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S. 3221 118th Congress Senate

Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a special limitation on pay for wildland fire responders, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 2, 2023 Introduced by: Alex Padilla Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversightFiresFirst responders and emergency personnelForests, forestry, trees
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This bill died when the 118th Congress ended
It never became law before the 118th Congress (2023–2024) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Nov 2, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Nov 2, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action November 2, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6195 Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 4 Republican 1
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Dec 14, 2023
 D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Nov 2, 2023
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Nov 2, 2023
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Nov 2, 2023
 D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Nov 2, 2023
 D
Rosen, Jacky
Nevada · Nov 2, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3221: Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3221/
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"S. 3221: Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3221/.
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S. 3221, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3221/.
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