[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6464 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6464

 To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to make 
fire department grant funds available for fire station construction, to 
reauthorize the firefighter assistance program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2010

 Mr. Oberstar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Science and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to make 
fire department grant funds available for fire station construction, to 
reauthorize the firefighter assistance program, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Firefighter Safety Enhancement Act 
of 2010''.

SEC. 2. USE OF FIRE DEPARTMENT GRANT FUNDS.

    Section 33(b)(3)(J) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(b)(3)(J)) is amended by inserting ``, repair, 
construct, and reconstruct'' before ``fire stations''.

SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY OF STANDARDS.

    Section 33(b) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(18) Applicability of standards.--The Director shall 
        require a fire department or organization that applies for a 
        grant under paragraph (3)(J) to comply with the standards of 
        section 611(j)(9) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
        Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196(j)(9)), as in effect 
        on the date of enactment of this paragraph, with respect to 
        projects carried out using amounts from the grant in the same 
        manner as recipients are required to comply in order to receive 
        financial contributions from the Director for emergency 
        preparedness purposes.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 33(e)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(e)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        for the purposes of this section $1,300,000,000 for each of 
        fiscal years 2011 through 2014. Of the amounts authorized in 
        this paragraph, not to exceed $300,000,000 shall be made 
        available each fiscal year to modify, repair, construct, and 
        reconstruct fire stations, fire training facilities, and other 
        facilities under subsection (b)(3)(J).''.
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