[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2141 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2141

    To provide for a grant program to award grants to certain rural 
  communities that provide emergency medical services for Federal-aid 
                   highways, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                 May 19 (legislative day, May 16), 1994

 Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide for a grant program to award grants to certain rural 
  communities that provide emergency medical services for Federal-aid 
                   highways, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act:
            (1) Community.--The term ``community'' means an 
        incorporated or unincorporated town or village (or equivalent 
        municipal entity) with a population of fewer than 10,000 
        individuals, as determined by the Bureau of the Census in the 
        census conducted by the Bureau in 1990.
            (2) Federal-aid highways.--The term ``Federal-aid 
        highways'' has the meaning provided the term in section 101 of 
        title 23, United States Code.
            (3) Rural community.--The term ``rural community'' means a 
        community that is located at a distance of at least 100 miles 
        from an urban center.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Transportation.
            (5) Urban center.--The term ``urban center'' means a 
        municipality with a population of 500,000 or more individuals, 
        as determined by the Bureau of the Census in the census 
        conducted by the Bureau in 1990.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

    (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a grant program to provide 
grants to eligible rural communities that provide services to Federal-
aid highways and that submit an application that is approved by the 
Secretary. An application submitted under this subsection shall be in 
such form as the Secretary may prescribe.
    (b) Eligible Rural Community.--A rural community that expends not 
less than 25 percent of the funds allocated by the community for 
emergency medical services for services provided for medical 
emergencies that occur in the vicinity of a Federal-aid highway shall 
be eligible to receive a grant under this section.
    (c) Eligible Costs.--A grant awarded under this section may be used 
by an eligible rural community to--
            (1) purchase ambulances and other emergency medical 
        equipment; and
            (2) provide training to emergency medical personnel.
    (d) Amount of Grant.--The amount of a grant awarded under this 
section may not exceed $20,000.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Transportation $10,000,000 to carry out this Act.

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