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 .