FIRE FIGHTERS

Amendments

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 818), 21757 [31JY]

Analyses

Reimbursement for use of firefighting personnel of foreign countries (S. 1442), 19120 [16JY]

Articles and editorials

High Tech Answers Fire Call, 19935 [22JY]

Message From Garcia, 22334 [1AU]

Overtime Ruling Costly to Localities, 22333 [1AU]

Volunteer Army Gave 200 Percent, 11690 [13MY]

Awards

U.S. Dept. of Energy Award for Energy Innovation for 1984—Presented to the Anderson Fire Department, IN, 1142 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 1240)

———exclusion (see S. 698; H.R. 1435)

Aliens: use of, and reimbursement for costs incurred (see S. 1442)

Arson: investigation, prevention, detection, and prosecution (see H.R. 771)

Benefits: lower limitation on defined plans (see H.R. 2073)

———survivors of public safety officers who die of medical conditions sustained in performance of duty (see S. 917)

Federal employees: death benefits to survivors (see H.R. 391)

Interagency Committee on Arson Control: establish (see H.R. 771)

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: designate statue and plaza in Colorado Springs, CO (see H.R. 3436)

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 244; H.J. Res. 479)

New York, NY: tax treatment of work-related sick pay (see H.R. 1244, 1987)

Non-Federal firefighters: disability or death benefits (see H.R. 3707)

Overtime: compensatory time off (see S. 1570; H.R. 2866, 3152)

———exempt certain public agency employees from coverage (see H.R. 2936)

Pensions: limitations on benefits (see S. 94)

Rescue organizations: exempt from excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and other articles and services (see H.R. 415)

Rescue services: death benefits to members (see H.R. 517)

State and local government employees: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions (see H.R. 3230, 3237)

State and local governments: exemption of public employees from Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions (see S. 1719; H.R. 3380, 3391, 3394, 3489, 3530)

Surplus government property: donations to volunteer fire departments and rescue squads (see H.R. 3063)

Survivors' benefits: increasing (see H.R. 1252)

Taxation: exclusion of certain amounts (see H.R. 577)

———exempt certain unmarked vehicles from substantiation requirements for certain deductions and credits (see H.R. 3795)

———exempt fuel from Federal excise taxes (see H.R. 338)

———off-duty use of public safety vehicles (see S. 639; H.R. 773, 1405)

———partial exemption for auxiliary policemen and volunteer firefighters (see H.R. 2072)

———treatment of benefits from Federal, State, or local government retirement system (see H.R. 2071)

History

Eagle Hose Co. No. 1, Lancaster, NY, 6495 [27MR]

Letters

Fair Labor Standards Act amendments (H.R. 3530): International Association of Fire Fighters, 38841 [20DE]

National Fire Prevention Week: Children's Television Workshop, New York, NY, 27323 [10OC]

Overtime compensation for State and local government employees, 22334 [1AU]

Superfund emergency preparedness and response provisions: sundry, 24345 [19SE]

Lists

Albertson, NY, Fire Dept. officers, 1354 [30JA]

Firefighter Fatalities—1983, 3674 [26FE]

Memorials of legislature

California, 25279 [30SE], 26363 [7OC]

Petitions

National Arson Awareness Week: International Association of Chiefs of Police, 4813 [7MR]

Poems

``Fireman's Prayer'', 30940 [6NO]

Remarks in House

Anderson, IN, fire department: energy conservation program, 1141 [28JA]

Blandon, PA: anniversary of fire company, 15750 [13JN]

Boalsburg, PA, Fire Co.: anniversary, 28025 [17OC]

California: tribute, 18027 [8JY]

Dept. of Energy Award for Energy Innovation for 1984: presented to the Anderson, IN, fire department, 1141 [28JA]

District of Columbia: anniversary of black men and women in blue, 20141 [23JY]

Eagle Hose Co. No. 1, Lancaster, NY: anniversary, 6495 [27MR]

Emmitsburg, MD: National Fallen Firefighters Memorial tribute to firefighters who gave their lives during 1984, 30940 [6NO]

Employment: practice of permiting compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay, 23491 [12SE]

———practice of permitting compensatory time in lieu of overtime pay, 23491 [12SE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: application of overtime provisions to police and firefighters, 17958 [27JN]

Fallen Firefighters Memorial: dedication, 3673 [26FE]

Fedeal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 818), 23867 [17SE]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 818), 16931 [24JN], 23867 [17SE]

Federal firefighters: reduce workweek, 479 [3JA]

