FIRE FIGHTERS

Amendments

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (H.J. Res. 649), 32799 [21OC]

———designate (S.J. Res. 388), 32133 [20OC]

Articles and editorials

Five Brave Men, 17269 [7JY]

Interfering With Nature Becomes Burning Issue—Should Firefighters Douse Natural Blazes?, 19074 [27JY]

Manchaca Firehall Burns Mortgage, 5422 [28MR]

So Long, Ernie, and Thanks a Lot, 25275 [23SE]

Bills and resolutions

Firefighting vehicles: amend Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (see S. 2116, 2236, 2258; H.R. 4011, 4066, 4116, 4166, 4260, 4348)

Federal Wilderness and National Park Firefighting Act: enact (see S. 2780)

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: enact (see H.R. 4695)

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 388; S. 649)

Pensions: exempt certain plans from certain tax reform rules (see S. 2082; H.R. 5256)

Prescribed Fire Relief Act: enact (see S. 2828)

Public safety officers: increase level of benefits in case of death (see H.R. 4758)

Tariff: fabrics used in fire-protective garments for fire fighters (see S. 2505; H.R. 5565)

Taxation: credit for volunteers (see H.R. 5565)

Temporary Emergency Wildfire Suppression Act: extend authority permanently (see S. 2826)

Volunteer fire departments: Dept. of Labor publication of certain standards (see H. Res. 516)

Memorials of legislature

Pennsylvania, 18759 [26JY]

Petitions

Fire fighters at Yellowstone National Park: New York, NY, City Council, 29235 [7OC]

Volunteer fire departments: East Hampton, NY, Town Board, 9601 [29AP]

———Rockland County, NY, Council, 11946 [23MY]

Remarks in House

Apollo, PA: anniversary of volunteer fire department, 22764 [7SE]

Avenal, NJ: anniversary of fire company No. 1, 8414 [21AP]

California: tribute to dept. of forestry and Calaveras County volunteers, 33449 [21OC]

———tribute to those who fought Redondo Beach pier fire, 15894 [23JN]

Clerk-Administrator Led Response to Disaster, 22351 [11AU]

Congress: recognize Fire Services Caucus, 5981 [31MR]

Courts: excuse public safety personnel from jury service upon individual request (H.R. 3999), 3688 [10MR]

Demello, Arthur: tribute, 25603 [26SE]

Emergency forest fire fund: establish, 32397 [20OC]

Firefighting vehicles: amend the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (H.R. 4011), 12778 [26MY]

———amend the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (H.R. 4116), 3573 [9MR]

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: enact (H.R. 4695), 12773 [26MY]

———enact (S. 1911), 29083 [6OC]

Fort Lee, NJ: tribute to fire department, 18552 [14JY]

Granby, MA: fire department anniversary, 13201 [1JN]

Hackensack, NJ: tribute to fire fighters, 17300 [7JY]

Huntington Fire Dept., Huntington, MA: tribute, 23858 [14SE]

Kearny, NJ: tribute to fire department, 12474 [25MY]

Louisville, KY: tribute to fire department, 33562 [10NO]

Manchaca, TX: volunteer fire department mortgage, 5421 [28MR]

Nanty Glo, PA: volunteer fire company anniversary, 18930 [26JY]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (H.J. Res. 649), 22601 [7SE], 32799 [21OC]

Ontario Fire Fighters Memorial: dedication, 25846 [27SE]

Public safety officers: increase level of benefits in case of death (H.R. 4758), 17844 [12JY], 27824 [3OC]

Reisterstown, MD: tribute to volunteer fire company, 25266 [23SE]

Seaford, NY: tribute to volunteer workers for evacuation procedures, 13886 [8JN]

Taxation: credit for volunteers (H.R. 5565), 33481 [21OC]

Tokasz, Edward A.: tribute, 694 [2FE]

Tribute to those who lost their lives, 29633 [7OC]

Volunteer fire departments: Dept. of Labor publication of certain standards (H. Res. 516), 21418 [9AU]

Wantagh, NY: tribute to volunteer workers for evacuation procedures, 13886 [8JN]

Yellowstone National Park: tribute to forest rangers Nancy Green and Laura Bausum, 24118 [15SE]

Remarks in Senate

Alabama: tribute to fallen firefighters, 28456 [5OC]

Alaska: tribute to Fire Service, 28059 [4OC]

Cook County, IL: Hundred Club, 30997 [14OC], 31610 [18OC]

Elmont, NY: fire department anniversary, 6482 [12AP]

Federal Wilderness and National Park Firefighting Act: enact (S. 2780), 23532 [13SE]

Firefighting vehicles: amend the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (S. 2116), 2868 [2MR]

———amend the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (S. 2236), 5848 [30MR]

———amend the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (S. 2258), 6169 [31MR]

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: enact (S. 1911), 26878 [30SE], 28059 [4OC]

Hackensack, NJ: tribute to fire fighters, 17263, 17268 [7JY]

Income: equitable compensation for combating forest fires, 1771 [18FE]

Middle Atlantic Forest Fire Protection Compact: include Ohio (H.R. 2756), 32459 [21OC]

Morgan, AL: tribute to Brindlee Mountain Volunteer Fire Dept., 8362 [21AP]

National Fire Fighters Day: designate (S.J. Res. 388), 25934 [28SE], 30986 [14OC], 32499 [21OC]

Pensions: exemption from early withdrawal tax (S. 2082), 2315 [23FE]

Prescribed Fire Relief Act: enact (S. 2828), 25237 [23SE]

Wenonah, N.J.: fire company anniversary, 11180 [16MY]

Reports filed

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1911) (S. Rept. 100-546), 25235 [23SE]

Increase Level of Benefits in Death of Public Safety Officers: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 4758) (H. Rept. 100-798), 18924 [26JY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 649, National Fire Fighters Day, 32799 [21OC]

H.R. 3999, excuse public safety personnel from jury service, 3688 [10MR]

H.R. 4758, increase level of benefits in death of public safety officers, 27824 [3OC]

H.R. 5565, tax credit for volunteer fire fighters, 33482 [21OC]

S. 1911, Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act, 29083 [6OC]

S. 2082, exempt pensions of public safety officers from early withdrawal tax, 2316 [23FE]

S. 2828, Prescribed Fire Relief Act, 25238 [23SE]