[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4987 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4987

  To provide first responders with planning, training, and equipment 
 capabilities for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and 
               incident response, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 5, 2019

     Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself and Mr. Higgins of New York) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                     Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide first responders with planning, training, and equipment 
 capabilities for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and 
               incident response, 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 ``Fire Department Proper Response and 
Equipment Prioritization Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR FIREFIGHTERS FOR CRUDE OIL-BY-RAIL AND ETHANOL-BY-
              RAIL DERAILMENT AND INCIDENT RESPONSE.

    Section 33(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
            ``(4) Priority.--The Administrator of FEMA shall, in 
        carrying out this section, give high priority consideration to 
        grants providing for planning, training, and equipment to 
        firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail 
        derailment and incident response.''.
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