Wildfire Responder Protection Act

This bill changes which federal employees count as working in fire protection activities under the federal workers' compensation law. It adds fuels specialists, burn bosses, and prescribed fire crew members to the list of covered positions. It adds planned ignition (intentionally set fires) alongside fire suppression, and fuels reduction alongside fire prevention, as covered duties. It adds wording that covers employees employed for all or a substantial part of the year. It also removes one of the existing requirements, subparagraph (D), from the definition.

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Sponsors

• Brittany Pettersen Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors