H.R. 3728: To provide grants for fire station construction through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-06-04 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-06-04 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To provide grants for fire station construction through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a grant program to modify, upgrade, and construct fire and emergency medical services (EMS) department facilities. Grant recipients may use funds received to build, rebuild, or renovate fire and EMS department facilities; upgrade existing facilities to install exhaust emission control systems, install backup power systems, upgrade or replace environmental control systems (such as HVAC systems), remove or remediate mold, and construct or modify living quarters for use by male and female personnel; and upgrade fire and EMS stations or build new stations. The bill sets forth provisions regarding (1) grant fund allocations between career and volunteer fire and EMS departments, and (2) prevailing rate of wage and a requirement for using materials produced domestically for public contracts.

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Official text

To provide grants for fire station construction through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · 38 cosponsors

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Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Bost (R-IL), John Garamendi (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Ed Case (D-HI), James A. Himes (D-CT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Mike Levin (D-CA)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr3728.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr3728 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117