S. 3237 · 110th Congress
Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008
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CaseySponsor9 cosponsors · 7 D, 1 R, 1 I
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Menendez
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Lincoln2 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.
Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine the average annual price per gallon for gasoline and diesel fuel for each of the five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts for 2007.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 10, 2008
Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to determine the average annual price per gallon for gasoline and diesel fuel for each of the five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts for 2007. Requires: (1) the average annual price per gallon to be based solely on data reported by the Energy Information Administration; and (2) that price to serve as the baseline fuel cost for each District.
Requires the Secretary to reimburse a qualified volunteer fire department for 75% of the difference between: (1) the actual expenditures of the department for gasoline and diesel fuel for a year; and (2) the amount that such expenditures would have been using the baseline fuel costs.
Directs each qualified volunteer fire department seeking reimbursement to submit to the Secretary at the end of each year: (1) all of its receipts and bills of sales documenting the amounts of gasoline and diesel fuel purchased during that year; and (2) a sum total of the aggregate number of gallons and the costs of gasoline and diesel fuel purchased.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Supporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008
Latest action (Jul 10, 2008): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6561-6562)
Policy area: Emergency Management · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 10, 2008
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.