Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The FIRE Act extends federal workplace safety and wage protections to incarcerated individuals who work as firefighters in correctional facilities, requiring facilities to report their safety conditions and compliance annually to the Attorney General and Congress. The bill establishes grant programs totaling $100 million annually from 2026 to 2031 to help states update occupational safety laws and provide job training, placement services, and mentoring to formerly incarcerated firefighters during their transition to full-time employment after release. Additionally, the legislation creates an expungement process allowing eligible incarcerated firefighters to petition courts to seal their conviction records after fulfilling their sentences—discretionary after one year and mandatory after seven years—while retaining private records for law enforcement purposes. These provisions aim to improve safety conditions for incarcerated workers and support their successful reentry into the workforce.
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