[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 716 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 716

    To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to 
 authorize a fire station construction grant program for 5 years, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to 
 authorize a fire station construction grant program for 5 years, 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 ``Firefighting Investment, Renewal, 
and Employment Act'' or the ``FIRE Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION.

    Section 33(e) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Construction of non-federal fire stations.--In 
        addition to the amounts authorized under paragraph (1), there 
        are authorized to be appropriated to the Director for 
        competitive grants for modifying, upgrading, or constructing 
        non-Federal fire stations $210,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
        2012 through 2016.''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.

    Section 4(8) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2203(8)) is amended by inserting ``the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands,'' before ``the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands''.
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