US Congress House Bill 5900 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 6 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-06-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Allows any fire department with a service area that comprises all territory, population, and housing units in rural areas or outside a city or town with a population of less than 20,000 people to apply for a federal grant for which it would otherwise be eligible regardless of whether it has completed the National Incident Management System (NIMS) training. Requires any such department that receives a grant to complete such training by the end of the period covered by the grant award. Allows the department to claim the cost of such training as an allowable cost under the grant.

To modify the training requirements for certain fire departments applying for Federal grants.

Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-06-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
2012-06-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/5900/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr5900/BILLS-112hr5900ih.pdf