Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008
Latest action · Oct 1, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedOct 1, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a program to provide funds to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental emergency medical services (EMS) organization, that carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program in accordance with this Act.
Directs the Secretary, for each fiscal year in which a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental EMS organization carries out a volunteer firefighter incentive program, to pay such government, association, or organization (organization), out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for such fiscal year, a sum equal to the total expenditures of funds not received from the federal government made by such organization for that fiscal year to carry out the program.
Declares that this constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the federal government to provide payment to a state or local government, nonprofit firefighter association, or governmental or nongovernmental EMS organization any amount so provided.
Requires reports from recipients, and from the Secretary annually, to Congress.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 2, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Oct 1, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to support the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical services personnel, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Volunteer Firefighter and EMS Support Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
- College costs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Emergency Management
- Emergency medicine
- Employee health benefits
- Employee training
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fire fighters
- Fringe benefits
- Grants-in-aid
- Health
- Health insurance
- Higher education
- Labor and Employment
- Life insurance
- Scholarships
- Social Welfare
- Student loan funds
- Transportation and Public Works
- Travel costs
- Volunteer workers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 1, 2008Introduced in Senate
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