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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1851

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Federal Fire Prevention

and Control Act of 1974 for fiscal years 1996 and 1997.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 15, 1995

Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, and Mr. BOEHLERT)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science

A BILL

To authorize appropriations for carrying out the Federal

Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 for fiscal years

1996 and 1997.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fire Administration

5 Authorization Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

7 Section 17(g)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and

8 Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1)) is amended—

9 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara10 graph (E);
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of sub2 paragraph (F) and inserting in lieu thereof a semi3 colon; and

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub5 paragraphs:

6 ‘‘(G) $28,000,000 for the fiscal year ending

7 September 30, 1996, which, notwithstanding sub8 section (h), includes any amounts appropriated

9 under subsection (h) (3) and (4) for fiscal year

10 1996; and

11 ‘‘(H) $28,000,000 for the fiscal year ending

12 September 30, 1997.’’.

13 SEC. 3. FIRE SAFETY SYSTEMS IN ARMY HOUSING.

14 Section 31(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) is amended by inserting ‘‘,

15 or in the case of housing under the control of the Depart16 ment of the Army, 6 years after such date of enactment’’

17 after ‘‘date of enactment’’.

18 SEC. 4. SUCCESSOR FIRE SAFETY STANDARDS.

19 The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974

20 is amended—

21 (1) in section 29(a)(1), by inserting ‘‘, or any

22 successor standard thereto,’’ after ‘‘Association

23 Standard 74’’;
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1 (2) in section 29(a)(2), by inserting ‘‘or any

2 successor standards thereto,’’ after ‘‘whichever is ap3 propriate,’’;

4 (3) in section 29(b)(2), by inserting ‘‘, or any

5 successor standards thereto’’ after ‘‘Association

6 Standard 13 or 13–R’’;

7 (4) in section 31(c)(2)(B)(i), by inserting ‘‘or

8 any successor standard thereto,’’ after ‘‘Life Safety

9 Code), ’’; and

10 (5) in section 31(c)(2)(B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘or

11 any successor standard thereto,’’ after ‘‘Association

12 Standard 101,’’.

13 SEC. 5. TERMINATION OR PRIVATIZATION OF FUNCTIONS.

14 The Director of the United States Fire Administra15 tion shall transmit to Congress a report providing notice

16 at least 60 days in advance of the termination or transfer

17 to a private sector entity of any significant function of

18 the United States Fire Administration.

19 SEC. 6. REPORT ON BUDGETARY REDUCTION.

20 The Director of the United States Fire Administra21 tion shall transmit to Congress, within three months after

22 the date of the enactment of this Act, a report setting

23 forth the manner in which the United States Fire Admin24 istration intends to implement the budgetary reduction

25 represented by the difference between the amount appro-
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1 priated to the United States Fire Administration for fiscal

2 year 1996 and the amount requested in the President’s

3 budget request for such fiscal year. Such report shall be

4 prepared in consultation with the Alliance for Fire and

5 Emergency Management, the International Association of

6 Fire Chiefs, the International Association of Fire Fight7 ers, the National Fire Protection Association, the National

8 Volunteer Fire Council, the National Association of State

9 Fire Marshals, and the International Association of Arson

10 Investigators.

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