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Article: SENATE APPROVES SEN. PRYOR MEASURE TO PROVIDE $5 MILLION FOR PINE BLUFF'S FIRST RESPONDER TRAINING PROGRAM

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March 29, 2007
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The office of Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., issued the following press release: The Senate approved Sen. Mark Pryor's amendment to provide an additional $5 million to a Pine Bluff program that has trained nearly 79,000 first responders to operate chemical, biological radiological, nuclear and explosive detection and response equipment. The funding, passed as part of the Senate's emergency supplemental bill today, will allow the Domestic Preparedness Equipment Technical Assistance Program (DPETAP) to operate at current levels without cutting staff or canceling first responder training missions due to an unexpected budget shortfall.

Before this money is dispensed, members of the Senate and House ...

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