Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act

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Introduced

6 April 2006

Last action

6 April 2006 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summary

Firefighters Special Operation Task Force Act - Amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the Administrator of the U.S. Fire Administration to award grants to a task force (two or more fire services operating under a cooperative agreement to coordinate incident response within a geographic area) for: (1) salary and benefits to hire or rehire firefighting personnel to provide services to the task force; (2) expenses related to the participation of firefighting personnel in appropriate training courses offered by the Department of Homeland Security, the National Fire Academy, or a state or local fire academy; (3) training related to incident response; (4) appropriate equipment or support systems for task force members; or (5) improved communications between task force members and a local police department or hospital. Requires the Administrator, in selecting grantees, to give priority to task forces serving geographic areas within 50 miles of: (1) a nuclear power facility; (2) a large facility that produces, treats, or refines chemicals or petroleum products; (3) a business district of national significance; or (4) a location with one or more critical infrastructures. Requires grantees to provide non-federal matching funds of at least 55% of the amount awarded by the Administrator for each fiscal year.

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Timeline

6 April 2006
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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6 April 2006
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/2587
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/2587
us · 109-s-2587 · source updated 15 August 2025