1、 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i FEMAs Firefighter Assistance Grants: Reauthorization or Sunset? nae redacted Specialist in Science and Technology Policy December 5, 2017 Under current law (15 U.S.C. 2229(r) and 15 U.S.C. 2229a(k), sunset provisions for
2、the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) programs will go into effect on January 2, 2018, unless the 115th Congress enacts AFG and SAFER reauthorization legislation. On August 2, 2017, the Senate passed the AFG and SAFER Program Rea
3、uthorization Act of 2017 (S. 829) by unanimous consent. S. 829 would repeal the sunset provisions for AFG and SAFER, as well as reauthorize appropriations for both programs through FY2023. The House has not passed AFG and SAFER reauthorization legislation. On September 28, 2017, H.R. 3881, the AFG a
4、nd SAFER Program Reauthorization Act of 2017, was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H.R. 3881 is identical to the Senate-passed S. 829. AFG and SAFER Basics The AFG and SAFER grant programs are structural firefighter assistance grant programs housed in
