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SA 606. Mr. PETERS (for himself, Ms. Collins, Mr. Carper, Ms.
Murkowski, Mr. Tester, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. King, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Coons,
and Mr. Rounds) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title X, add the following:

Subtitle __--Fire Grants and Safety

SEC. __01. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ``Fire Grants and Safety
Act''.

SEC. __02. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES FIRE
ADMINISTRATION.

Section 17(g)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2216(g)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (L), by striking ``and'';
(2) in subparagraph (M)--
(A) by striking ``for for'' and inserting ``for''; and
(B) by striking the period and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(N) $95,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through
2030, of which $3,420,000 for each such fiscal year shall be
used to carry out section 8(f).''.

SEC. __03. REAUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS
GRANTS PROGRAM AND THE FIRE PREVENTION AND
SAFETY GRANTS PROGRAM.

(a) Sunset.--Section 33(r) of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229(r)) is amended by
striking ``2024'' and inserting ``2032''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 33(q)(1)(B)
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15
U.S.C. 2229(q)(1)(B)) is amended, in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2030''.

SEC. __04. REAUTHORIZATION OF STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND
EMERGENCY RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) Sunset.--Section 34(k) of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15

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U.S.C. 2229a(k)) is amended by striking ``2024'' and
inserting ``2032''.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 34(j)(1)(I)
of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15
U.S.C. 2229a(j)(1)(I)) is amended, in the matter preceding
clause (i), by striking ``2023'' and inserting ``2030''.

SEC. __05. GAO AUDIT AND REPORT.

Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this
subtitle, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct an audit of and issue a publicly available report on
barriers that prevent fire departments from accessing Federal
funds.

SEC. __06. LIMITATION ON FIRE GRANT FUNDS.

Neither the Government of the People's Republic of China,
nor any entity or organization operating or incorporated in
the People's Republic of China, may be eligible to be a
recipient or subrecipient of Federal assistance under any
assistance program authorized under subsection (c) or (d) of
section 33 or section 34(a) of the Federal Fire Prevention
and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229, 2229a).

SEC. __07. GAO AUDIT.

Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this
subtitle, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
conduct an audit of and issue a publicly available report on
the United States Fire Administration.
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