S 641 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 18, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Blanche L. Lincoln D-AR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 18, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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.

IntroducedMar 18, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Agriculture to enter into an agreement to utilize the Federal Excess Personal Property program of the Forest Service to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to the Forest Service for reutilization 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.

Cosponsors 12

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2003 to Sep 30, 2004, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Mar 18, 2003
D-GA	Zell Miller	Original	Mar 18, 2003
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Apr 30, 2003
R-MN	Norm Coleman		Apr 30, 2003
D-SC	Ernest F. Hollings		Jun 4, 2003
R-ID	Mike Crapo		Jun 4, 2003
D-AR	Mark L. Pryor		Nov 3, 2003
D-MN	Mark Dayton		Nov 18, 2003
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		Mar 23, 2004
D-WA	Patty Murray		May 5, 2004
I-VT	James M. Jeffords		May 17, 2004
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe		Sep 30, 2004

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 18, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 18, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.

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