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HR 6092 112th Congress House

Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act

Official title: To implement updated pay and personnel policies in order to improve the recruitment and retention of qualified Federal wildland firefighters and to reduce the … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To implement updated pay and personnel policies in order to improve the recruitment and retention of qualified Federal wildland firefighters and to reduce the Federal Government's reliance on the more costly services of non-Federal wildfire resources.

Introduced: September 20, 2012 Introduced by: DeGette, Diana Democratic · Colorado See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorFires
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First responders and emergency personnelForests, forestry, treesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementOffice of Personnel Management (OPM)
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jul 10, 2012
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act - Defines "wildland firefighter" as an employee of a federal land management agency who performs work directly related to the prevention, control, suppression, and management of wildfires, including an employee who is assigned to support wildland fire suppression activities and an employee who is transferred to a supervisory or administrative position.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with such agencies, to commence development of a separate wildland firefighter occupational series that will more accurately reflect the variety of duties performed.

Requires a wildland firefighter's hours of work officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day to be considered overtime work. Makes time the firefighter is away from his or her official duty station assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response compensable as work time. Includes hazardous duty differentials as basic pay for retirement purposes.

Prohibits OPM from excluding wildland firefighters from federal employees' group life insurance (FEGLI) and from federal health care benefits.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1
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Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Sep 20, 2012
Polis, Jared
· Aug 1, 2012
Tsongas, Niki
· Jul 19, 2012
YOUNG, DON
· Jul 17, 2012
GALLEGLY, ELTON
· Jul 12, 2012
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Grijalva, Raúl M.
Arizona · Jul 12, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6092: Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6092/
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"H.R. 6092: Wildland Firefighters Health Protection Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6092/.
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