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HR 1232 109th Congress House

Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2005

Official title: To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for the Forest Service or an agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 24, 2005 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Aircraft pilotsAviation safetyDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the Interior
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Emergency ManagementFamiliesFire fightersFire preventionFlight crewsForest firesGovernment contractorsLabor and EmploymentNational forestsSurvivors' benefitsTransportation and Public WorksWorkers' compensation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 28, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks.
Mar 17, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Mar 10, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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.
Mar 10, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E413)
Mar 10, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 28, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who serve the Forest Service or any agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for similar eligibility of aerial firefighters for public safety officer death benefits, applicable to a public agency.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1143 Related bill Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 1
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Sep 13, 2005
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · May 24, 2005
Bordallo, Madeleine
· May 16, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1232: Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1232/
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"H.R. 1232: Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1232/.
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H.R. 1232, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1232/.
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