A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to improve safety standards for wildland firefighters.

This bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Forest Service, to address smoke exposure for wildland firefighters and supporting staff, including contractors working under the Agriculture or Interior Departments. Within 1 year, the Secretary must develop a strategy, with the Interior Department and other agencies, to make respiratory protective equipment commercially available for settings where smoke exceeds federal exposure limits. The Secretary must also determine what respiratory equipment is appropriate and convene a task force to develop an interim smoke exposure standard. The standards must incorporate the NFPA 1984 respirator standard for wildland firefighting.

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Sponsors

• Adam B. Schiff Democrat sponsor
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