Firefighter Equipment Protection Act of 2014

Firefighter Equipment Protection Act of 2014 - Codifies a national security exemption from emissions regulations for excess personal property of the Department of Defense (DOD) that is transferred under specified DOD property transfer programs to a firefighting agency in a state or to another state agency.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5483 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5483

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to continue the national 
security exemption from emissions regulations when an excess Department 
    of Defense vehicle covered by the exemption is transferred to a 
      firefighting agency in a State or to any other State agency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2014

 Mr. Griffin of Arkansas (for himself, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Bridenstine, Mr. 
Amodei, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Reichert, Mrs. Lummis, 
 and Mr. Pompeo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to continue the national 
security exemption from emissions regulations when an excess Department 
    of Defense vehicle covered by the exemption is transferred to a 
      firefighting agency in a State or to any other State agency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Firefighter Equipment Protection Act 
of 2014''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL SECURITY EMISSIONS EXEMPTION FOR 
              CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE VEHICLE TRANSFERS.

    (a) Continuation of Emissions Exemption Upon Transfer.--Section 
2576b of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection (d):
    ``(d) Continuation of Emissions Exemption Upon Transfer.--Personal 
property transferred under the authority of this section or through the 
Federal Excess Personal Property (FEPP) program or the Firefighter 
Property program (FFP) that qualified for a national security exemption 
under section 89.908 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, shall 
maintain this exemption even after the personal property is transferred 
to a firefighting agency in a State or to another State agency.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (d) of section 2576b of title 10, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2), shall apply to 
personal property described in such subsection (d) and transferred 
under such section or through the Federal Excess Personal Property 
program or the Firefighter Property program after July 1, 2014.
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