HR 1168
106th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Arson
Building laws
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency medical services
Employee training
Environmental Protection
Equipment and supplies
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Grants-in-aid
Health
Housing and Community Development
Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 12, 2000
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 26, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Basic Research.
Mar 21, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.
Mar 17, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Science, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Mar 17, 1999
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants on a competitive basis to a variety of fire departments for any of a number of specified purposes, including: (1) hiring additional firefighting personnel; (2) training them; (3) funding creation of rapid intervention teams to protect firefighting personnel at the scenes of fires and other emergencies; (4) certifying fire inspectors; (5) establishing wellness and fitness programs for firefighting personnel; (6) funding emergency medical services; (7) acquiring additional firefighting vehicles and equipment, including personal protective equipment required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; (8) modifying fire stations, fire training facilities, and other facilities; (9) enforcing fire codes; (10) funding fire prevention programs; and (11) educating the public about arson prevention and detection.
Requires the FEMA Director to establish an office to set specific criteria for the selection of grant recipients and administer the grants.
Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Cosponsors
27
R
Sessions, Pete
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
D
Nadler, Jerrold
R
Simpson, Michael K.
D
Smith, Adam
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
I
Sanders, Bernard
R
Wicker, Roger F.
R
Rogers, Harold
D
Davis, Danny K.
D
Pelosi, Nancy
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
Markey, Edward J.
R
Smith, Christopher H.
D
Neal, Richard E.
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
D
Clyburn, James E.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Thompson, Mike
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
D
Hoyer, Steny H.
D
Larson, John B.
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Pallone, Frank
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1168: Firefighter Investment and Response Enhancement (FIRE) Act. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1168/
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