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Housing HOU

S. 2982, the Volunteer First Responder Housing Act, provisions to allow affordable housing incentives for volunteer firefighters.

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Natl Security Council (NSC)

Bills named: S. 2982 (116th)

Education EDU

Campus fire safety issues, including the reporting of fires on campuses and fire safety education. Development of a grant program to support the development of fire safety programs on college campuses.

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); U.S. Forest Service; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Bureau of Justice Assistance; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

H.R. 806/S.1640, the Portable Fuel Container Safety Act, provisions to require flame arrestor caps on portable gas cans.

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; U.S. Forest Service; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Justice Assistance

Bills named: S. 1640 (116th), H.R. 806 (116th)

Natural Resources NAT

H.R. 3052/H.R. 3055/P.L. 116-94, the FY 2020 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions to fund the following programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture: - U.S. Forest Service's wildland fire suppression funding. - Volunteer Fire Assistance (Rural Fire Capacity) program. - State Fire Assistance (National Fire Capacity) program. U.S. Department of Interior's wildland fire suppression funding. Issues relating to the importance of community preparedness programs like the Ready! Set! Go! program.

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Bills named: H.R. 3052 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th)

Transportation TRA

Funding for infrastructure improvements. H.R. 3163/H.R. 3055/S. 2520/P.L. 116-94, the FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions relating to the funding of the following programs at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA); - Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training (ALERT) grant program to assist local fire departments in responding to hazmat incidents involving rail transportation. - Pipeline Information grants, and - Community Safety grants to help communities prepare for hazmat incidents involding pipelines. Requirements for autonomous vehicles to yield to fire and other emergency apparatus during incidents and for autonomous vehicles to follow traffic directions at incident scenes. Issues relating to the use of unmanned aerials systems in firefighting operations. H.R. 3432, the Safer Pipelines Act, provisions relating to the Pipeline Information, Community Safety and Emergency Response grants. H.R. 2150, the SAFER Pipelines Act, provisions relating to the Pipeline Information, Community Safety and Emergency Response grants. S. 2299, the PIPES Act of 2019, provisions relating to the Pipeline Information, Community Safety and Emergency Response grants.

Contacted: Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); U.S. Forest Service

Bills named: H.R. 2150 (116th), H.R. 3432 (116th), H.R. 3163 (116th), S. 2520 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th), S. 2299 (116th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 3931/S. 2582/P.L. 116-93, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill, provisions to fund the following programs: - The Assistance to Firefighters grant program to build all-hazards capability for local fire departments. - The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to increase both career and volunteer staffing for local fire departments. - U.S. Fire Administration. - Urban Search and Rescue program. - Urban Areas Security Initiative program to help high-risk cities prepare for the threat of terrorism. - State Homeland Security Grant Programs to help states prepare for the threat of terrorism. H.R. 3052/H.R. 3055/S. 2580/P.L. 116-94, the FY 2020 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions to fund the following programs: - U.S. Forest Service's wildland fire suppression funding. - U.S. Forest Service's Volunteer Fire Assistance (Rural Fire Capacity) program. - U.S. Forest Service's State Fire Assistance (National Fire Capacity) program. - U.S. Department of Interior's wildland fire suppression funding. H.R. 3163/H.R. 3055/S. 2520/P.L. 116-94, the FY 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions relating to the funding of follwoing programs: - the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Assistance for Local Emergency Response Training grant program, which assists local fire departments in responding to hazmat incidents involving rail transportation. - PHMSA's Community Safety and Pipeline Information grants. H.R. 2740/P.L. 116-94, the FY 2020 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for the following programs: - the National Firefighter Cancer Registry at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. - the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) grants at the Health Resources and Services Administration. - the Mental Health First Aid program at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); SENATE; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Forest Service; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 2740 (116th), H.R. 3163 (116th), H.R. 3055 (116th), S. 2520 (116th), S. 2580 (116th), S. 2582 (116th), H.R. 3052 (116th), H.R. 3931 (116th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1241/S. 1210, the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Act, legislation to prevent federal taxation of certain state and local benefits for local volunteer firefighters. H.R. 1007/S. 972, the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act/ H.R. 1994/P.L. 116-94, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act, legislation to prevent federal taxation of certain state and local benefits for local volunteer firefighters. S. 803/H.R. 1869, Restoring Investment in Improvements Act, provisions to incentivize the retrofit of buildings owned by small businesses with automatic fire sprinklers. Issues relating to tax treatment of incentives for volunteer firefighters. H.R. 4685, the High Rise Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, provisions to establish tax incentives for the retrofit installation of fire sprinklers in high-rise buildings.

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); SENATE; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Forest Service; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: S. 972 (116th), S. 803 (116th), H.R. 1869 (116th), H.R. 1007 (116th), S. 1210 (116th), H.R. 1994 (116th), H.R. 4685 (116th), H.R. 1241 (116th)

Disaster Planning/Emergencies DIS

H.R. 42, the First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations (FRIENDS) Act, provisions to help the families of first responders during disasters. Improvements to the nation's mutual aid system for response to terrorist attacks and all hazards. H.R. 3931/S. 2582/P.L. 116-93, the FY 2020 DHS Appropriations bill, provisions relating to funding for: - The Assistance to Firefighters grant program to build all-hazards response capability for local fire departments. - The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to increase both career and volunteer staffing for local fire departments. - U.S. Fire Administration. - Urban Search and Rescue program. - Urban Areas Security Initiative program to help high-risk cities prepare for the threat of terrorism. - State Homeland Security Grant Program to help states prepare for the threat of terrorism. Issues relating to the appointment of a new FEMA Administrator. Issues relation to cybersecurity and fire departments. Implementation of the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (P.L. 115-254).

