[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5900 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5900

   To modify the training requirements for certain fire departments 
                      applying for Federal grants.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To modify the training requirements for certain fire departments 
                      applying for Federal grants.

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

SECTION 1. TRAINING REQUIREMENT MODIFICATION.

    (a) In General.--Any fire station serving a rural area may apply 
for a grant from the Federal Government for which it would otherwise be 
eligible regardless of whether it has completed the National Incident 
Management System (NIMS) training.
    (b) Delayed Training.--Any fire station serving a rural area that 
receives a grant for which it applied under subsection (a) shall 
complete such training by the end of the period of time covered by the 
grant award and may claim the cost of such training as an allowable 
cost under the grant award.
    (c) Fire Station Serving a Rural Area Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``fire station serving a rural area'' means any fire 
department with a service area that comprises all territory, 
population, and housing units in rural areas or outside a city or town 
with a population of less than 20,000 people.
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