Congress 108 - HR 1311 - Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003

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Armed Forces and National Security Department of Agriculture Department of Defense Emergency Management Federal-local relations Fire departments Fire prevention Forest fires Government Operations and Politics Housing and Community Development Military and naval supplies Surplus government property

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Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the Federal Excess Personal Property program of the Forest Service to facilitate the reutilization of Department of Defense personal property by firefighting agencies in rural areas. Requires the priority given to such transfers by the Department of Defense to be at least equal to that given for transferring such property to military departments and defense agencies.

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Mar 27, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Mar 27, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 20, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 20, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 18, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 18, 2003

Introduced in House

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