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[H.R. 1851 Reported in House (RH)]





                                                 Union Calendar No. 128

104th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1851

                          [Report No. 104-235]

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                                 A BILL

     To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Federal Fire 
   Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.

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                             August 4, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 128
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1851

                          [Report No. 104-235]

     To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Federal Fire 
   Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 1995

  Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Pete Geren of Texas, and Mr. Boehlert) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                                Science

                             August 4, 1995

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
     To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Federal Fire 
   Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Administration 
Authorization Act of 1995''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 17(g)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1)) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
        (E);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking the period at the end of 
        subparagraph (F) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraphs:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(G) $28,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
        September 30, 1996, which, notwithstanding subsection (h), 
        includes any amounts appropriated under subsection (h) (3) and 
        (4) for fiscal year 1996; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(H) $28,000,000 for the fiscal year ending 
        September 30, 1997.''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS IN ARMY HOUSING.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 31(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended by inserting ``, or 
in the case of housing under the control of the Department of the Army, 
6 years after such date of enactment'' after ``date of 
enactment''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. SUCCESSOR FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in section 29(a)(1), by inserting ``, or any 
        successor standard thereto,'' after ``Association Standard 
        74'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in section 29(a)(2), by inserting ``or any 
        successor standards thereto,'' after ``whichever is 
        appropriate,'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in section 29(b)(2), by inserting ``, or any 
        successor standards thereto'' after ``Association Standard 13 
        or 13-R'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) in section 31(c)(2)(B)(i), by inserting ``or 
        any successor standard thereto,'' after ``Life Safety Code), 
        ''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) in section 31(c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting ``or 
        any successor standard thereto,'' after ``Association Standard 
        101,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. TERMINATION OR PRIVATIZATION OF FUNCTIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Director of the United States Fire Administration 
shall transmit to Congress a report providing notice at least 60 days 
in advance of the termination or transfer to a private sector entity of 
any significant function of the United States Fire 
Administration.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 6. REPORT ON BUDGETARY REDUCTION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The Director of the United States Fire Administration 
shall transmit to Congress, within three months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a report setting forth the manner in which the 
United States Fire Administration intends to implement the budgetary 
reduction represented by the difference between the amount appropriated 
to the United States Fire Administration for fiscal year 1996 and the 
amount requested in the President's budget request for such fiscal 
year. Such report shall be prepared in consultation with the Alliance 
for Fire and Emergency Management, the International Association of 
Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fighters, the 
National Fire Protection Association, the National Volunteer Fire 
Council, the National Association of State Fire Marshals, and the 
International Association of Arson Investigators.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fire Administration Authorization 
Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 17(g)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (F) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
            ``(G) $28,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
        1996, which, notwithstanding subsection (h), includes any 
        amounts appropriated under subsection (h) (3) and (4) for 
        fiscal year 1996; and
            ``(H) $28,000,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
        1997.''.

SEC. 3. FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS IN ARMY HOUSING.

    Section 31(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended by inserting ``, or in the 
case of housing under the control of the Department of the Army, 6 
years after such date of enactment'' after ``date of enactment''.
SEC. 4. SUCCESSOR FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS.

    The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 is amended--
            (1) in section 29(a)(1), by inserting ``, or any successor 
        standard thereto,'' after ``Association Standard 74'';
            (2) in section 29(a)(2), by inserting ``or any successor 
        standards thereto,'' after ``whichever is appropriate,'';
            (3) in section 29(b)(2), by inserting ``, or any successor 
        standards thereto'' after ``Association Standard 13 or 13-R'';
            (4) in section 31(c)(2)(B)(i), by inserting ``or any 
        successor standard thereto,'' after ``Life Safety Code), ''; 
        and
            (5) in section 31(c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting ``or any 
        successor standard thereto,'' after ``Association Standard 
        101,''.
SEC. 5. TERMINATION OR PRIVATIZATION OF FUNCTIONS.

    The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration shall 
transmit to Congress a report providing notice at least 60 days in 
advance of the termination or transfer to a private sector entity of 
any significant function of the United States Fire Administration.
SEC. 6. REPORT ON BUDGETARY REDUCTION.

    The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration shall 
transmit to Congress, within three months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, a report setting forth the manner in which the 
United States Fire Administration intends to implement the budgetary 
reduction represented by the difference between the amount appropriated 
to the United States Fire Administration for fiscal year 1996 and the 
amount requested in the President's budget request for such fiscal 
year. Such report shall be prepared in consultation with the Alliance 
for Fire and Emergency Management, the International Association of 
Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fighters, the 
National Fire Protection Association, the National Volunteer Fire 
Council, the National Association of State Fire Marshals, and the 
International Association of Arson Investigators.