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Important Information from the Georgia State Firefighters Association

May 21, 2024

On May 8, the House of Representatives passed an amended version of S. 870, The Fire Grants and Safety Act. This bill would reauthorize the Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG), Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants, and U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) through the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2028 and extend the statutory sunset for AFG and SAFER though the end of FY 2030. If this bill does not become law before September 30, AFG and SAFER grants will shut down.

S. 870 originally passed the Senate by a vote of 95 to 2 in April 2023. The version of S.870 that passed the House on May 8 is an amended version of the Senate passed bill; it will therefore have to pass the Senate again before it can head to the President’s desk. S. 870 was amended in a bipartisan agreement that replaced its original text with the text of the House AFG, SAFER, and USFA reauthorization bill (H.R. 4090) and the text of a bipartisan nuclear licensing bill. 

You may use the Action Alert below to contact your Senators and ask them to pass the House-Passed version of S. 870 and send it to the President's desk without delay.