FIRE PREVENTION
Bills and resolutions
Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 259), S6886 [24SE]
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 H.R. 1437), H1857 [9AP]
——— make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses (see S. 750), S2749 [17AP] (see H.R. 1609), H2124 [17AP]
Dept. of the Interior: provide for conduct of stewardship end result contracting projects (see S. 816), S3028 [25AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with building and fire codes (see H.R. 2065), H2838 [21MY]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development (see S. 1479), S6208 [1AU] (see H.R. 1345), H1822 [21MR]
——— extend stewardship end result contracting authority for projects to improve land management and reduce fire hazards in national forests (see H.R. 727), H546 [14FE]
Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see S. 1120), S4021 [7JN] (see H.R. 533), H411 [6FE]
FEMA: award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire (see S. 1396), S6072 [30JY] (see H.R. 3333), H6768 [23OC]
——— establish pilot program to provide for wildfire mitigation grants (see S. 1428), S6206 [1AU]
Forests: address bark beetle epidemic, drought, deteriorating forest health, and wildfire risk on Federal lands and increase State control of forest management in high-risk areas (see H.R. 818), H627 [25FE]
——— improve response to insect infestations and forest diseases, change the Healthy Forests Reserve Program funding source, codify stewardship end result contracting, and improve post fire rehabilitation (see H.R. 1442), H1857 [9AP]
——— improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (see S. 1784), S8565 [9DE]
——— provide for the conduct of stewardship contracting projects (see S. 849), S3029 [25AP] (see S. 1300), S5708 [16JY]
——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see S. 1875), S9052 [19DE]
Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see S. 1451), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 3390), H6951 [30OC]
Lincoln County, NV: facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects (see S. 1640), S7795 [4NO] (see H.R. 3415), H6952 [30OC]
National forests: declare state of emergency and implement hazardous fuel reduction projects for extreme fire hazard and unsafe conditions caused by pine beetle infestations, drought, disease, or storm damage (see H.R. 1895), H2533 [8MY]
Product safety: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (see H.R. 2934), H5342 [1AU]
Public lands: reauthorize and expand authorities used by the Forest Service and the BLM for hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, forest restoration, and watershed restoration (see H.R. 2588), H4174 [28JN]
Ships and vessels: extend exemption from fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (see S. 1022), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 1961), H2602 [14MY]
Taxation: provide a refundable credit for the installation of sprinklers and elevators in historic structures (see S. 1421), S6206 [1AU]
——— treat automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see S. 1163), S4481 [13JN]
Wildfires: express importance of allocating appropriate resources to wildland fire management and a healthy forest policy and recognize bravery of firefighters (see H. Res. 279), H4079 [26JN]
——— implement reforms to Federal land management agency fire programs in order to address complexities of wildfires in a more cost-effective and efficient manner (see H.R. 2858), H5173 [30JY]
Letters
Ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products: Ana Mascarenas and Martha D. Arguello, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles (organization), E1195 [1AU]
——— Arlene Blum and Veena Singla, Green Science Policy Institute, E1195 [1AU]
——— Beverley Thorpe, Clean Production Action (organization), E1197 [1AU]
——— Bruce Lesly, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), E1196 [1AU]
——— Jamie McConnell, Women’s Voices for the Earth (organization), E1196 [1AU]
——— Jenny Levin, Federation of State PIRGs, E1195 [1AU]
——— Kenneth A. Cook, Environmental Working Group (organization), E1196 [1AU]
——— Malin Nasman, IKEA North America Services, LLC, E1196 [1AU]
——— Marian Wright Edelman, Children’s Defense Fund (organization), E1197 [1AU]
——— Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three—National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, E1197 [1AU]
——— Pamela Miller and Maricarmen Cruz-Guilloty, Alaska Community Action on Toxics (organization), E1197 [1AU]
Remarks in House
Bagdad, FL: anniversary of Bagdad Volunteer Fire Dept., E1850 [12DE]
Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement: signing and enforcement by fashion industry corporate leaders to prevent future garment industry disasters, H2407 [6MY], H2608, H2624 [15MY]
Blue Bell, PA: anniversary of Centre Square Fire Co., E653 [14MY]
Burke, VA: anniversary of Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept., E459 [15AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: fire suppression equipment and personnel, and rural water, waste disposal, wastewater facility, and business opportunity grant programs funding, H3966 [20JN]
