Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act”.
Fire Department Proper Response and Equipment Prioritization Act
A BILL
To provide first responders with planning, training, and equipment capabilities for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Support for firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response
Section 33(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(4) Priority—The Administrator of FEMA shall, in carrying out this section, give high priority consideration to grants providing for planning, training, and equipment to firefighters for crude oil-by-rail and ethanol-by-rail derailment and incident response.”