HR 5686
110th Congress
House
Emergency Management
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Employee training
Equipment and supplies
Fire departments
Fire fighters
Governmental investigations
Health
Labor and Employment
Occupational health and safety
Standards
Surveys
Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2008
Introduced: April 2, 2008
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 2, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Apr 2, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Science and Technology.
Apr 2, 2008
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Firefighter Fatality Reduction Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to: (1) conduct a survey of and report to Congress on the compliance of fire departments in the United States with national consensus standards for staffing, training, safe operations, personal protective equipment, and fitness; and (2) establish a Task Force to Enhance Firefighter Safety to develop a plan to enhance firefighter safety by increasing compliance with such standards and to consider ways in which the federal government, states, and localities can promote, encourage, or require compliance.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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