Sec. 5. Firefighter health and safety research in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Section 22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 671 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Director shall carry out a research and development program with respect to accomplish the following: To protect the respiratory health of firefighters responding to incidents of wildfire or fires in the wildland-urban interface. To identify and measure per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as PFAS ) and other carcinogens which may be present in any of the following:
Areas affected by— incidents of wildfire or fire in the wildland-urban interface; or firefighting operations conducted in response to such incidents. Protective equipment used by firefighters responding to such incidents. Any other setting, as determined by the Director in accordance with paragraph (2)(B). In carrying out this subsection, the Director shall consult with the following: The Administrator of the United States Fire Administration. The Secretary of Agriculture. Representatives from such nonprofit organizations or labor unions representing firefighters and fire officers in the public sector.
In identifying any other setting under paragraph (1)(B)(iii), the Director shall consult with the following: The entities specified in subparagraph (A). Stakeholders from the industries that manufacture equipment for, or provide assistance to, firefighters. Structural firefighters who have responded to incidents of wildfire or fires in the wildland-urban interface. The Secretary of the Interior. The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection and annually thereafter, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the following:
The progress of the Director in carrying out this subsection. Any research findings identified as a result of the research conducted under this subsection. There are authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031 to carry out this subsection. In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means the following: The Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives. The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. .
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Firefighter health and safety research in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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