II 110th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1635 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 A BILL To provide for the reimbursement of wildland firefighters for the cost of professional liability insurance.

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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. .