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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5025 

To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to make 

available under the assistance to firefighters grant program the establishment of cancer prevention programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024 

Mr. HELMY (for himself and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 

of 1974 to make available under the assistance to firefighters grant program the establishment of cancer prevention programs, 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 ‘‘Firefighter Invest5 ments to Recognize Exposure to Cancer Act of 2024’’ or 

6 the ‘‘FIRE Cancer Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR FIRE2 FIGHTERS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 33 of the Federal Fire 

4 Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) in subsection (c)(3)— 

7 (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 

8 through (N) as subparagraphs (G) through (O), 

9 respectively; and 

10 (B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 

11 the following: 

12 ‘‘(F) To establish cancer prevention pro13 grams for firefighting personnel, including pro14 viding multi-cancer early detection testing or 

15 other forms of preventative tests.’’; 

16 (2) in subsection (i), by adding at the end the 

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN CANCER

19 TESTS.—Not more than $1,750 from available grant 

20 funds under subsection (c)(3)(F) may be obligated 

21 and expended for each multi-cancer early detection 

22 test or other form of preventative test.’’; 

23 (3) in subsection (q), by adding at the end the 

24 following: 


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1 ‘‘(4) CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated $700,000,000 for 

3 grants under subsection (c)(3)(F).’’; 

4 (4) by redesignating subsection (r) as sub5 section (s); and 

6 (5) by inserting after subsection (q) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(r) CANCER RESEARCH.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 

10 FEMA and the Director of the Centers for Disease 

11 Control and Prevention shall jointly establish a vol12 untary program through which firefighting personnel 

13 may share with the Centers results of multi-cancer 

14 early detection testing or other forms of preventative 

15 tests in order to identify any trends or causes of 

16 cancer in such personnel. 

17 ‘‘(2) SHARING.—Any results of firefighting per18 sonnel described in paragraph (1) shall be shared in 

19 an anonymized, de-identified manner that safe20 guards the personally identifiable information of 

21 such personnel in order to prevent attribution to any 

22 such personnel of any such shared results.’’. 

23 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

24 Section 33(i)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Con25 trol Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(i)(1)) is amended by 


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1 striking ‘‘described in subsection (c)(3)(F)’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘described in subsection (c)(3)(G)’’. 

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