HR 1311
108th Congress
House
Armed Forces and National Security
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Emergency Management
Federal-local relations
Fire departments
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Government Operations and Politics
Housing and Community Development
Military and naval supplies
Surplus government property
Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003
Introduced: March 18, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 27, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
Mar 27, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
Mar 20, 2003
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Mar 20, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 18, 2003
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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 18, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Defense to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the Federal Excess Personal Property program of the Forest Service to facilitate the reutilization of Department of Defense personal property by firefighting agencies in rural areas. Requires the priority given to such transfers by the Department of Defense to be at least equal to that given for transferring such property to military departments and defense agencies.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.