S870-118

Passed Senate

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.

118th Congress Introduced Mar 16, 2023

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

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.. The local Codex analysis identifies the main policy area as Education, Energy, Environment, Finance and uses the stored bill text to provide context for clause-level classification.

Who Benefits and How

Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority, Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill may benefit where the bill creates funding, authority, exemptions, eligibility, or procedural clarity.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting, Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements may bear new administrative, reporting, compliance, or implementation responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Establishes or modifies federal legal authority described in the bill text.
  • Directs agencies, regulated parties, or program participants to follow the updated statutory framework.
  • Provides bill-level context for downstream clause analysis.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

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..

Key Policy Areas

Education, Energy, Environment, Finance

Primary Purpose

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..

Policy Domains

Education Energy Environment Finance

Billwide scope

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Program beneficiaries and regulated parties receiving clearer authority
  • Federal, state, local, or tribal implementers named in the bill
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Agencies responsible for implementation and reporting
  • Regulated entities subject to new or modified requirements
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: enr

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Passed Senate
Introduced Committee Passed
May 8, 2024

Mar 21, 2023

Read the second time and placed on the calendar

Mar 21, 2023 (inferred)

Passed Senate (inferred from es version)

Mar 16, 2023

Mr. Peters (for himself, Ms. Collins, Ms. Murkowski, and Mr. …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Fire Protection Services
52 mentions across 52 clauses
+27 positive -19 negative ?6 uncertain

Fire departments and firefighter assistance grant recipients

Fire departments and firefighter assistance grant recipients faces effects in multiple directions

Government
5 mentions across 4 clauses
-5 negative

FEMA/US Fire Administration, Government Accountability Office, US Fire Administration

State & Local Government
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Fire departments facing grant access barriers, Fire departments hiring/retaining firefighters, Fire departments receiving AFG grants

Manufacturing
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Domestic firefighting equipment manufacturers, Firefighting equipment manufacturers

Emergency Services
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Career and volunteer firefighters

Foreign Entities
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Chinese government and Chinese companies

37/37
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Energy Environment Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of Energy

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

12 terms
"Administrator" §definition_1

the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

"Commission" §definition_2

the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

"covered fuel" §definition_3

enriched uranium that is fabricated outside the United States into fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear power reactors by an entity that— is owned or controlled by the Government of the Russian Federation or the Gov...

"low-enriched uranium" §definition_4

uranium enriched to less than 20 percent of the uranium-235 isotope

"advanced nuclear reactor applicant" §definition_5

an entity that has submitted to the Commission an application for a license for an advanced nuclear reactor under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U

"advanced nuclear reactor applicant" §definition_6

an entity that has submitted to the Commission an application for a license for an advanced nuclear reactor under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U

"advanced nuclear reactor pre-applicant" §definition_7

an entity that has submitted to the Commission a licensing project plan for the purposes of submitting a future application for a license for an advanced nuclear reactor under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U

"advanced nuclear reactor pre-applicant" §definition_8

an entity that has submitted to the Commission a licensing project plan for the purposes of submitting a future application for a license for an advanced nuclear reactor under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U

"hourly rate for mission-direct program salaries and benefits" §definition_9

the quotient obtained by dividing—(A)the full-time equivalent rate (within the meaning of the document of the Commission entitled FY 2023 Final Fee Rule Work Papers (or a successor document)) for mission-direct progra...

"hourly rate for mission-direct program salaries and benefits" §definition_10

the quotient obtained by dividing— the full-time equivalent rate (within the meaning of the document of the Commission entitled FY 2023 Final Fee Rule Work Papers (or a successor document)) for mission-direct program...

"fusion machine" §definition_11

a machine that is capable of—(1)transforming atomic nuclei, through fusion processes, into different elements, isotopes, or other particles

"fusion machine" §definition_12

a machine that is capable of— transforming atomic nuclei, through fusion processes, into different elements, isotopes, or other particles

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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