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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 establish-
ment 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 fire-
fighters grant program the establishment of cancer pre-
vention programs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Firefighter Invest-
ments to Recognize Exposure to Cancer Act of 2023’’ or 
the ‘‘FIRE Cancer Act of 2023’’. 
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SEC. 2. CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR FIRE-
FIGHTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 33 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
through (N) as subparagraphs (G) through (O), 
respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (E) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) To establish cancer prevention pro-
grams for firefighting personnel, including pro-
viding multi-cancer early detection testing or 
other forms of preventative tests.’’; 
(2) in subsection (i), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN CANCER 
TESTS.—Not more than $1,750 from available grant 
funds under subsection (c)(3)(F) may be obligated 
and expended for each multi-cancer early detection 
test or other form of preventative test.’’; 
(3) in subsection (q), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $700,000,000 for 
grants under subsection (c)(3)(F).’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsection (r) as sub-
section (s); and 
(5) by inserting after subsection (q) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(r) CANCER RESEARCH.—The Administrator of 
FEMA and the Director of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention shall jointly establish a voluntary pro-
gram through which firefighting personnel may share with 
the Centers results of multi-cancer early detection testing 
or other forms of preventative tests in order to identify 
any trends or causes of cancer in such personnel. Any such 
results shall be shared in an anonymized, de-identified 
manner that safeguards the personally identifiable infor-
mation of such personnel in order to prevent attribution 
to any such personnel of any such shared results.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Paragraph (1) of section 33(i) of the Federal Fire Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(i)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘described in subsection (c)(3)(F)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘described in subsection (c)(3)(G)’’. 
Æ 
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