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S 641 108th Congress Senate 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 See on congress.gov
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Mar 18, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Mar 18, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Agriculture to enter into an agreement to utilize the Federal Excess Personal Property program of the Forest Service to transfer excess personal property of the Department of Defense to the Forest Service for reutilization 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 March 18, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Murray, Patty
Washington · May 5, 2004
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 23, 2004
 R
Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jun 4, 2003
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Apr 30, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 641: Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-641/
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"S. 641: Rural Fire Department Equipment Priority Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-641/.
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S. 641, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-641/.
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