What was lobbied
12 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Issues relating to the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.
Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
S. 138, the Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act, provisions relating to pay caps for wildland firefighters. Issues relating to community preparedness for wildland fires. Issues related to lessons learned from the 2018 Camp Fire in California.
Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); U.S. Forest Service; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Bureau of Justice Assistance
Bills named:
S. 138 (117th)
Issues relating to fire department use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Forest Service; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE
Issues relating to taxation of unmarked fire department vehicles. Issues relating to the permission for firefighters employed by 501(c)(3)-incorporated fire departments to participate in state pensions plans. Incentives for the retrofit installation of fire sprinklers in high-rises and public housing.
Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); U.S. Forest Service; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
S. 231, the Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances (PFAS) Act, provisions to provide guidance to fire departments on protecting firefighters from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). Issues relating to firefighter health and PFAS in firefighting foam and personal protective equipment.
Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Bureau of Justice Assistance; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); U.S. Forest Service; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
Bills named:
S. 231 (117th)
Issues relating to authorization of the Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) grant program and Emergency Response Grant program at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA). Issues relating to emergency response to incidents involving electric vehicles. Issues relating to emergency response to incidents involving autonomous vehicles. Issues relating to connected vehicles on the 5.9 GHz spectrum band. Issues relating to fire department use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Contacted: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Forest Service; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
Issues relating to fire and EMS response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for testing, vaccination, supplies and funding. Issues relating to the nomination of Deanne Criswell to be FEMA Administrator. Issues relation to the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be Secretary of Homeland Security. P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan Act, provisions to increase funding for the Assistance to Firefighters and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant programs. S. 138, the Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act, provisions relating to pay caps for wildland firefighters. Issues relating to fire department reimbursement for participation in public COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. Issues related to fire response in the wildland urban interface.
Contacted: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE; Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Bills named:
S. 138 (117th)
P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan Act, provisions to: - increase funding for the Assistance to Firefighters and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant programs. - fund mental/behavioral health programs at the Health Resources and Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - funding to help fire districts receive funding to support their COVID-19 response efforts. - allow fire & EMS departments to be reimbursed for treating patients on scene & not transporting them to hospitals. Issues relating to the fire & EMS departments needs for testing, vaccinations, supplies and funding to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Issues relating to the extension of Medicare add-on payments for the transportation of patients by fire & EMS departments to hospitals. H.R. 1868, legislation to prevent across-the-board direct spending cuts, and for other purposes, provisions to prevent cuts to Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement for fire & EMS departments. Funding for the SIREN grant program at the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration. Issues related to hospital notifications of first responders for exposure to patients bodily fluids. Issues related to the assessment of EMS quality and medical director compensation. Issues related to the implementation of provision in P.L. 117-2 that provide reimbursement for providing treatment in place services to patients.
Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Forest Service; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Bills named:
H.R. 1868 (117th)
Issues relating to the retrofit installation of automatic fire sprinklers in public housing and high-rise buildings.
Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Bureau of Justice Assistance; SENATE; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); U.S. Forest Service; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan Act, provisions to: - increase funding for the Assistance to Firefighters and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant programs. - fund mental/behavioral health programs at the Health Resources and Services Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - funding to help fire districts receive funding to support their COVID-19 response efforts. - funding to help local governments recoup costs from the economic slowdown caused by COVID-19. - allow fire & EMS departments to be reimbursed for treating patients on scene & not transporting them to hospitals. Funding for the SIREN grant program at the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration.
Contacted: Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Justice Assistance; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); U.S. Forest Service; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issues relating to fire and EMS response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for testing, vaccination, supplies and funding. Issues relating to the nomination of Deanne Criswell to be FEMA Administrator. Issues relation to the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be Secretary of Homeland Security. P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan Act, provisions to increase funding for the Assistance to Firefighters and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant programs. Issues relating to response to civil unrest. Issues relating to information sharing about terrorist threat information with local fire departments. Issues relating to fire department reimbursement for participation in public COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.
Contacted: Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Food & Drug Administration (FDA); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); U.S. Forest Service; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
H.R. 1848, the LIFT America Act, provisions to support the nationwide rollout of Next Generation 911 systems. Issues relating to public safety communications on the 4.9 GHz and 6 GHz spectrum. The need for better enforcement by the Federal Communications Commission to prevent interference of public safety communications. Issues relating to connected vehicles on the 5.9 GHz spectrum band. Issues relating to the First Responder Network Authority. Issues relating to the prevention of 911 fee diversion. Issues relating to the transmission of location information for 911 callers using mobile devices.
Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); U.S. Forest Service; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Food & Drug Administration (FDA); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Bills named:
H.R. 1848 (117th)
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