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Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

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Official Title as Introduced

To require the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to create a classification that more accurately reflects the vital role of wildland firefighters.


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Date Actions Overview
10/02/2017Introduced in House

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10/02/2017Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Action By: House of Representatives
10/02/2017Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives

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House Oversight and Government Reform10/02/2017 Referred to

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Introduced in House (10/02/2017)

Wildland Firefighter Recognition Act

This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to develop a distinct wildland firefighter occupational series. The series must apply to the following positions: 

  • forestry technician;
  • range technician;
  • other positions related to significant prevention, preparedness, control, suppression, or management activities for wildland firefighters; and
  • other positions conducting activities necessary to meet any other emergency incident.

The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture must use the series in the advertising and hiring of a wildland firefighter.

The bill requires an employee in a wildland firefighter occupational series to receive a pay differential based on the unusual physical hardship or hazardous nature of the position.

An individual employed as a wildland firefighter on the date on which the occupational series takes effect may: (1) remain in the occupational series in which the individual is working, or (2) be included in the wildland firefighter occupational series.