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HR 4280 110th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Aircraft pilots Aviation safety Department of Agriculture Department of the Interior Disability retirement Disabled Emergency Management Families Fire fighters Fire prevention Flight crews Forest fires Government contractors Labor and Employment Subcontractors Survivors' benefits Transportation and Public Works Workers' compensation

Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007

Introduced: December 5, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 25, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Jan 14, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Dec 10, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
Dec 5, 2007
Introduced in House
Dec 5, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Natural 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007 - 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.

What's happening now April 25, 2008

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

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2413 Related bill Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 18, 2007
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Dec 5, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4280: Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4280/
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"H.R. 4280: Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4280/.
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H.R. 4280, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4280/.
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