[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4094 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4094

To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
      acting through the Administrator of the United States Fire 
 Administration, to submit to Congress a report regarding the age and 
            condition of fire stations in the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 30, 2019

Mr. Stauber (for himself and Mr. Golden) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
      acting through the Administrator of the United States Fire 
 Administration, to submit to Congress a report regarding the age and 
            condition of fire stations in the United States.

    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 ``Fire Station Infrastructure Safety 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON FIRE STATIONS.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
acting through the Administrator of the United States Fire 
Administration, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report relating to fire stations in the United States, 
including--
            (1) the age and condition of all Federal, State, and local 
        fire stations;
            (2) whether there have been investments within the last 15 
        years to remodel a fire station with Federal, State, or local 
        funds;
            (3) if investments described under paragraph (2) occurred, 
        the nature and details of such investments;
            (4) whether the condition of a fire station impairs the 
        ability of a fire service to protect property and maintain the 
        safety and welfare of the public; and
            (5) whether the condition of a fire station negatively 
        impacts the health and safety of the personnel of a fire 
        service.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and the 
                Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
                House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Environment 
                and Public Works of the Senate.
            (2) Fire station.--The term ``fire station'' means the 
        physical building and other infrastructure used by a fire 
        service.
            (3) Fire service; state; local.--The terms ``fire 
        service'', ``State'', and ``local'' have the meanings given 
        such terms in section 4 of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
        Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2202).
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