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H.R. 8170 116th Congress House

Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

Official title: To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to create a classification that more accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters.

Introduced: September 4, 2020 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Department of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorFiresFirst responders and emergency personnel
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Forests, forestry, treesGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Sep 4, 2020
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to develop a distinct wildland firefighter occupational series. The series must apply to the following positions

  • forestry technician;
  • range technician;
  • other positions related to significant prevention, preparedness, control, suppression, or management activities for wildland firefighters; and
  • other positions conducting activities necessary to meet any other emergency incident.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must use the series in the advertising and hiring of a wildland firefighter.

The bill requires an employee in a wildland firefighter occupational series to receive a pay differential based on the unusual physical hardship or hazardous nature of the position.

An individual employed as a wildland firefighter on the date on which the occupational series takes effect may (1) remain in the occupational series in which the individual is working, or (2) be included in the wildland firefighter occupational series.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1682 Identical bill Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act
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DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Sep 4, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8170: Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8170/
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"H.R. 8170: Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8170/.
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H.R. 8170, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8170/.
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