3.0.0 950 2023-01-11T13:36:56Z 2023-01-11T13:36:56Z Senate S 2017-04-26 115 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-26T17:04:34Z 2017-04-26 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2561-2563) IntroReferral 2017-04-26 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2017-04-26 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2017-12-06 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Agriculture Department of Homeland Security Department of the Interior Disability and paralysis Disaster relief and insurance Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fires First responders and emergency personnel Forests, forestry, trees Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor National and community service Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Temporary and part-time employment Worker safety and health Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-04-26 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-05T16:17:57Z Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act

This bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture to work with states and the Workforce Development Committee of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group to merge the Incident Qualification System and the Incident Qualification and Certification System into a single system by September 30, 2025.

The Office of Personnel Management shall establish a pilot program for seasonal or temporary federal employees, whose duties primarily involve being a firefighter.

This bill allows wildland firefighters of the Forest Service or Interior who sustained injuries in the performance of their duties that prevent them from performing the physical duties of a firefighter, but who commence an equivalent federal position after receiving compensation for their work injuries, to retain the same retirement benefits that they would have received in their former position had they not been injured or disabled, without requiring them to complete any more years of service.

Compensation for disability or death of Forest Service and Interior wildland firefighters must include overtime pay received for wildfire suppression activity.

]]> Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act Display Title Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to correct problems pertaining to human resources for career and volunteer personnel engaged in wildland fire and structure fire. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Wildland Firefighter Fairness Act Introduced in Senate 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s950is/xml/BILLS-115s950is.xml 2017-04-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2561-2563) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.