Fire department: tribute, 25531 [1OC]

Firefighters and law officers: permit employees to take compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay (H.R. 2866), 23690 [12SE]

Flook, Leo: tribute, 6882 [28MR]

Jacobs, Donald: tribute, 6898 [28MR]

Laurel, MD, Volunteer Fire Dept.: tribute, 20396 [24JY]

Los Padres National Forest, CA: commend firefighters, 18027 [8JY]

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial: tribute, 36125 [11DE]

National Fire Prevention Week: observance, 27323 [10OC]

New York, NY: anniversary of People's Firehouse of Brooklyn, 32281 [18NO]

Spolar, James R.: tribute, 6492 [27MR]

State and local governments: exemption of public employees from Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime provisions (H.R. 3391), 24572 [20SE]

Tarentum Borough, PA: annual recognition of civic contributions by individuals and organizations, 22940 [4SE]

Taxation: exclusion of certain sick pay (H.R. 1244), 3488 [25FE]

———off-duty use of public safety vehicles, 4103 [28FE]

———off-duty use of public safety vehicles (H.R. 1285), 3657 [26FE]

Temple, PA: anniversary of fire company, 14562 [5JN]

Travel Stipend Program: funding (S. 818), 23867 [17SE]

Trotter, Walter: tribute, 8431 [18AP]

Vienna, MD: anniversary of the Volunteer Fire Company, 34049 [3DE]

Remarks in Senate

Broel, Squire: tribute, 23806 [16SE], 24001 [17SE]

California: commend efforts to control fires, 18749 [11JY]

Death benefits: provide certain (S. 917), 7917 [16AP]

Dept. of Defense: leasing of equipment to California Dept. of Forestry, 12881 [21MY], 13778 [24MY]

Employment: allow flexibility in determining entry and retirement age (S. 1240), 14409 [5JN]

———allow flexibility in determining entry and retirement age (S. 698), 5819 [20MR]

Fire prevention: reimbursement for use of personnel of foreign countries (S. 1442), 19119 [16JY]

Job Corps: efforts of forest fire control crew, 7894 [16AP]

Life Safety Code: standards, 38512 [19DE]

McGinn, Walter: tribute, 37729 [18DE]

National Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial: annual ceremony, 37729 [18DE]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (S.J. Res. 244), 35930 [11DE]

National Firefighters Day: designate (S.J. Res. 244), 37729 [18DE]

Nester Hose Company, Geneva, NY: anniversary, 36534 [16DE]

Pension plans: limitations on defined benefits (S. 94), 192 [3JA]

Reimbursement for use of firefighting personnel of foreign countries: John R. Block, Sec. of Agriculture, 19120 [16JY]

South Hempstead, NY: anniversary of fire department, 8601 [22AP]

State and local government employees: exemption from Fair Labor Standards Act (S. 1570), 22331, 22335 [1AU]

State and local governments: compensatory leave provisions (S. 1719), 25366 [1OC], 28503 [23OC], 29193 [25OC]

Talley, Irv: tribute, 11869 [14MY]

Reports

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act Appropriations: Committee on Science and Technology (S. 818) (H. Rept. 99-135), 12820 [21MY]

Older American Worker—Age Discrimination in Employment: Dept. of Labor (excerpt), 14411 [5JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Superfund emergency preparedness and response provisions: International Association of Firefighters, 24062 [18SE]

Statements

Fire Service Training Systems: Fred Stark, 16932 [24JN]

Tables

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act appropriations, 23867 [17SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1244, tax exclusion of certain sick pay of police officers and firefighters in New York, NY, 3488 [25FE]

H.R. 3391, amend certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to overtime compensation and length of workweek of certain workers, 24573 [20SE]

Reduce workweek of Federal firefighters, 479 [3JA]

S. 94, limitations on pension benefits for law enforcement officers and firefighters, 192 [3JA]

S. 698, allow flexibility in employment and retirement age of public safety officers, 5819 [20MR]

S. 818, authorizing appropriations for activities under the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act, 16931 [24JN]

S. 917, death benefits for public safety officers, 7917 [16AP]

S. 1240, allow flexibility in employment and retirement age of public safety officers, 14411 [5JN]

S. 1442, reimbursement for use of firefighting personnel of foreign countries, 19119 [16JY]

S. 1570, Fair Labor Standards Act exemption for State and local government employees, 22332 [1AU]

S.J. Res. 244, National Fire Fighters Day, 35930 [11DE]