[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4643 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4643

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

                             June 22, 2004

 Mr. Ferguson 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 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 section 3, 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 under this 
section.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    For the purposes of carrying out section 2, there is authorized to 
be appropriated to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2005.
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