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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 829 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 5 (legislative day, APRIL 4), 2017 

Mr. MCCAIN (for himself, Mr. TESTER, Ms. COLLINS, and Mr. CARPER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AFG and SAFER Pro5 gram Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO FIRE2 FIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM AND THE FIRE 

3 PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANTS PRO4 GRAM. 

5 (a) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 33 of the Federal 

6 Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93– 

7 498; 15 U.S.C. 2229) is amended by striking subsection 

8 (r). 

9 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub10 section (q)(1)(B) of such section is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN TRAINING UNDER

13 ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM.— 

14 Subsection (c)(3) of such section is amended by adding 

15 at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(N) To provide specialized training to 

17 firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical 

18 service workers, and other first responders to 

19 recognize individuals who have mental illness 

20 and how to properly intervene with individuals 

21 with mental illness, including strategies for 

22 verbal de-escalation of crisis.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE 

2 FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT 

3 PROGRAM. 

4 (a) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 34 of the Federal 

5 Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93– 

6 498; 15 U.S.C. 2229a) is amended by striking subsection 

7 (k). 

8 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub9 section (j)(1)(I) of such section is amended, in the matter 

10 before clause (i), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘2023’’. 

12 (c) MODIFICATION OF APPLICATION REQUIRE13 MENTS.—Subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section is amended 

14 by striking ‘‘of subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii) and (F)’’ and in15 serting ‘‘of subsection (a)(1)(F)’’. 

16 (d) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION.—Subsection 

17 (c)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘prior to No18 vember 24, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘prior to the date of the 

19 application for the grant’’. 

20 (e) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Sub21 section (d)(1)(B) of such section is amended by striking 

22 ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E) or subsection (c)(2)’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E), (c)(2), or (c)(4)’’. 

24 (f) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN USE OF

25 GRANT AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED TO ASSISTANCE TO

26 FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) 


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1 of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and to provide’’ 

2 and all that follows through ‘‘of crises’’. 

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