[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1839 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1839

To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging 
                                cameras.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 18, 1999

  Mr. Franks  of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging 
                                cameras.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Access to Thermal Imaging Cameras 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Authority.--In accordance with this section, the Director of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency (in this Act referred to as the 
``Director'') may make grants on a competitive basis to fire 
departments for the purpose of acquiring thermal imaging cameras.
    (b) Non-Federal Share.--The non-Federal share of the cost of 
acquiring equipment under subsection (a) shall be 33 percent.
    (c) Limitation on Administrative Costs.--Of amounts made available 
under subsection (e), the Director may use not more than 10 percent for 
the administrative costs of carrying out this section.
    (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than 180 days after making the 
first grant under subsection (a), the Director shall transmit to 
Congress a report on the results of the grant program.

SEC. 3. APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) Authorization.--For the purposes of carrying out section 2, 
there is authorized to be appropriated to the Director $100,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2000.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that any funds 
appropriated to carry out section 2 should be offset with corresponding 
reductions in funds appropriated to carry out other Federal programs.
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