S 1437
114th Congress
Senate
Armed Forces and National Security
Aviation and airports
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
National Guard and reserves
Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 21, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
May 21, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Modular Airborne Firefighting System Flexibility Act
This bill authorizes the National Guard to provide assistance to support civilian authority firefighting operations or activities, including aerial firefighting employment of the Modular Airborne Firefighting System.
Such authority is based on a recognition of the basic premises of the National Incident Management System and the National Response Framework that: (1) incidents are typically managed at the local level first; and (2) local jurisdictions retain command, control, and authority over response activities for their jurisdictional areas.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1