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$1,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 
through 2014. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds appro-
priated pursuant to paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
year, the Director may use not more than 3 
percent of the funds to cover salaries and ex-
penses and other administrative costs incurred 
by the Director to make grants and provide as-
sistance under this section. 
‘‘(B) FORMULA.—The Director shall sub-
tract the amount to be used for subparagraph 
(A) from the amount appropriated pursuant to 
paragraph (1) before making any allocations or 
apportioning any funds under subsection (b).’’. 
SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF PRE-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, FIRE 
GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
TO SUBSECTION (a).—Section 
34(a) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘4 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘3 years’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘1 year 
beyond the termination of their grants’’ 
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and inserting ‘‘the entire 3 years of the 
grant period’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) The portion of the cost of hiring 
firefighters provided by a grant under this 
paragraph may not exceed 80 percent of 
such cost for each fiscal year.’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(B)(iii)’’; 
(C) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(D) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
through (H) as subparagraphs (E) through (G), 
respectively; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(H)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(G)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘departments, and organi-
zations on a local or statewide’’ and inserting 
‘‘departments and organizations on a local, 
statewide, or national’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT
TO
SUBSECTION
(b).—Section 
34(b)(3)(B) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘subsection 
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(a)(1)(B)(ii) and (F)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs 
(B)(ii) and (E) of such subsection’’. 
(c) AMENDMENT
TO
SUBSECTION
(c).—Section 
34(c)(4) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) WAIVER.—In exceptional circumstances, 
the Administrator may waive the requirements of 
subsections (a)(1)(B)(ii), (a)(1)(B)(iii), and para-
graphs (1) and (2) of this subsection if the Adminis-
trator determines that the jurisdiction is facing dem-
onstrated economic hardship in accordance with sec-
tion 33(a)(11).’’. 
(d) AMENDMENT TO SUBSECTION (e).—Section 34(e) 
is amended by striking ‘‘of this section’’ each place it ap-
pears and by inserting ‘‘of the Fire Grants Reauthoriza-
tion Act of 2009’’. 
(e) AMENDMENT TO SUBSECTION (i).—Section 34(i) 
is amended by striking ‘‘this section’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘this section 
$1,194,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 
2014.’’ 
(f) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 34 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Administrator’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘Director’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h)— 
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(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) ‘Director’ means the Director, acting 
through the Administrator;’’. 
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