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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 5212 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 15, 2023 

Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself and Mr. D’ESPOSITO) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 

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 2023’’ or 

6 the ‘‘FIRE Cancer Act of 2023’’. 


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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 new subparagraph: 

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 new paragraph: 

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 new paragraph: 


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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 new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(r) CANCER RESEARCH.—The Administrator of 

9 FEMA and the Director of the Centers for Disease Con10 trol and Prevention shall jointly establish a voluntary pro11 gram through which firefighting personnel may share with 

12 the Centers results of multi-cancer early detection testing 

13 or other forms of preventative tests in order to identify 

14 any trends or causes of cancer in such personnel. Any such 

15 results shall be shared in an anonymized, de-identified 

16 manner that safeguards the personally identifiable infor17 mation of such personnel in order to prevent attribution 

18 to any such personnel of any such shared results.’’. 

19 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

20 Paragraph (1) of section 33(i) of the Federal Fire Preven21 tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(i)) is 

22 amended by striking ‘‘described in subsection (c)(3)(F)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘described in subsection (c)(3)(G)’’. 

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