Congress 108 - HR 977 - Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2003

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Aircraft pilots Aviation safety Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Emergency Management Families Fire fighters Fire prevention Flight crews Forest fires Government contractors Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment National forests Survivors' benefits Transportation and Public Works Workers' compensation

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Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2003 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who serve the Forest Service or any agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for similar eligibility of aerial firefighters for public safety officer death benefits, applicable to a public agency.

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Sep 29, 2004

Committee Hearings Held.
May 5, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Mar 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 11, 2003

Executive Comment Requested from USDA, Interior.
Mar 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans.
Mar 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Mar 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands.
Mar 11, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Feb 27, 2003

Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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.
Feb 27, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E328)
Feb 27, 2003

Introduced in House

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