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Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026.Section 5 › Proposal

Firefighter staffing grant requirements may be waived

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

Firefighter staffing grant requirements may be waived

The document says “canWho acts: Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management AgencyHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may grant waivers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a).”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5

Section 307. In making Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grants, the Administrator may waive six named requirements in section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974. What those requirements say is in that older act, which is not indexed here. Section 309 gives a similar waiver power over subsection (k) of section 33 for the equipment grants.

What the document actually says

“the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may grant waivers from the requirements in subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229a).”

Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, Sec. 5
That sentence, in plain words

FEMA may set aside six rules for firefighter staffing grants. The rules sit in an older law.

What this is about

Those rules limit who may get a grant. The older law is not indexed here. So this site does not say what they hold.

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