[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1049 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1049

   To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive certain 
 provisions of the pre-September 11, 2001, fire grant program, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 14, 2009

 Mr. Dodd (for himself and Mr. Schumer) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive certain 
 provisions of the pre-September 11, 2001, fire grant 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. WAIVERS FOR CERTAIN FIRE GRANT PROGRAM PROVISIONS.

    The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive or modify the 
requirements of subparagraph (B) of section 34(a)(1) of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(a)(1)) and the 
provisions in section 34(c) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 2229a(c)) for a 
recipient of a grant awarded during fiscal year 2009 or 2010 under such 
section 34(a)(1) for the hiring, rehiring, or retention of 
firefighters.
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