Real bill currently in Congress c/o S/119/5261

FIRE Cancer Act of 2026

Policy area: Health ▲ 30 days since action Sponsor: Cory A. Booker, NJ-Senate, D → Congress.gov

Latest action (2026-08-05): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

What should pass

“AI Consensus Solution”

Firefighter Cancer Prevention Grant Eligibility Act of 2026

Enable fire departments to use federal assistance-to-firefighters grants to establish cancer prevention programs, reducing occupational cancer risks for firefighters.

Bipartisan rationale: Honors Democratic priorities: proactive public health investment in first responders, addressing occupational health disparities, and supporting working families. Honors Republican priorities: fiscal restraint via budget cap and sunset, federalism by allowing local control of how funds are used within eligible categories, and administrative accountability through existing oversight mechanisms.

Funding: Reallocation of existing Assistance to Fir $25 million per fiscal year, c Sunset 5y Oversight: Federal Emergency Management A Enforcement: Existing AFG grant compliance and au

Vote-count path: ~250 House votes: 170 D + 80 R (fiscal conservatives supporting sunset/cap); ~60 Senate votes: 45 D + 15 R (homeland security committee members favoring oversight).

→ Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (Taxing and Spending for the general welfare) → Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (Commerce Clause - interstate commerce of firefighting services and equipment) → Tenth Amendment (preserving state and local control over fire department operations)

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