Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act

Bill: 116-hr-4987
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2019-11-05
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: 2019-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to prioritize grants that provide for planning, training, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response, in making grants to fire departments, nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations, and state fire training academies.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4987 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 5, 2019 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. .