What was lobbied
11 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
S. 1952, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety Improvement Act of 2011, provisions relating to emergency response to hazardous materials incidents, including training, standards, and policy. S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) Act, provisions relating to hazardous materials incidents. H.R. 7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, provisions relating to axle weight limits for fire apparatus, first responder safety during traffic incidents, and hazardous materials incidents. Issues relating to the odorant of propane gas.
Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Bills named:
H.R. 7 (112th), S. 1952 (112th), S. 1813 (112th)
Needs of the fire service in responding to incidents in the wildland urban interface. Development and implementation of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
Contacted: U.S. Forest Service; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
S. 550/H.R. 2269, the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act, provisions relating to the reauthorization of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, including the SAFER grant program. S. 2218, the United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act, provisions reauthorizing the U.S. Fire Administration. Statewide mutual aid plans for fire departments.
Contacted: Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); SENATE; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Forest Service; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of the Vice President of the United States
Bills named:
S. 550 (112th), S. 2218 (112th), H.R. 2269 (112th)
H.R. 2353/S. 933, the Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act, provisions to exclude state and local benefits for volunteer firefighters from federal taxation. H.R. 2630, the Volunteer Firefighter Fairness Act, provisions to clarify the "volunteer" status of volunteer firefighters. H.R. 1792/S. 1035, the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act, provisions to encourage building owners to retrofit their buildings with sprinklers.
Contacted: SENATE; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Forest Service; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Natl Security Council (NSC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Bills named:
H.R. 2353 (112th), H.R. 2630 (112th), S. 1035 (112th), S. 933 (112th), H.R. 1792 (112th)
Issues pertaining to emergency medical services (EMS), including the shortage of drugs used for emergency medicine and the creation of a lead federal agency for EMS. H.R. 1005/S. 424, the Medicare Ambulance Access Preservation Act, provisions relating to the extension of Medicare funding for EMS transport. H.R. 3144, the Field EMS Quality, Innovation, and Cost Effectiveness Improvements Act, provisions relating to grants and policy for EMS.
Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Natl Security Council (NSC); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); U.S. Forest Service; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Bills named:
H.R. 1005 (112th), S. 424 (112th), H.R. 3144 (112th)
Fiscal Year 2013 funding for the U.S. Fire Administration, Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, FEMA National Preparedness Grant Program, Urban Search and Rescue System, U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Emergency Communications, National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement funds at the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) and Agriculture (USDA), Hazardous Fuels Programs at the DOI and USDA, the USDA's State and Volunteer Fire Assistance programs, and the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Forest Service; Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC)
FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-95), provisions relating to the regulation of Medevac/Helicopter EMS services.
Contacted: Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Natl Security Council (NSC); Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); U.S. Forest Service; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
S. 620/H.R. 1199, the Campus Fire Safety Education Act, provisions relating to the education of college students about fire safety. H.R. 3250/S. 1766, the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act, provisions authorizing the Secretary of Education to make matching grants for the installation of fire suppression systems in student housing.
Contacted: SENATE; Natl Security Council (NSC); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); U.S. Forest Service; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
Bills named:
H.R. 3250 (112th), H.R. 1199 (112th), S. 1766 (112th), S. 620 (112th)
H.R. 2405/S. 1855, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act, provisions relating to medical countermeasures for first responders and their families. Information sharing for first responders.
Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; SENATE; U.S. Forest Service; Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Natl Security Council (NSC)
Bills named:
S. 1855 (112th), H.R. 2405 (112th)
FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-95) and H.R. 4018/S. 1696, the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvements Act, provisions relating to volunteer EMS providers and qualifications for the U.S. Department of Justice's Public Safety Officers' Benefits program.
Contacted: Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); Office of the Vice President of the United States; Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); SENATE; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Agriculture, Dept of (USDA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Bills named:
H.R. 4018 (112th), S. 1696 (112th)
Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96) , provisions relating to the establishment of a nationwide public safety broadband network. Issues relating to public safety communications operability and interoperabillty.
Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; Office of the Vice President of the United States; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); U.S. Forest Service; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Natl Security Council (NSC); SENATE; Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Centers For Disease Control & Prevention (CDC); Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
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