Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act of 2025

This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to set respiratory safety standards for wildland firefighters and supporting staff. Within one year, the Secretary must develop a strategy, with the Interior Department and other agencies, to make suitable respiratory protective equipment commercially available for settings where smoke exposure goes over federal exposure limits. The Secretary must decide what equipment is appropriate, and the Agriculture and Interior Departments must require firefighters, including contractors, to use it in those settings. The Secretary must also periodically review safety standards, may develop a wildfire-specific smoke exposure limit, and must incorporate the NFPA 1984 respirator standard as necessary.

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Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors