Assistance to Firefighters Grant Reauthorization Act of 2004
Latest action · May 12, 2004 Committee Hearings Held.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedApr 1, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Assistance to Firefighters Grant Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to modify provisions regarding firefighter assistance to make the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration (currently, the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency) responsible for such assistance. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to volunteer emergency medical service squads and to provide assistance for firefighter safety research and development. Includes within authorized uses of grants the funding of such squads that are not affiliated with a fire department, hospital, or for-profit entity.
Makes specified funds available for research to improve firefighter health and life safety. Grants priority for certain earmarked funds to organizations that focus on prevention of injuries to high risk groups from fire, as well as research programs that demonstrate the potential to improve firefighter safety.
Allows the Administrator to provide assistance only if the applicant agrees to match with an equal amount of non-Federal funds 20 (currently 30) percent of the assistance received for any fiscal year. Modifies grant recipient limitations.
Directs the Administrator to: (1) convene an annual meeting of non-Federal fire service experts to recommend criteria for awarding grants and necessary administrative changes; (2) publish each year in the Federal Register guidelines that describe the grant application process and award criteria; (3) appoint fire service personnel to conduct peer review of applications; and (4) re-conduct a study to define the current role and activities associated with fire services.
Cosponsors 93
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 1, 2004 to Sep 9, 2004; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| R-CA | Christopher Cox | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| R-PA | Curt Weldon | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-TX | Jim Turner | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| R-MI | Nick Smith | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Apr 1, 2004 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 5, 2004 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | May 5, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | May 5, 2004 | |
| D-LA | Christopher John | May 5, 2004 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 5, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | May 5, 2004 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | May 5, 2004 |
Withdrew 1 Lincoln Davis D-TN Jun 23, 2004
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Referred Apr 1, 2004Hearings May 12, 2004 |
| Research Subcommittee | Referred Apr 13, 2004 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 12, 2004Committee Hearings Held.
- Apr 13, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on Research.
- Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House
- Apr 1, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Science.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2924 | Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | May 13, 2004 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 4
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-941 | S. 2411, THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS ACT OF 200457 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Jul 8, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-63 | THE ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT PROGRAM: A VIEW FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK68 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jun 21, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-55 | H.R. 4218, HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING REVITALIZATION ACT OF 200496 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | May 13, 2004 |
| Serial No. 108-58 | H.R. 4107, ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2004110 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | May 12, 2004 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4200 | Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 | Text similarities | Oct 28, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program under section 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Assistance to Firefighters Grant Reauthorization Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- Authorization
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Conferences
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Department of Homeland Security
- Discrimination in employment
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee rights
- Executive reorganization
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to research
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Fire departments
- Fire fighters
- Fire prevention
- Fires
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Labor and Employment
- Occupational health and safety
- Paramedical personnel
- Research and development
- Research grants
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Volunteer workers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2004Introduced in House
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