A bill to reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program, and for other purposes.
The bill’s titles are written by its sponsor.
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted.
This bill was incorporated into:
16 Cosponsors (15 Democrats, 1 Republican)
History
|
Apr 5, 2017
|
|
Introduced
Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber. |
|
May 17, 2017
|
|
Ordered Reported
A committee has voted to issue a report to the full chamber recommending that the bill be considered further. Only about 1 in 4 bills are reported out of committee. |
|
Jul 11, 2017
|
|
Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A committee issued a report on the bill, which often provides helpful explanatory background on the issue addressed by the bill and the bill's intentions. |
|
Aug 2, 2017
|
|
Passed Senate (House next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the Senate. It goes to the House next. The vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made. |
|
Dec 18, 2017
|
|
Final Bill —
Passed House (Senate next)
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4661 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 829 (115th). |
|
Dec 21, 2017
|
|
Final Bill —
Passed Senate
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4661 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 829 (115th). |
|
Jan 3, 2018
|
|
Final Bill —
Enacted — Signed by the President
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 4661 (115th), possibly in lieu of similar activity on S. 829 (115th). |
S. 829 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 829. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
How to cite this information.
We recommend the following MLA-formatted citation when using the information you see here in academic work:
“S. 829 — 115th Congress: AFG and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017.” www.GovTrack.us. 2017. August 22, 2024 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s829>
- show another citation format:
- APA
- Blue Book
- Wikipedia Template
Where is this information from?
GovTrack automatically collects legislative information from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources. This page is sourced primarily from Congress.gov, the official portal of the United States Congress. Congress.gov is generally updated one day after events occur, and so legislative activity shown here may be one day behind. Data via the congress project.
