate fire-resistant community and home design into local planning, zoning, building codes, property maintenance codes, and brush clearing ordinances; and (2) authorize a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of awarding grants to fire-safe communities located near federal land to assist in federal efforts to prevent and manage fires.

]]> Fire Safe Communities Act of 2009 Display Title Fire Safe Communities Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote fire safe communities and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Fire Safe Communities Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-04-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s762is/xml/BILLS-111s762is.xml 2009-04-01 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.