,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aabh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #af1 #bjag
 ,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,ms4     
,collins7 introduced the following bill2
 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 firefighters1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,firefighters       
,retention ,act of #bjag4  #b4          
,expansion of ,staffing ,for ,adequate  
,fire and ,emergency ,response grant    
program ,section #cd7;a77#a77;,b7 of the
 ,federal ,fire ,prevention and ,control
 ,act of #aigd 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#bbbi;a7a77#a77;,b77 is amended by      
inserting or to change the status of    
part-time or paid-on-call 7as defined in

 section #cc7;a77 firefighters to       
full-time firefighters after            
firefighters4