[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9606 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9606

To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to expand 
 the eligibility of certain recipients for SAFER grants, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2024

Mr. Landsman (for himself and Mr. Carey) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to expand 
 the eligibility of certain recipients for SAFER grants, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhancing SAFER Grants for Local 
Firefighters Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR SAFER GRANTS.

    Section 34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2229a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``retaining 
                or'' before ``increasing the number'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``retain or'' 
                before ``hire new''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ``retained 
                or'' before ``hired'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(D), by inserting ``retain,'' 
                before ``seek,''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(4) In making a grant under this section, the Administrator of 
FEMA may permit an applicant for such a grant to amend a submitted 
application in lieu of creating a new application, for consideration 
for funding for up to five subsequent years after the original 
application was submitted for consideration for funding if such 
applicant was not awarded a grant pursuant to such original 
application.''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``, bonuses,'' after ``salaries''; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``retain or'' before ``hire''.
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