[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 827 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 827

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

                             March 1, 2001

Mr. Grucci (for himself and Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania) 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 the amounts made 
available to carry out this section, 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 2002.
    (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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