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S 1128 115th Congress Senate Emergency Management Fires First responders and emergency personnel Temporary and part-time employment

Firefighters Retention Act of 2017

Introduced: May 16, 2017 Introduced by: Peters, Gary C. Democratic · Michigan See on congress.gov
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May 16, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
May 16, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 May 16, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · May 16, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1128: Firefighters Retention Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1128/
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"S. 1128: Firefighters Retention Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1128/.
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S. 1128, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1128/.
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