Housing for our Firefighters Act
Summary
Housing for our Firefighters Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a housing allowance to any federal wildland firefighter hired at a location more than 50 miles from the firefighter's primary residence. The allowance shall be in an amount determined appropriate by Interior and USDA and adjusted based on the cost of housing in the area of deployment.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 17, 2021
Last action Oct 5, 2021
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Total actions
4
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Committee
3
Oct 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
lower
Sep 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
lower
Sep 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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
Sep 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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