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Firefighter Investments to Recognize Exposure to Cancer Act of 2025 or the FIRE Cancer Act of 2025 This bill expands the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Assistance to Firefighters Grant program for fire departments and emergency medical services organizations to include cancer prevention programs (e.g., multi-cancer early detection testing) for firefighting personnel. It also establishes a joint cancer research program between FEMA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through which firefighting personnel may voluntarily share the anonymized results of preventative cancer testing so the CDC can study trends or causes of cancer in such personnel.
Carveouts & Earmarks · 3 line items · $700M tagged
Specific dollar amounts in this bill that flow to identifiable companies or programs — the actual cash trail.
$700M
Sec. 2(a)(3) (amending Sec. 33(q)(4))
"(4) Cancer prevention programs There is authorized to be appropriated $700,000,000 for grants under subsection (c)(3)(F)."
→ grants under subsection (c)(3)(F)
$2K
Sec. 2(a)(2) (amending Sec. 33(i)(4))
"(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."
→ grant funds under subsection (c)(3)(F)
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Sec. 2(a)(5) (new Sec. 33(r))
"(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."
→ The Administrator of FEMA and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Action Timeline
2025-02-26
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2025-02-26
Introduced in House
2025-02-26
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.1610 pass?
HR.1610 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 40%.
What does HR.1610 do?
Firefighter Investments to Recognize Exposure to Cancer Act of 2025 or the FIRE Cancer Act of 2025 This bill expands the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Assistance to Firefighters Grant program for fire departments and emergency medical services organizations to include cancer prevention programs (e.g., multi-cancer early detection testing) for firefighting personnel. It also establishes a joint cancer research program between FEMA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through which firefighting personnel may voluntarily share the anonymized results of prevent…
Who sponsored HR.1610?
HR.1610 was sponsored by Josh Gottheimer (D-New Jersey).
How much money does HR.1610 spend?
HR.1610 contains $700M in identified line-item carveouts to specific programs and companies, across 3 earmarks.
Full Bill Text
119 HR 1610 IH: Firefighter Investments to Recognize Exposure to Cancer Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-26 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1610 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. 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 . 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) .
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