S.Amdt. 493

SA 493. Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Menendez, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Kerry and Mr. Brown) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr. Inouye (for
himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making supplemental
appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure
investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the
unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year
ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to
lie on the table; as follows:

On page 114, between lines 4 and 5, insert the following:

SEC. 603. WAIVERS OF CERTAIN FIRE GRANT PROGRAM PROVISIONS.

(a) Waiver of Federal Share Requirement.--Subparagraph (E)
of section 34(a)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(a)(1)) shall not apply
to a grant awarded under such section 34(a)(1) during the
fiscal years 2009 and 2010.
(b) Conditional Waiver of Certain Provisions.--If the
Administrator of the United States Fire Administration of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency determines that a
recipient of a grant awarded during fiscal year 2009 or 2010
under section 34(a)(1) of such Act is a fire department
located in a community facing a severe economic hardship, the
Administrator may waive or modify, with respect to such
recipient--
(1) the requirements of subparagraph (B) of such section
34(a)(1); and
(2) the provision in paragraph (1) of section 34(c) of such
Act.
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