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Lifting Up Our First Responders Act of 2019

H.R. 5407 · 116th Congress · Dec 12, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Defense to transfer certain property of the Department of Defense to State and Federal agencies for purposes of disaster-related emergency preparedness, and for other purposes.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Lifting Up Our First Responders Act of 2019”.

2. Excess personal property: sale or donation for law enforcement activities

Section 2576a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(1)(A) by inserting “, disaster-related emergency preparedness” after “coun­ter­ter­ror­ism”; and
(2)
in subsection (d)—
(A)
by striking “indicating” and inserting the following:

“(1) indicating”

(B)
by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(2) indicating use of high-water vehicles for disaster-related emergency preparedness.”