FIRE PREVENTION

Amendments

Colorado: provide for exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests with the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District (S. 278), H8950 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions

California: add to certain wilderness areas in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, protect property rights in such additions, and prevent and prepare for wildfires and address backlog of maintenance (see H.R. 113), H37 [5JA]

Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 104), S1827 [17MR]

Clean Air Act: make restriction on use of class II substances inapplicable to certain fire suppression agents (see H.R. 1613), H2911 [15AP]

Colorado: provide for exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests with the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District (see S. 278), S544 [3FE] (see H.R. 643), H680 [10FE]

Conservation of natural resources: recognize John W. Weeks' contributions to the conservation of forests and water supply (see H. Res. 84), H681 [10FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: take immediate action to recover ecologically and economically from a wildfire in Arizona (see S. 1344), S4485 [11JY]

———take immediate action to recover ecologically and economically from a wildfire in Arizona and New Mexico (see H.R. 2562), H5125 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (see S. 1766), S6917 [31OC] (see H.R. 3250), H7007 [24OC]

———make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses (see S. 620), S1826 [17MR] (see H.R. 1199), H1984 [17MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide authority to enter into stewardship projects to achieve land management goals for national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs (see H.R. 2601), H5285 [20JY]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 2269), H4455 [22JN]

FEMA: authorize a fire station construction grant program (see H.R. 716), H922 [15FE]

———improve provision of assistance to fire departments (see S. 550), S1547 [10MR]

Firefighters: establish grant program to encourage fire stations to establish or update restroom, shower, and changing stations for women firefighters (see H.R. 3753), H10014 [20DE]

———tribute to efforts to contain numerous wildfires that have affected thousands of people throughout the U.S. (see S. Res. 229), S4450 [7JY]

Floods: ensure private property, public safety, and human life are protected from flood hazards that result from post-fire watershed conditions created by wildfires on Federal land (see S. 487), S1219 [3MR] (see H.R. 922), H1574 [3MR]

Forests: address public health and safety threat of catastrophic wildfire in California by expediting forest management projects on hazardous fuels reduction, forest restoration, forest health, and watershed restoration (see H.R. 1485), H2603 [12AP]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see S. 432), S1119 [2MR]

Taxation: treat automatic fire sprinkler systems under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1035), S3171 [19MY] (see H.R. 1792), H3109 [5MY]

U.S. Fire Administration: provide assistance to firefighting task forces (see H.R. 2894), H6097 [12SE]

Letters

FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants: Paul D. Ford, Fall River, MA, Fire Dept., E16 [6JA]

Remarks in House

California: add to certain wilderness areas in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, protect property rights in such additions, and prevent and prepare for wildfires and address backlog of maintenance (H.R. 113), E6 [5JA]

Cohocton, NY: anniversary of Cohocton Volunteer Fire Dept., E1384 [21JY], E1391 [22JY], E1399 [25JY]

Cold Spring, MN: anniversary of Cold Spring Fire Dept., E1849 [13OC]

Colorado: provide for exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests with the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District (S. 278), H8950-H8952 [14DE]

Conservation of natural resources: recognize John W. Weeks' contributions to the conservation of forests and water supply (H. Res. 84), E199 [10FE]

Dunn Loring, VA: tribute to Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Dept., award recipients, E680 [8AP]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (H.R. 2269), E1156 [22JN]

FEMA: allow Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funds to be used to rehire or retain firefighters, H3894, H3895 [1JN]

———Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H3838-H3841, H3843-H3881 [1JN], E1019 [2JN]

———Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and State and local programs emergency funding, H3879 [1JN]

———authority to waive layoff clause relative to Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants Program eligibility, H3927 [2JN]

———authorize a fire station construction grant program (H.R. 716), E314 [18FE]

———importance of Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, E16 [6JA]

———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H2790 [14AP], E243 [16FE]

Fire Prevention Week: observance, E1856 [13OC], E1878 [14OC]

Forest Service: Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program funding through reductions in Wildland Fire Management-Hazardous Fuel account funding, H5644 [27JY]

———Forest Legacy Program funding through reductions in Wildfire Suppression Program funding, H5643, H5644 [27JY]

Long Branch, NJ: anniversary of Phil Daly Hose Co. #2, E789 [3MY]

New Castle, DE: tribute to Holloway Terrace Fire Co., H2615 [13AP]

St. Louis, MO: anniversary of Lemay Fire District, E2211 [8DE]

Remarks in Senate

AmeriCorps: tribute to Delaware Emergency Services Corps, S2409 [13AP]

Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 104), S5283 [2AU]

Colorado: provide for exchange of certain lands in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests with the Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District (S. 278), S547 [3FE], S7089 [2NO], S8780 [17DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: take immediate action to recover ecologically and economically from a wildfire in Arizona (S. 1344), S4486 [11JY]

FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, S8723 [16DE]

———improve provision of assistance to fire departments (S. 550), S1551-S1555 [10MR]

———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, S2488 [14AP]

Firefighters: tribute to efforts to contain numerous wildfires that have affected thousands of people throughout the U.S. (S. Res. 229), S4458 [7JY]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (S. 432), S1121-S1128 [2MR]

Reports filed

FEMA Improvement of Provision of Assistance to Fire Departments: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 550) (S. Rept. 112-28), S4221 [29JN]

Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 278) (S. Rept. 112-51), S5338 [6SE]

———Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 643) (H. Rept. 112-161), H5284 [20JY]

Texts of

S. 278, Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act, S547 [3FE], S7090 [2NO], S8780 [17DE], H8950 [14DE]

S. 432, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, S1123-S1128 [2MR]

S. 550, improve provision of FEMA assistance to fire departments, S1551-S1555 [10MR]

S. Res. 104, Campus Fire Safety Month, S1851 [17MR], S5283 [2AU]

S. Res. 229, tribute to efforts to contain numerous wildfires that have affected thousands of people throughout the U.S., S4455, S4458 [7JY]