S. 3237 would assist volunteer fire companies in coping with the precipitous rise in fuel prices.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inSupporting America's Volunteer Emergency Services Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to editdetermine the wikiaverage 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 firstEnergy Information Administration; and (2) that price to provideserve as the baseline fuel cost for each District.



Requires the Secretary to reimburse a detailed summaryqualified volunteer fire department for 75% of the bill!)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.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 7/10/2008: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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