HR 1610 — FIRE Cancer Act of 2025

Summary

Authorizes the use of assistance to firefighters grants for establishing cancer prevention programs, including multi-cancer early detection testing for firefighting personnel.
Sets a limit of $1,750 per firefighter for each multi-cancer early detection test or other preventative test using grant funds.
Authorizes $700,000,000 in funding for grants for firefighter cancer prevention programs.
Establishes a voluntary program where firefighters can share anonymized test results with the CDC and FEMA to identify cancer trends in firefighting personnel.

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Sponsor (1)

Rep. Gottheimer, Josh (D-NJ) [#5]

7 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Josh Gottheimer’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

BLACKSTONE $116,700
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT $71,500
KKR & CO INC. $50,600
CENTERVIEW PARTNERS $25,000
FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP $23,200

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Josh Gottheimer → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)

Feb 26, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. · house
Feb 26, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)

Introduced in House · Feb 26, 2025

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 26, 2025

Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Ms. Gillen, and Mr. Lawler) 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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Firefighter Investments to Recognize Exposure to Cancer Act of 2025” or the “FIRE Cancer Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS FOR FIREFIGHTERS.

(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 programs for firefighting personnel, including providing 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:

“(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 subsection (s); and

(5) by inserting after subsection (q) the following new subsection:

“(r) Cancer Research.—The Administrator of FEMA and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall jointly establish a voluntary program 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 information 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 Prevention 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)”. <all>

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