I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4661 
To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, the Assistance to 
Firefighters Grants program, the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants 
program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response 
grant program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2017 
Mrs. COMSTOCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology 
A BILL 
To reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, the 
Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the Fire Pre-
vention and Safety Grants program, and the Staffing 
for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant pro-
gram, 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 ‘‘United States Fire 
Administration, AFG, and SAFER Program Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES FIRE 
ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 17(g)(1)(M) of the Federal Fire Prevention 
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216 (g)(1)(M)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2017’’ and inserting 
‘‘for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2023’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘for each such fiscal year’’ 
after ‘‘$2,753,672’’. 
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO FIRE-
FIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM AND THE FIRE 
PREVENTION 
AND 
SAFETY 
GRANTS 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) SUNSET.—Section 33(r) of the Federal Fire Pre-
vention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(r)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of the Fire Grants Reauthorization 
Act of 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
33(q)(1)(B) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(q)(1)(B)) is amended, in the 
matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION FOR CERTAIN TRAINING UNDER 
ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANTS PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 33(c)(3) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
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Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(c)(3)) 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.’’. 
SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE 
FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) SUNSET.—Section 34(k) of the Federal Fire Pre-
vention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(k)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 5 years after the 
date of the enactment of the Fire Grants Reauthorization 
Act of 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2024’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
34(j)(1)(I) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(j)(1)(I)) is amended, in the 
matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘2017’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF
APPLICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 34(b)(3)(B) of the Federal Fire Preven-
tion and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(b)(3)(B)) 
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is amended by striking ‘‘of subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii) and 
(F)’’ and inserting ‘‘of subsection (a)(1)(F)’’. 
(d) 
MODIFICATION
OF
LIMITATION.—Section 
34(c)(2) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act 
of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(c)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘prior to the date of enactment of this section’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘prior to the date of the application for the grant’’. 
(e) MODIFICATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Section 
34(d)(1)(B) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control 
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a(d)(1)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E) or subsection (c)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(E), (c)(2), or (c)(4)’’. 
(f) EXPANSION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE 
AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM; REPEAL 
OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS 
TRANSFERRED
TO
ASSISTANCE
TO
FIREFIGHTERS 
GRANTS PROGRAM.—Section 34(a)(1)(B) of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229a(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘or to change the status of 
part-time or paid-on-call (as defined in section 
33(a)) firefighters to full-time firefighters’’ after 
‘‘firefighters’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘and to provide’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘of crises’’. 
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SEC. 5. 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— 
(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. 
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SEC. 6. 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 enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, acting through 
the Administrator of the United States Fire Administra-
tion, shall develop and implement a grant monitoring 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 under sub-
section (a) shall include the following: 
(1) Developing standardized guidance and 
training for all participants in the grant programs 
described in subsection (a). 
(2) Conducting regular risk assessments. 
(3) Conducting desk reviews and site visits. 
(4) Enforcement actions to recoup potential 
questionable costs of grant recipients. 
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(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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