Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act

Bill: 115-hr-1571
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-16
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Accidents

Fires

First responders and emergency personnel

Motor fuels

Oil and gas

Railroads

Transportation safety and security

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in making grants to fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations, and state fire training academies, to give high priority consideration to grants that provide for planning, training, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1571 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 16, 2017 Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself and Mr. Higgins of New York ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To provide first responders with planning, training, and equipment capabilities for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act . 2. Support for firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response Section 33(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2229(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) Priority The Administrator of FEMA shall, in carrying out this section, give high priority consideration to grants providing for planning, training, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response. .