Subject Fires | Current

State	Bill	Summary/Title	Last Action
US	SB954	Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-23 S.AMDT.953 Amendment SA 953 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 33. Record Vote Number: 139.
US	SB891	American Jobs in American Forests Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-05-08 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	SB876	Fire Police Fairness Act [Detail][Text]	2013-05-07 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1828	Fire Police Fairness Act [Detail][Text]	2013-05-06 To House Judiciary Committee
US	HB1511	Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to implement procedures to ensure that not less than 600,000 acres of federal land each fiscal year ar... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-03 To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
US	HB1617	Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act - Requires the Secretary of Education to make grants to states for the modernization, renovation, or repair of public schools, including early learning facilities and charter schools, to make them safe... [Detail][Text]	2013-05-03 To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
US	HB1441	Electronic Life Safety and Security Systems Federal Background Check Act of 2013 [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	HB1577	McLelland-Hasse Line of Duty Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) require the use of grant funds under the community-oriented policing services program to train and provide security details for prosecutors and j... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-30 To House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
US	SB327	Good Neighbor Forestry Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System land, and the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, to enter into cooperative agreements an... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
US	SB849	Permanent Stewardship Contracting Authority Act of 2013 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private perso... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
US	SB816	Stewardship End Result Contracting Project Act - Amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or othe... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-25 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
US	HB188	21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps Act - Authorizes the President, in order to relieve widespread unemployment, restore depleted natural resources in the United States, and advance public works programs, to establish a Civilian Conservation Cor... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Committee
US	HB1009	Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefi... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
US	HB691	Worker Protection Against Combustible Dust Explosions and Fires Act of 2013 - Requires the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an interim final standard regulating occupational exposure to combustible dust hazards, which shall apply to manufacturing, pr... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
US	HB1345	Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 - Extends through FY2023 the authority for the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to enter into stewardship end result contracting projects with private persons or other public or priva... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
US	HB1442	Depleting Risk from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to state findings concerning the threat to forests in the Western region of the United States posed by the mountain p... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-23 To House Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry Committee
US	HB1609	Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions for: (1) initiating, expanding, or i... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-17 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SB750	Campus Fire Safety Education Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of Education to establish a program to award grants, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or consortiums of such institutions for: (1) initiating, expanding, or i... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-17 To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
US	HB818	Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act - Declares that the bark beetle epidemic, drought, and deteriorating forest health conditions on National Forest System land and public lands, with the resulting imminent risk of devastating wildf... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-11 Subcommittee Hearings Held.
US	HB1454	Makes livestock indemnity payments (at 65% of an animal's market value) through FY2013 to eligible producers on farms that have incurred excess livestock death losses due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-10 To House Agriculture Committee
US	SB698	Line of Duty Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to: (1) require the use of grant funds under the community-oriented policing services program to train and provide security details for prosecutors and judges, i... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-10 To Senate Judiciary Committee
US	HB1437	Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones College Fire Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to make competitive demonstration grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs), fraternities, and sororities for up to half the cost of installing a... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-09 To House Education And The Workforce Committee
US	SB667	Fire Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow local variances for certain residential structures substantially damaged by a fire or other disaster, not including a flood. Permits state or local au... [Detail][Text]	2013-04-08 To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
US	SCR8	Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2013, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2015-FY2023. Title I: Recommended Levels and Amounts - (Sec. 101) Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts for FY2013-FY... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-23
US	SB661	Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) and the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, to implement procedures to ensure that not less than 600,000 acres of federal land each fiscal year ar... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-22 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
US	HB1141	Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay. [Detail][Text]	2013-03-13 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	SB506	Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow sponsors of certain deferred compensation plans to elect to include length of service award plans for bona fide volunteers providing firefi... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-07 To Senate Finance Committee
US	SB501	Volunteer Responder Incentive Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 - Amends Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exclusion for benefits paid to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical providers by states and local governments, to: (1... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-07 To Senate Finance Committee
US	HB968	Fire Damaged Home Rebuilding Act of 2013 - Amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow local variances for certain residential structures. Prohibits certain land use and control measures from being deemed inadequate or inconsistent with ... [Detail][Text]	2013-03-05 To House Financial Services Committee
US	SB17	Energy Production and Project Delivery Act of 2013 - Considers that the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) has approved the Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program 2010-2015 as a final oil and gas leasing program under t... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-27 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
US	HB533	Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act - Makes an employee of a land management agency who served under a time-limited appointment in the competitive service eligible to compete for a permanent appointment in the agency if the original appointment... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-06 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	HB471	Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act - Includes in the determination of a federal firefighter's average pay for purposes of computing retirement and annuity benefits one-half of a firefighter's basic hourly rate times the number of overtime hours inclu... [Detail][Text]	2013-02-04 To House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
US	SB141	Makes livestock indemnity payments (at 65% of an animal's market value) through FY2013 to eligible producers on farms that have incurred excess livestock death losses due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-24 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
US	SB67	Secure Water Facilities Act - Secure Drinking Water Facilities Act - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to revise and expand requirements for assessment by covered water systems of their vulnerability to a range of intentional acts. Defines a "covere... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-23 To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
US	SB68	Secure Chemical Facilities Act - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to set forth provisions for the regulation of security practices at chemical facilities. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate: (1) any chemical substance... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-23 To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
US	SB6	Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act of 2013 - Amends the: (1) VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 to extend through March 31, 2016, the veterans retraining assistance program; and (2) Wounded Warrior Act to extend through 2016 the authority of the Secre... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
US	SB7	Extreme Weather Prevention and Resilience Act - Expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should: (1) promote investment to ensure resilience to extreme weather and disasters; (2) promote investment in clean energy infrastructure; (3) promote t... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
US	SB37	Forest Jobs and Recreation Act of 2013 - Establishes the Montana Forest Jobs and Restoration Pilot Initiative under which the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA), through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall implement authorized forest and watershed re... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
US	SB10	Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Repeals, but continues for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). Establishes the agriculture risk coverage program... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-22 To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
US	HB243	Bowles-Simpson Plan of Lowering America's Debt Act - Prohibits the total amount of appropriations to the White House for the Executive Office of the President, to the President, and to Congress for FY2014-FY2018 from exceeding 85% of the total amount... [Detail][Text]	2013-01-14 To House Budget Committee