FIRE Cancer Act of 2026

This bill would let fire departments use federal Assistance to Firefighters grants to set up cancer prevention programs for firefighting personnel, including multi-cancer early detection tests and other preventive tests. Grant funds could pay no more than $1,750 for each such test. The bill would authorize $700,000,000 for these cancer prevention grants. It would also direct FEMA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a voluntary program where firefighters can share their test results, in anonymized form, to help identify trends or causes of cancer.

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Sponsors

• Cory A. Booker Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors