Wildland Firefighter Hazard Pay Correction Act

This bill would change federal pay law so that federal employees who ignite, control, or put out prescribed burns receive hazard pay. A prescribed burn is fire set on purpose to manage land or resources. The bill would also provide hazard pay to smokejumper firefighters for parachute jumps from aircraft during training, practice, or operations. The hazard pay for these duties would equal the pay differential for fighting forest and range fires on the fireline. The Office of Personnel Management would have 90 days to write rules, and the pay would start with pay periods after the rules are issued or 90 days after enactment, whichever comes first.

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Sponsors

• Tim Sheehy Republican sponsor
• 5 cosponsors