H.R. 5858: FIRE Act
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H.R. 5858: FIRE Act
111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-26 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
- If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.
Official title
FIRE Act
Plain summary
Firefighting Investment, Renewal, and Employment Act or the FIRE Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for competitive grants for modifying, upgrading, or constructing non-federal fire stations for FY2011-FY2015.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] · 7 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Joe Courtney (D-CT)
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5858.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr5858 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111