S4271-119

In Committee

Support our Firefighters Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 26, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Support our Firefighters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Government Operations, Finance.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users 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, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id13a60cb2-72e7-4aba-89f0-49f8b3ebb1be: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Support our Firefighters Act.
  • Section id8552cbdd-739b-4446-b8f8-0b014f128a1a: 2. Rest and recuperation leave for employees engaged in wildland firefighting Subchapter II of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding...
  • Section idbdddad20-4c55-4cf3-9c38-7c2b2673b0a1: 6329e. Rest and recuperation leave for employees engaged in wildland firefighting In this section— the term applicable Secretary means the Secretary of...
  • Section id678616de-2ebe-47f3-83be-a5b73d9a5302: 3. Transfer authority Notwithstanding section 40803(c)(2) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (16 U.S.C. 6592(c)(2)), not more than $5,000,000 of the...
  • Section idf51495942bac41cd866708e5eb23df48: 4. Waiver of overtime caps for wildland firefighters Section 1701 of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (5 U.S.C. 5547...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Support our Firefighters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Government Operations, Finance

Primary Purpose

This bill, Support our Firefighters Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Government Operations Finance

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
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federal implementing agencies: ,
environmental regulators and natural-resource users: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 26, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Mar 26, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Mar 26, 2026

Mr. Padilla (for himself and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Government Operations Finance
Actor Mappings
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"applicable Secretary" §id8552cbdd-739b-4446-b8f8-0b014f128a1a

the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable to a covered employee

"applicable Secretary" §idbdddad20-4c55-4cf3-9c38-7c2b2673b0a1

the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as applicable to a covered employee

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