HR 1839
106th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Cameras
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Economics and Public Finance
Equipment and supplies
Fire departments
Fire prevention
Grants-in-aid
Science, Technology, Communications
Access to Thermal Imaging Cameras Act
Introduced: May 18, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 18, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
May 18, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Emergency Management.
May 18, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Access to Thermal Imaging Cameras Act - Authorizes the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make competitive grants to fire departments for the purpose of acquiring thermal imaging cameras. Requires the non-Federal share of acquisition costs to be 33 percent.
Authorizes appropriations.
Declares the sense of Congress that any funds appropriated to FEMA for this purpose should be offset with corresponding reductions in funds appropriated to carry out other Federal programs.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Committees of jurisdiction
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