HR 4274 United States House · 117th Congress

Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act

Summary

Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act This bill exempts federal wildland firefighters in the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Commerce from certain premium pay limitations for work relating to wildfire emergencies. The bill applies retroactively to January 1, 2020. Interior and USDA must each separately submit a report to specified congressional committees on the resources, policies, personnel or structural changes, and other investments necessary to support an expanded full-time, year-round firefighting workforce.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jun 2021

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Jun 30, 2021 Last action Oct 27, 2021

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Committee

Oct 27, 2021

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

lower

Sep 14, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.

lower

Jul 27, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.

lower

Jun 30, 2021

Committee

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Jun 30, 2021

Introduced

Introduced in House

lower

1 primary · 10 co-sponsors