[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7069 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7069

To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to expand 
permissible uses of assistance to firefighters grant funds relating to 
         behavioral and mental health, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2024

Ms. Salinas (for herself and Ms. Tokuda) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to expand 
permissible uses of assistance to firefighters grant funds relating to 
         behavioral and mental health, 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 ``Peer Support for Firefighters Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF PERMISSIBLE USES OF ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS 
              GRANT FUNDS RELATING TO BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH.

    Paragraph (3) of section 33(c) of the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) through (N) as 
        subparagraphs (G) through (O), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(F) To support behavioral and mental health, 
                including the development of or expansion of evidence-
                based peer support programs.''.
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