S. 2473 119th Congress Senate

Federal Firefighters Families First Act

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for pay equality and the more accurate computation of retirement benefits for certain firefighters empl… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for pay equality and the more accurate computation of retirement benefits for certain firefighters employed by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 28, 2025 Introduced by: Ruben Gallego Democratic · Arizona See on congress.gov

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Jul 28, 2025

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

Jul 28, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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What's happening now July 28, 2025

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

Bill text 1 version

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS
for INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
for NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9 filings
SENATE
9 filings
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
8 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
8 filings
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
8 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
8 filings
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
8 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
5 filings

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Cosponsors 1

Moreno, Bernie

Ohio · Jul 28, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2473: Federal Firefighters Families First Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2473/

MLA

"S. 2473: Federal Firefighters Families First Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2473/.

Bluebook (legal)

S. 2473, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2473/.

Markdown link

[S. 2473: Federal Firefighters Families First Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-2473/)