To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide rest and recuperation leave for employees engaged in wildland firefighting, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · June 24, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, 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 Support our Firefighters Act creates a new federal paid leave benefit for wildland firefighters employed by the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior. Covered employees who are deployed to fight large wildfires would receive mandatory rest and recuperation leave following their deployment, with the specific amount of leave determined by joint policies from the Agriculture and Interior Departments. The bill requires either three days of leave after 14 days of deployment or four days of leave after 21 days of deployment, depending on how travel time is counted, and this leave must be used immediately after a wildfire assignment and cannot be saved for later. The legislation also authorizes transfer of up to five million dollars from existing wildland fire management funds to help cover the costs of expanded firefighter pay, including premium pay, and extends an existing overtime waiver for federal wildland firefighters indefinitely rather than limiting it to specific years.
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