——— implement moratorium on the use of prescribed fires in Mark Twain National Forest until report is submitted on current forest management practices, H5752 [19SE]
——— prioritize Natural Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Program funding for projects that prevent and mitigate impacts of catastrophic wildfires, H3867, H3868 [19JN]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite forest management projects relative to hazardous fuels reduction, forest health, and economic development, H5728 [19SE]
Disasters: improve natural disaster mitigation, preparedness, and recovery policies, H6881 [29OC]
Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H3055 [4JN]
FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H3137 [5JN]
——— National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Homeland Security administrative operations funding, H3223, H3224 [6JN]
——— National Pre-Disaster Mitigation Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Homeland Security automation modernization funding, H3140, H3141 [5JN]
——— State and local wildfire preparedness grant program funding, H3207 [5JN]
——— U.S. Fire Administration funding, H3133 [5JN]
Forest Service: streamline management of pine beetle infestation and clearing of infested trees to reduce forest fire risk, H3900 [19JN]
Forests: wildland fire management funding, H5778 [20SE]
Leesburg, VA: anniversary of Leesburg Volunteer Fire Co., E1740 [21NO]
Lingohocken, PA: anniversary of Lingohocken Fire Co., E969 [26JN]
Miller, Representative George: report on trip to Bangladesh, H3099 [5JN]
Minoa, NY: anniversary of Minoa Fire Dept., E268 [12MR]
Montville, NJ: anniversary of Pine Brook Fire Dept., E847 [12JN]
National Arson Awareness Week: observance, E623 [8MY]
National forests: improve land management, H1979 [12AP]
Nesquehoning, PA: anniversary of Nesquehoning Hose Co. #1, E961 [25JN]
North Syracuse, NY: anniversary of North Syracuse Fire Dept., E745 [23MY]
Nutley, NJ: anniversary of Nutley Volunteer Emergency and Rescue Squad, E452 [12AP]
Product safety: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (H.R. 2934), E1195 [1AU]
Roseland, NJ: anniversary of Roseland Fire Dept., E442 [12AP]
Roseville, CA: dedication of Roseville Fire Dept. Station No. 9, E654 [14MY]
San Diego County, CA: anniversary of Cedar Fire, H6878 [29OC]
Ships and vessels: extend exemption from fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (H.R. 1961), H5810–H5815, H5825 [25SE]
Tamaqua, PA: anniversary of South Ward Fire Co., E1633 [12NO]
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: alleged responsibility for deadly factory fire in Bangladesh, H7451 [4DE]
Wildfires: express importance of allocating appropriate resources to wildland fire management and a healthy forest policy and recognize bravery of firefighters (H. Res. 279), H4043 [26JN]
Woodbridge, VA: tribute to Occoquan Woodbridge Lorton Volunteer Fire Dept., E65 [25JA]
Remarks in Senate
Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement: signing and enforcement by fashion industry corporate leaders to prevent future garment industry disasters, S3563 [16MY]
Campus Fire Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 259), S6901 [24SE]
Climate: impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, S5733–S5735 [17JY], S6319 [10SE]
Economy: impact of Government shutdown, S7261 [7OC]
Forest Service: wildland fire management funding, S234–S236 [24JA], S2267 [22MR]
Forests: improve timber management on Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands by emphasizing both forestry and conservation (S. 1784), S8572 [9DE]
——— provide for the conduct of stewardship contracting projects (S. 1300), S5710 [16JY]
——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (S. 1875), S9063 [19DE]
Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (S. 1451), S6223–S6225 [1AU]
Newark, DE: anniversary of Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder Co., S8600 [10DE]
Taxation: provide a refundable credit for the installation of sprinklers and elevators in historic structures (S. 1421), S6214 [1AU]
Reports filed
Fire-Retardant Materials Construction Requirement Exemption Extension for Vessels Operating Within the Boundary Line: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1961) (H. Rept. 113–175), H5049 [24JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 279, express importance of allocating appropriate resources to wildland fire management and a healthy forest policy and recognize bravery of firefighters, H4044 [26JN]
H.R. 1961, extend exemption from fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line, H5810 [25SE]
S. 1300, Stewardship Contracting Reauthorization and Improvement Act, S5710 [16JY]
S. 1421, Historic Downtown Preservation and Access Act, S6215 [1AU]
S. 1451, Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, S6225–S6229 [1AU]
S. Res. 259, Campus Fire Safety Month, S6894 [24SE]