I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3881 
To reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the Fire Pre-
vention and Safety Grants program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire 
and Emergency Response grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 
REICHERT, and Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, 
and Technology 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grants pro-
gram, the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants program, 
and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Re-
sponse grant program, 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 ‘‘AFG and SAFER Pro-
gram Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO FIRE-
FIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM AND THE FIRE 
PREVENTION 
AND 
SAFETY 
GRANTS 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 33 of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229) is amended by striking subsection (r). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (q)(1)(B) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘2017’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN TRAINING UNDER 
ASSISTANCE
TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM.— 
Subsection (c)(3) of such section is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(N) To provide specialized training to 
firefighters, paramedics, emergency medical 
service workers, and other first responders to 
recognize individuals who have mental illness 
and how to properly intervene with individuals 
with mental illness, including strategies for 
verbal de-escalation of crisis.’’. 
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SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE 
FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL OF SUNSET.—Section 34 of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229a) is amended by striking subsection (k). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (j)(1)(I) of such section is amended, in the matter 
before clause (i), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF
APPLICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subsection (b)(3)(B) of such section is amended 
by striking ‘‘of subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii) and (F)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘of subsection (a)(1)(F)’’. 
(d) MODIFICATION
OF
LIMITATION.—Subsection 
(c)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘prior to No-
vember 24, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘prior to the date of the 
application for the grant’’. 
(e) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Sub-
section (d)(1)(B) of such section is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E) or subsection (c)(2)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E), (c)(2), or (c)(4)’’. 
(f) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN USE OF 
GRANT AMOUNTS TRANSFERRED
TO ASSISTANCE
TO 
FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) 
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of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and to provide’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘of crises’’. 
(g) EXPANSION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE 
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM.—Sub-
section (a)(1)(B) of such section, as amended by sub-
section (f), is further amended by inserting ‘‘or to change 
the status of part-time or paid-on-call (as defined in sec-
tion 33(a)) firefighters to full-time firefighters’’ after 
‘‘firefighters’’. 
SEC. 4. TRAINING ON ADMINISTRATION OF FIRE GRANT 
PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, acting through the Ad-
ministrator of the United States Fire Administration, may 
develop and make widely available an electronic, online 
training course for members of the fire and emergency re-
sponse community on matters relating to the administra-
tion of grants under sections 33 and 34 of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229 
and 2229a). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator of the Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency shall ensure that 
any training developed and made available under sub-
section (a) is— 
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(1) tailored to the financial and time con-
straints of members of the fire and emergency re-
sponse community; and 
(2) accessible to all individuals in the career, 
combination, paid-on-call, and volunteer fire and 
emergency response community. 
SEC. 5. FRAMEWORK FOR OVERSIGHT AND MONITORING 
OF 
THE 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
FIREFIGHTERS 
GRANTS PROGRAM, THE FIRE PREVENTION 
AND SAFETY GRANTS PROGRAM, AND THE 
STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMER-
GENCY RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) FRAMEWORK.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, acting 
through the Administrator of the United States Fire Ad-
ministration, shall develop and implement a grant moni-
toring and oversight framework to mitigate and minimize 
risks of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement relating 
to the grants programs under sections 33 and 34 of the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2229 and 2229a). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The framework required by sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
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(1) Developing standardized guidance and 
training for all participants in the grant programs 
described in subsection (a). 
(2) Conduct of regular risk assessments. 
(3) Conducting desk reviews and site visits. 
(4) Enforcement actions to recoup potential 
questionable costs of grant recipients. 
(5) Such other oversight and monitoring tools 
as the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency considers necessary to mitigate 
and minimize fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanage-
ment relating to the grant programs described in 
subsection (a). 
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