US Congress House Bill 4661 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Passed on January 3 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-03 - Became Public Law No: 115-98. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

United States Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to: (1) reauthorize through FY2024 the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) Program, the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants (FPSG) Program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER) Program, and reauthorizes provisions regarding firefighting technology evaluation and standards development; and (2) authorize the use of AFG Program grants, instead of SAFER Program grants, to provide specialized training to first responders on how to recognize and properly intervene with individuals with mental illness. The SAFER Program is revised to permit the use of grants to change the status of part-time or paid-on-call firefighters to full-time firefighters. The United States Fire Administration (USFA) may develop and make widely available an electronic, online training course for members of the fire and emergency response community on matters related to the administration of AFG, FPSG, and SAFER grants. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall ensure that any such training is: (1) tailored to the financial and time constraints of members of the fire and emergency response community; and (2) accessible to all individuals in the career, combination, paid-on-call, and volunteer fire and emergency response community. The USFA shall develop and implement a grant monitoring and oversight framework to mitigate and minimize risks of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement relating to such grants programs.

United States Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017

Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Neal Dunn [R-FL]	Sen. Roger Marshall [R-KS]
Rep. Mimi Walters [R-CA]	Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Clay Higgins [R-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-03	Senate	Became Public Law No: 115-98. (TXT | PDF)
2018-01-03	Senate	Signed by President.
2018-01-02	Senate	Presented to President.
2017-12-22	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2017-12-21	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8280)
2017-12-19	Senate	Received in the Senate, read twice.
2017-12-18	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2017-12-18	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10155-10156)
2017-12-18	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4661.
2017-12-18	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10155-10158)
2017-12-18	House	Mrs. Comstock moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2017-12-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2017-12-15	House	Introduced in House

HB3881 (Related) 2017-09-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4661/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4661/BILLS-115hr4661ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4661/BILLS-115hr4661eh.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr4661/BILLS-115hr4661enr.pdf