PUBLIC LAW 115–98—JAN. 3, 2018 131 STAT. 2239 

Public Law 115–98 

115th Congress 

An Act 

To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, 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. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Fire Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION. 

Section 17(g)(1)(M) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 

Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216 (g)(1)(M)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘for each 

of fiscal years 2017 through 2023’’; and 

(2) by inserting ‘‘for each such fiscal year’’ after 

‘‘$2,753,672’’. 

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS 

PROGRAM AND THE FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS 

PROGRAM. 

(a) SUNSET.—Section 33(r) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(r)) is amended by striking 

‘‘the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of the 

Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

30, 2024’’. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 33(q)(1)(B) of 

the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

2229(q)(1)(B)) is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 

(c) AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN TRAINING UNDER ASSISTANCE

TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM.—Section 33(c)(3) of the Federal 

Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(c)(3)) 

is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(N) To provide specialized training to firefighters, 

paramedics, emergency medical service workers, and other 

first responders to recognize individuals who have mental 

illness and how to properly intervene with individuals with 

mental illness, including strategies for verbal de-escalation 

of crisis.’’. 

United States 

Fire 

Administration, 

AFG, and SAFER 

Program 

Reauthorization 

Act of 2017. 

15 USC 2201 

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Jan. 3, 2018 

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131 STAT. 2240 PUBLIC LAW 115–98—JAN. 3, 2018 

SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND 

EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM. 

(a) SUNSET.—Section 34(k) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 

Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(k)) is amended by striking 

‘‘the date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of the 

Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

30, 2024’’. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 34(j)(1)(I) of 

the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

2229a(j)(1)(I)) is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 

(c) MODIFICATION OF APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 

34(b)(3)(B) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 

(15 U.S.C. 2229a(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘of subsection 

(a)(1)(B)(ii) and (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘of subsection (a)(1)(F)’’. 

(d) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION.—Section 34(c)(2) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(c)(2)) 

is amended by striking ‘‘prior to the date of enactment of this 

section’’ and inserting ‘‘prior to the date of the application for 

the grant’’. 

(e) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 34(d)(1)(B) 

of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 

2229a(d)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E) or subsection (c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E), (c)(2), or (c)(4)’’. 

(f) EXPANSION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM; REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED TO ASSISTANCE TO

FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM.—Section 34(a)(1)(B) of the Federal 

Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(a)(1)(B)) 

is amended— 

(1) by inserting ‘‘or to change the status of part-time or 

paid-on-call (as defined in section 33(a)) firefighters to fulltime firefighters’’ after ‘‘firefighters’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘and to provide’’ and all that follows through 

‘‘of crises’’. 

SEC. 5. TRAINING ON ADMINISTRATION OF FIRE GRANT PROGRAMS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, acting through the Administrator of the 

United States Fire Administration, may develop and make widely 

available an electronic, online training course for members of the 

fire and emergency response community on matters relating to 

the administration of grants under sections 33 and 34 of the Federal 

Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 

2229a). 

(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall ensure that any training developed 

and made available under subsection (a) is— 

(1) tailored to the financial and time constraints of members of the fire and emergency response community; and 

(2) accessible to all individuals in the career, combination, 

paid-on-call, and volunteer fire and emergency response community. 

15 USC 2229 

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PUBLIC LAW 115–98—JAN. 3, 2018 131 STAT. 2241 

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4661: 

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 163 (2017): 

Dec. 18, considered and passed House. 

Dec. 21, considered and passed Senate. 

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SEC. 6. FRAMEWORK FOR OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING OF THE 

ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM, THE 

FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS PROGRAM, AND 

THE STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY 

RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM. 

(a) FRAMEWORK.—Not later than 90 days after the date of 

enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, acting through the Administrator of the 

United States Fire Administration, shall develop and implement 

a grant monitoring and oversight framework to mitigate and minimize risks of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement relating 

to the grants programs under sections 33 and 34 of the Federal 

Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 and 

2229a). 

(b) ELEMENTS.—The framework required under subsection (a) 

shall include the following: 

(1) Developing standardized guidance and training for all 

participants in the grant programs described in subsection (a). 

(2) Conducting regular risk assessments. 

(3) Conducting desk reviews and site visits. 

(4) Enforcement actions to recoup potential questionable 

costs of grant recipients. 

(5) Such other oversight and monitoring tools as the 

Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency 

considers necessary to mitigate and minimize fraud, waste, 

abuse, and mismanagement relating to the grant programs 

described in subsection (a). 

Approved January 3, 2018. 

Reviews. 

Assessments. 

Guidance. 

Deadline. 

Fraud. 

22 USC 2229 

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