First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
Latest action · Dec 23, 2024 Became Public Law No: 118-165.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Passed HouseJul 27, 2023
- Passed SenateDec 10, 2024
- To the PresidentDec 17, 2024
- Became lawDec 23, 2024Public Law 118-165
Summary
First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
This act directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to implement a uniform process for reviewing applications for certain anti-terrorism grants to urban areas and state, local, and tribal governments.
Specifically, the uniform review must be done for grant applications requesting to purchase first responder equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 11, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Original | May 11, 2023 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred May 11, 2023Markup May 17, 2023Reported Jul 20, 2023 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 5, 2023Markup Jul 31, 2024Reported Nov 13, 2024 |
Actions 22
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2024Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-165.
- Dec 17, 2024Presented to President.
- Dec 11, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 10, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6934)
- Nov 13, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-243.
- Nov 13, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 557.
- Jul 31, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Sep 5, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Jul 27, 2023Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4052)
- Jul 27, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 7/25/2023 CR H3938)
- Jul 27, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 25, 2023Mr. Guest moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Jul 25, 2023Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3938-3939)
- Jul 25, 2023DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3254.
- Jul 25, 2023At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Guest objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Jul 19, 2023Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 118-152.
- Jul 19, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 120.
- May 17, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 17, 2023Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- May 11, 2023Introduced in House
- May 11, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6934 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Dec 10, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H4052 | — | Jul 27, 2023 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3938, H3939Text printed H3938 | Donald M. Payne, Jr. D-NJ, Michael Guest R-MS | Jul 25, 2023 |
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.
Committee reports
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 21, 2024H.R. 3254, First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 31, 2024
- Jun 6, 2023H.R. 3254, First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 17, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 80, May 11, 2023, page H2313.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 118-52 | EXAMINING FIRE HAZARDS: LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AND OTHER THREATS TO FIRE SAFETY58 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Feb 15, 2024 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IF12752 | Education Department Updates Title IX Regulations: Protections for Pregnant Students and Employees | Resource | Sep 3, 2024 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2743 | First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act | Reintroduction of | Apr 22, 2021 |
| HR 5673 | Responsible Legislating Act | Related bill | Dec 17, 2024 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a process to review applications for certain grants to purchase equipment or systems that do not meet or exceed any applicable national voluntary consensus standards, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Emergency Management.
Text 6
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Nov 13, 2024Reported to Senate
- Sep 5, 2023Referred in Senate
- Jul 27, 2023Engrossed in House
- Jul 19, 2023Reported in House
- May 11, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
