An amendment printed in Part B of House Report 111-340 to require the Director to consider unemployment rates when awarding grants.

1. Inserts “including unemployment rate of the area being served” after “financial situation”

   InsertsPage 12, line 24Printed page

   In H.R. 3791 · Reported in House

   "(B) Evaluation criteria.--

   "(i) In general.--In awarding grants under paragraph (1)(A), the Director shall, within each category of applicants under subparagraph (A), consider a broad range of factors important to the applicant's ability to respond to fires and related hazards, such as population served, geographic response area, hazard vulnerability, call volume, financial situation[inserted: including unemployment rate of the area being served], and need for training or equipment.

   "(ii) High population and incident response.--In considering such factors under clause (i), applicants serving areas with high population and with a high number of incidents requiring a response shall receive a higher level of consideration.

   Original wording

   Page 12, line 24, insert “including unemployment rate of the area being served” after “financial situation”.

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