Firefighters Retention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1128
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-05-16
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Fires

First responders and emergency personnel

Temporary and part-time employment
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Firefighters Retention Act of 2017</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to authorize the use of Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grants to change the status of part-time or paid-on-call firefighters to full-time firefighters.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1128 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 16, 2017 Mr. Peters (for himself and Ms. Collins ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To expand the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program to include grants for the support of changing the status of part-time or paid-on-call firefighters to full-time firefighters, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Firefighters Retention Act of 2017 . 2. Expansion of Staffing For Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program Section 34(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 ( 15 U.S.C. 2229a(a)(1)(B) ) is amended by inserting or to change the status of part-time or paid-on-call (as defined in section 33(a)) firefighters to full-time firefighters after firefighters .