Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Enhancing SAFER Grants for Local Firefighters Act.
Section 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.
(B) ; and
(3) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) by inserting, bonuses, after salaries; and
(B) by inserting retain or before hire.