I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4847 
To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2007 
Mr. MITCHELL (for himself and Mr. GINGREY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Science and Technology 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Fire 
Administration Reauthorization Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The loss of life due to fire has dropped sig-
nificantly over the last 25 years in the United 
States. However, the United States still has one of 
the highest fire death rates in the industrialized 
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world. In 2005 the National Fire Protection Asso-
ciation reported 3,675 civilian fire deaths, 17,925 ci-
vilian fire injuries, and $10,672,000,000 in direct 
losses due to fire. 
(2) Every year, over 100 firefighters die in the 
line of duty. The United States Fire Administration 
should continue its leadership to help local fire agen-
cies dramatically reduce these fatalities. 
(3) Members of the fire service community 
should continue to work together to further the pro-
motion of voluntary consensus standards that in-
crease firefighter safety. 
(4) The United States Fire Administration pro-
vides crucial support to the Nation’s 30,300 fire de-
partments through training, emergency incident data 
collection, fire awareness and education, and support 
of research and development activities for fire pre-
vention, control, and suppression technologies. 
(5) The collection of data on fire and other 
emergency incidents is a vital tool both for policy 
makers and emergency responders to identify and 
develop responses to emerging hazards. Improving 
the United States Fire Administration’s data collec-
tion capabilities is essential for accurately tracking 
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and responding to the magnitude and nature of the 
Nation’s fire problem. 
(6) The research and development performed by 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
the United States Fire Administration, other govern-
ment agencies, and non-governmental organizations 
on fire technologies, techniques, and tools advance 
the capabilities of the Nation’s fire service to sup-
press and prevent fires. 
(7) The United States Fire Administration is 
one of the strongest voices representing the Nation’s 
fire service within the Federal Government, and, as 
such, it should have a prominent place within the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNITED 
STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 17(g)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking the ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
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‘‘(E) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, of 
which $2,520,000 shall be used to carry out 
section 8; 
‘‘(F) $72,100,000 for fiscal year 2010, of 
which $2,595,600 shall be used to carry out 
section 8; 
‘‘(G) $74,263,000 for fiscal year 2011, of 
which $2,673,468 shall be used to carry out 
section 8; and 
‘‘(H) $76,490,890 for fiscal year 2012, of 
which $2,753,672 shall be used to carry out 
section 8.’’. 
SEC. 4. NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY TRAINING PROGRAM 
MODIFICATIONS AND REPORTS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO FIRE ACADEMY TRAINING.— 
Section 7(d)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Con-
trol Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2206(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘terrorist- 
caused national catastrophes’’ and inserting ‘‘ter-
rorist-caused and other national catastrophes’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (K), by striking ‘‘forest’’ 
and inserting ‘‘wildland’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (M), by striking ‘‘response 
tactics and’’ and inserting ‘‘response, tactics, and’’; 
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