FASTER AND SMARTER FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACT

Amendments

Enact (H.R. 1544), H3223, H3228, H3229, H3230, H3231, H3234, H3263 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions

Enact (H.R. 1544): consideration (see H. Res. 269), H3112 [10MY]

Letters

Provisions: Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H3212 [12MY]

———Representative Boehlert, Committee on Science (House), H3212 [12MY]

———Representative Cox, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H3212, H3213 [12MY]

———Representative Don Young, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3212 [12MY]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3213 [12MY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Homeland Security: allocate formula-based grants to State and local governments based on an assessment of threats and vulnerabilities, H3233, H3234 [12MY]

———Citizen Corps program funding, H3218 [12MY]

———limit the number of grants available under the Urban Area Security Initiative, H3231-H3233 [12MY]

———Urban Area Security Initiative funding, H3221 [12MY]

Enact (H.R. 1544), H3211-H3237 [12MY], H5232-H5237 [27JN], E998 [17MY], E1097 [25MY]

———amendment process, H3028 [5MY]

———consideration (H. Res. 269), H3204-H3211 [12MY]

First Responder Grants Board: add Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Administrator to board, H3228, H3229 [12MY]

———coordinate with State, local, and tribal governments in establishing criteria for prioritizing applications for grants, H3229, H3230 [12MY]

National security: permit use of Federal homeland security funds for payment of salaries of local law enforcement officers, H3219, H3220 [12MY]

States: allow allocation of Federal homeland security funds for the cost of activities to prevent, prepare for, respond to, or recover from terrorism that would otherwise have been Federal activities, H3230, H3231 [12MY]

Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies, H3234, H3235 [12MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1544, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 269) (H. Rept. 109-77), H3112 [10MY]

Provisions: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 1544) (H. Rept. 109-65), H2734 [28AP]

Texts of

H. Res. 269, consideration of H.R. 1544, provisions, H3204 [12MY]

H.R. 1544, provisions-H3223 [12MY]