[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5283 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5283

 To provide a housing allowance to Federal wildland firefighters, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 17, 2021

Mr. Neguse (for himself and Ms. Porter) introduced the following bill; 
   which was 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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a housing allowance to Federal wildland firefighters, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Housing for our Firefighters Act''.

SEC. 2. HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR FEDERAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
provide a housing allowance to any Federal wildland firefighter hired 
at a location more than 50 miles from their primary residence. Such 
allowance shall be in an amount determined appropriate by the 
Secretaries and adjusted based on the cost of housing in the area of 
deployment.
    (b) Federal Wildland Firefighter Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``Federal wildland firefighter'' means any temporary, seasonal, or 
permanent position at the Department of Agriculture or the Department 
of the Interior that maintains group, emergency incident management, or 
fire qualifications and primarily engages in or supports wildland fire 
management activities, including forestry and rangeland technicians and 
positions concerning aviation, fire heavy equipment operations, 
emergency dispatch communication services, or fire and fuels 
management.
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