Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025
This bill establishes specialized pay for federal wildland firefighters.
Specifically, the bill provides for a specialized pay schedule for wildland firefighters in the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. The specialized pay schedule is based on the General Schedule, increased by a specified percentage depending on the position grade (the higher the grade, the lower the percentage adjustment).
The bill also provides for specialized premium pay for wildland firefighters who respond to certain prolonged fire incidents (i.e., those that are not contained within 36 hours). It also provides for paid rest and recuperation leave in conjunction with such responses.
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- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION FKA PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
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- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Treasury, Dept of
- White House Office
- Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
- Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)
- Transportation, Dept of (DOT)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-135/
"S. 135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-135/.
S. 135, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-135/.
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