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Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002

Introduced: March 19, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Oct 2, 2002
Committee Hearings Held.
Mar 19, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Science.
Mar 19, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002 - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to require the establishment of a new office within the United States Fire Administration to administer the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Firefighter grant program under this Act.

Authorizes the U.S. Fire Administrator to make grants to States, local governments, Indian tribal governments, other public entities, and multijurisdictional or regional consortia thereof to increase career firefighter presence and enhance their ability to save lives, property, and effectively respond to all types of emergencies.

Limits such grants to three years and their use for programs to hire new, additional career firefighters. Requires grantees to commit to retaining such career firefighters for at least one year beyond the termination of their grants.

What's happening now October 2, 2002

Committee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 26, 2002
 R
Lucas, Frank D.
Oklahoma · Sep 5, 2002
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jul 26, 2002
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 12, 2002
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 2, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3992: Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3992/
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"H.R. 3992: Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3992/.
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H.R. 3992, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-3992/.
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