Bill funds cancer screening tests for firefighters.
S. 5261 — FIRE Cancer Act of 2026 · Filed by Cory Booker (D-NJ) · 1 cosponsor · Introduced Aug 5, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill gives $700 million in grants to help firefighters get cancer screening tests. Each test costs up to $1,750 per firefighter. Firefighters can choose to share their test results with the CDC. The CDC will use the results to study cancer in firefighters and find patterns.
Who it affects
Firefighters get access to cancer screening tests paid for by grants. Fire departments can apply for the grant money. The CDC gets data to study cancer in firefighters.
One thing to notice
The bill sets aside $700 million and caps each test at $1,750. The program could pay for about 400,000 tests per year.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
1 cosponsor: 1 Democrats.
- Aug 5, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 5, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- grants — Money the government gives to groups or people for a specific purpose.
- CDC — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a government health agency.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,066 characters) on Aug 12, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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