To improve the bill.

SA 79. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 870, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control
Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for the United States Fire
Administration and firefighter assistance grant programs; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

(a) In General.--A fire service shall be ineligible to
receive any Federal funds made available under this Act and
the amendments made by this Act if the fire service dismissed
or discharged from employment any individual based solely
on--
(1) the failure of the individual to obey an order to
receive a vaccine for COVID-19; or
(2) the exercise by the individual of any rights protected
under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States to speak against the implementation of any mandate to
receive a vaccine for COVID-19.
(b) Exception.--The prohibition in subsection (a) shall not
apply if the fire service has offered reinstatement to all
individuals dismissed or discharged based solely on a reason
described in paragraph (1) or (2) of that subsection to the
position and rank held by the individual on the date of the
dismissal or discharge with full back pay calculated from the
date of the dismissal or discharge.
(c) Fire Service Defined.--The term ``fire service'' has
the meaning given that term in section 4 of the Federal Fire
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2203).
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