S 1617
107th Congress
Senate
Labor and Employment
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal aid to Indians
Fire fighters
Forfeiture
Grants-in-aid
Indexing (Economic policy)
Minorities
Minority employment
Recruiting of employees
Women
Women's employment
SAFER Act of 2001
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 1, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11370-11371
Nov 1, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11370)
Nov 1, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Act of 2001 - SAFER Act of 2001 - Amends the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to authorize the Secretary of Labor to make matching grants for up to 75 percent of the costs of projects to hire firefighters to eligible States, local governments, tribal organizations, or other public entities, or multi-jurisdictional or regional consortia of such entities.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S11370-11371
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Bill text
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- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1617: SAFER Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1617/
"S. 1617: SAFER Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1617/.
S. 1617, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1617/.
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