Federal Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act
Official title: To ensure continuity of pay and allowances for Federal firefighters and protect Federal firefighters from reductions in force in the event of a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Federal Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act
This bill provides continuing FY2026 appropriations to pay federal firefighters if a government shutdown is in effect. It also prohibits the firefighters from being subject to a reduction in force (RIF) during a government shutdown.
Specifically, the bill provides continuing FY2026 appropriations to provide pay and allowances to federal firefighters during any period in which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2026 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown). The bill provides the appropriations until the earlier of (1) the enactment of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) January 1, 2027.
The bill also prohibits federal firefighters from being removed from the civil service due to a RIF during a government shutdown.
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- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
Bodies those filers lobbied
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- SENATE
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5619: Federal Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5619/
"H.R. 5619: Federal Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5619/.
H.R. 5619, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5619/.
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