National Firefighter Registry Reauthorization Passes Senate, Headed to President’s Desk to Become Law

On December 4, the fire and emergency services won a huge legislative victory with the Senate’s passage of the Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act (H.R.3821). The bill, which had previously passed the House by a huge bipartisan vote of 413-7 on March 6, 2024, passed the Senate by voice vote. It will now be sent to the President’s desk to be signed into law.

The Firefighter Cancer Registry Reauthorization Act will reauthorize the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) National Firefighter Registry (NFR) for Cancer. The purpose of the NFR is to help understand and reduce cancer risk among firefighters. The bill extends the NFR’s reauthorization through fiscal year 2028 and raises the authorization level from $2.5 million to $5.5 million per year. 

Introduced by the late Congressman and Congressional Fire Services Caucus Co-Chair Bill Pascrell, H.R.3871 is a Fire Caucus effort. CFSI extends special thanks to the Congressional Fire Services Caucus members who introduced and co-sponsored the House and Senate versions of the bill, including:

• Congressman Bill Pascrell, Congressional Fire Services Caucus Co-Chair 
• Senator Jon Tester, Congressional Fire Services Caucus Chair
• Senator Lisa Murkowski, Congressional Fire Services Caucus Co-Chair
• Rep. Steny Hoyer, Congressional Fire Services Caucus Co-Chair
• Rep. Mike Bost, Congressional Fire Services Caucus Co-Chair
• Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, Congressional Fire Services Caucus Co-Chair
• Senator Amy Klobuchar
• Senator Sherrod Brown
• Senator Richard Blumenthal
• Senator Jeff Merkley
• Congressman Andre Carson
• Congressman  Greg Landsman 
• Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton
• Congresswoman Debbie Dingell 
• Congressman  Christopher Smith 

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