(d) APPLICATIONS.—An entity described in sub-
section (b) seeking a grant under this section shall submit 
to the Administrator an application at such time and con-
taining such information as the Administrator may rea-
sonably require, including the size of the jurisdiction 
served by such applicant, an estimate of the cost of the 
project for which the grant will be used, and a demonstra-
tion of financial need for the grant. 
(e) USES OF FUNDS.—In carrying out the purpose 
described in subsection (a), a recipient of a grant under 
this section may use funds received for the following: 
(1) The improvement of the provision of emer-
gency services, including either firefighting or affili-
ated EMS capabilities. 
(2) The training and development of fire-
fighting or EMS personnel. 
(3) The recruitment and retention of such per-
sonnel, including by improving safety. 
(4) Community engagement. 
(5) The improvement of community safety. 
(f) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants 
under this part, the Administrator shall ensure, to the ex-
tent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution 
among the regions of the United States. 
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(g) GRANT AMOUNT.—A grant under this section 
may not exceed $4,000,000. 
(h) REPORTS ON GRANTS.—Not later than two years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act and biennially 
thereafter for six years, the Administrator shall submit to 
Congress and make publicly available a report on grants 
made under this section. 
(i) REPORTS ON CONSTRUCTION AND RENOVATION 
NEEDS.— 
(1) FEMA.—To the greatest extent possible, 
the Administrator shall periodically conduct and 
publish a study of the met and unmet construction 
and renovation needs of a national sample of career 
fire departments, combination fire departments, and 
volunteer fire departments. 
(2) GAO.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct a study 
on the sufficiency of existing capital infrastructure 
for career fire departments, combination fire depart-
ments, and volunteer fire departments that serve ju-
risdictions with fewer than 50,000 residents that in-
cludes a representative sample nationwide, and in-
cludes the met and unmet construction and renova-
tion needs and the provision of emergency services. 
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Such report shall include projections relating to such 
needs and services over the following periods: 
(A) One to five years. 
(B) Five to ten years. 
(C) More than ten years. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 
$250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2028 
to carry out this section. 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency. 
(2) CAREER
FIRE
DEPARTMENT.—The term 
‘‘career fire department’’ means a fire department 
that has an all-paid force of firefighting personnel 
other than paid-on-call firefighters. 
(3) COMBINATION
FIRE
DEPARTMENT.—The 
term ‘‘combination fire department’’ means a fire 
department that has— 
(A) paid firefighting personnel; and 
(B) volunteer firefighting personnel. 
(4) EMS.—The term ‘‘EMS’’ means emergency 
medical services. 
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(5) 
VOLUNTEER
FIRE
DEPARTMENT.—The 
term ‘‘volunteer fire department’’ means a fire de-
partment that has an all-volunteer force of fire-
fighting personnel. 
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