[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1635 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1635

To provide for the reimbursement of wildland firefighters for the cost 
                  of professional liability insurance.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2007

 Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Domenici) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                    on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the reimbursement of wildland firefighters for the cost 
                  of professional liability insurance.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER INSURANCE.

    Section 636 of division A of the Treasury, Postal Service, and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note; 
Public Law 104-208), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'';
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) a temporary fire line supervisor.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``, and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) the term `temporary fire line supervisor' means an 
        employee of the Department of the Interior or the Forest 
        Service whose duties include temporary supervision to manage a 
        wildland or managed fire, including an employee that is--
                    ``(A) a type 1, 2, or 3 incident commander;
                    ``(B) an operations section chief;
                    ``(C) a division group supervisor;
                    ``(D) a fire use manager; or
                    ``(E) a prescribed fire manager or burn boss.''.
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