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HR 3722 115th Congress House

Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act

Official title: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the import of donated fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies free of duty and other restrict… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the import of donated fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies free of duty and other restrictions for purposes of inspection and subsequent donation and export of such equipment and supplies to countries and organizations in need, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 8, 2017 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance FiresFirst responders and emergency personnelForeign aid and international reliefSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsTariffs
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 8, 2017
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 Latest action September 8, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act

This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of donated fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies imported by or on behalf of a qualified tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization for purposes of the inspection and subsequent donation and export of those items to countries and organizations in need.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3722: Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3722/
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"H.R. 3722: Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3722/.
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H.R. 3722, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3722/.
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[H.R. 3722: Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3722/)
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