To provide a special rate of basic pay for Federal wildland firefighters during fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide a special rate of basic pay for Federal wildland firefighters during fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Environment, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H06E547D8E40849E8816CB7911899A725: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Fair Pay for Federal Firefighters Act.
- Section H19DA306C0FA44FDFA3784FC3E3D0E3D2: 2. Increase in rate of basic pay for Federal wildland firefighters during fiscal years 2024 and 2025 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including...
- Section HA8E38DEED6A94DF197EB51AF01CE7689: 3. Wildland fire incident response premium pay Subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5545b the...
- Section HAC74AA21FD12406E896DF33964A4EB38: 5545c. Incident response premium pay for employees engaged in wildland firefighting In this section— the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the...
- Section H6D76CD4D348A42588F138307E1EEE3BE: 4. Conditions in Forest Management Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually after, with respect to each unit of public...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To provide a special rate of basic pay for Federal wildland firefighters during fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Environment, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To provide a special rate of basic pay for Federal wildland firefighters during fiscal years 2024 and 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. LaMalfa introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a firefighter— who is employed by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior
any area— located within National Forest System lands
a firefighter— who is employed by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior
a firefighter— who is employed by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior
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