Contacted: SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; U.S. Forest Service; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 2582 (116th), H.R. 42 (116th), H.R. 3931 (116th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 1646, the Helping Emergency Responders Overcome (HERO) Act, provisions to help firefighters, emergency medical services personnel and law enforcement deal with behavioral health issues and prevent suicides. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI) Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) model program to pay for fire departments to receive compensation for treating patients on scene or transporting them to alternate destinations of care. Cost-reporting for the cost for fire and EMS departments for providing emergency care to Medicare and Medicaid patients. Compliance with the exposure notification requirements of P.L. 111-87, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Extension Act. Issues relating to the funding and administration of the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) program. Issues relating to the exclusion of ground ambulance agencies from balance billing prohibitions. Issues relating to the development of policies to mitigate shortages of emergency medications. Issues relating to the identification of best practices in identifying/treating cancer in first responders. Issues relating to proposals to transition Medicare ambulance suppliers to being classified as providers. Issues relating to the collection of data about EMS personnel by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continued support for the National EMS Information System at NHTSA. H.R. 2740/P.L. 116-94, the FY 2020 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, provisions relating to funding for the following programs: - the National Firefighter Cancer Registry at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. - the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) grants at the Health Resources and Services Administration. - the Mental Health First Aid program at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. H. Amdt. 282 to increase funding for the National Firefighter Cancer Registry. Issues relating to firefighter exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). S. 2525, the Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act, provisions relating to PFAS exposure from firefighting personal protective equipment. S. 2353, the Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act, provisions to develop guidance to reduce PFAS exposure and learn about safer alternatives.

Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Security Council (NSC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); SENATE; Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1646 (116th), S. 2525 (116th), S. 2353 (116th), H.R. 2740 (116th)

Chemicals/Chemical Industry CHM

The effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on firefighters and fire departments, including health issues, education and training for firefighting foam. S. 2525, the Guaranteeing Equipment Safety for Firefighters Act, provisions relating to PFAS exposure from firefighting personal protective equipment. S. 2353, the Protecting Firefighters from Adverse Substances Act, provisions to develop guidance to reduce PFAS exposure and learn about safer alternatives.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Bills named: S. 2353 (116th), S. 2525 (116th)

Government Issues GOV

Issues relating to the inclusion of career firefighters hired by volunteer fire departments into state pension systems. H.R. 1256/S. 531, the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act, provisions to allow disabled federal firefighters to remain in the federal retirement system.

Contacted: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Forest Service; SENATE; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1256 (116th), S. 531 (116th)

Homeland Security HOM

H.R. 42, the First Responder Identification of Emergency Needs in Disaster Situations (FRIENDS) Act, provisions to help the families of first responders during disasters. Issues relating to the sharing of intelligence and threat information with local fire departments, including staffing of the Joint Counter Terrorism Assessment Team. Improvements to the nation's mutual aid system for response to terrorist attacks and all hazards. Issues relating to public safety communications interoperability for first responders. H.R. 3931/S. 2582/P.L. 116-93, the FY 2020 DHS Appropriations bill, provisions relating to funding for: - The Assistance to Firefighters grant program to build all-hazards response capability for local fire departments. - The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to increase both career and volunteer staffing for local fire departments. - U.S. Fire Administration. - Urban Search and Rescue program. - Urban Areas Security Initiative program to help high-risk cities prepare for the threat of terrorism. - State Homeland Security Grant Program to help states prepare for the threat of terrorism. Issues relating to cybersecurity and fire departments. Issues relating to the nomination of a new FEMA Administrator.

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Security Council (NSC); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Bills named: S. 2582 (116th), H.R. 3931 (116th), H.R. 42 (116th)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice LAW

H.R. 1210/S. 465, the Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act, provisions to raise the Public Safety Officers death and disability program benefit and improve the educational benefit. Issues relating to the funding and administration of the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program. S. 1208/H.R. 2812, the Protecting America's First Responders Act, provision relating to the eligibility of fire police for the PSOB program and PSOB eligibility requirements. Membership of the Medal of Valor Review Board.

Contacted: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Defense, Dept of (DOD); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; U.S. Forest Service; Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Bills named: H.R. 1210 (116th), H.R. 2812 (116th), S. 465 (116th), S. 1208 (116th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

H.R. 451/S. 2748, the Don't Break Up the T-Band Act, which would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from auctioning the T-Band (470-512 MHz). S. 2881, the 5G Spectrum Act of 2019, which would prevent the Federal Communications Commission from auctioning the T-Band (470-512 MHz). H.R. 2760/S. 1479, the Next Generation 9-1-1 Act and H.R. 2741, the Leading Infrastructure for Tomorrow's America Act, provisions to incentivize the adoption of Next Generation 9-1-1 technologies, along with training for the new system. Issues relating to determining the location of mobile phone users calling 9-1-1 in buildings. Funding for the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council. Issues relating to the National Emergency Communications Plan and public safety communications. Issues relating to the 9-1-1 programs at NHTSA. Issues relating to shared use of unlicensed WiFi users with public safety communication systems on the 6 GHz band.

Contacted: Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Natl Security Council (NSC); Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); U.S. Forest Service; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)

Bills named: H.R. 2760 (116th), S. 1479 (116th), S. 2748 (116th), H.R. 451 (116th), H.R. 2741 (116th), S. 2881 (116th)