S 1128
115th Congress
Senate
Emergency Management
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Temporary and part-time employment
Firefighters Retention Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 16, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 16, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Firefighters Retention Act of 2017
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1