S. 3005: Rural and Part-time Firefighter Training Fairness Act

108th Congress · introduced 2004-11-18 · Emergency Management · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11500)

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Where it came from: introduced 2004-11-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11500) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Rural and Part-time Firefighter Training Fairness Act

Plain summary

Rural and Part-time Firefighter Training Fairness Act - Authorizes the use of funds appropriated to the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness for grants to States and local governments to provide reasonable stipends to part-time and volunteer first responders not otherwise compensated for travel to or participation in terrorism response courses approved by the Office for Domestic Preparedness. States that such stipends shall not be considered compensation for purposes of rendering first responders employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

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Official text

Rural and Part-time Firefighter Training Fairness Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] · 5 cosponsors

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Mike Crapo (R-ID)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s3005.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s3005 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108