[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5424 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 5424

To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize 
 communities receiving community development block grants to use grant 
amounts to provide assistance to local firefighting, emergency medical, 
                          and rescue services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2000

  Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Banking and Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize 
 communities receiving community development block grants to use grant 
amounts to provide assistance to local firefighting, emergency medical, 
                          and rescue services.

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

SECTION 1. ASSISTANCE TO FIRE FIGHTING, EMERGENCY MEDICAL, AND RESCUE 
              SERVICES AS ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER CDBG PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 105(a) of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (23), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting a semicolon; and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(24) provision of assistance to local fire fighting, 
        emergency medical, or rescue services for--
                    ``(A) acquisition, repair, or rehabilitation of 
                equipment (including any accessory, communications, or 
                protective equipment) or vehicles for fire fighting, 
                emergency medical, or rescue services,
                    ``(B) construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, or 
                improvement of facilities for local fire fighting, 
                emergency medical, or rescue services, or
                    ``(C) training or planning involved in providing 
                fire fighting, emergency medical, or rescue services; 
                and''.
    (b) Low- and Moderate-Income Benefit.--Section 105(c) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(5) An assisted activity described in subsection (a)(24) shall be 
considered to benefit persons of low and moderate income if the service 
provides such services to all persons in the geographical area served, 
including any low and moderate income persons.''.
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