S 5433 119th Congress Senate

Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act

Official title: A bill to authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 17, 2026 Introduced by: Padilla, Alex Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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

Sep 17, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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

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Curtis, John R.

Utah · Sep 17, 2026

Merkley, Jeff

Oregon · Sep 17, 2026

Sheehy, Tim

Montana · Sep 17, 2026

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5433: Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5433/

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"S. 5433: Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5433/.

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S. 5433, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5433/.

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