Direct Hire To Fight Fires
Congress seeks faster hiring and public staffing reports for federal wildland firefighting crews
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Congress would let the Forest Service and Interior Department hire wildland firefighters faster, without using some normal federal hiring steps.
- It would cover frontline firefighting jobs and key support roles like aviation, dispatch, equipment, and certain natural resources positions.
- Within 1 year of the law taking effect, the agencies would have to cut delays and repeat steps in the hiring process, including for people returning from past seasons.
- It would also try to make it easier for firefighters to transfer between federal agencies instead of starting over.
- Each year, the agencies would have to publish a public report showing staffing needs, current staff, vacancies by state, hiring plans, and what’s blocking hiring.
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Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.
The committee approved this bill and is sending it to the full chamber for a vote. This is a significant step — most bills never get this far.
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
The committee approved this bill and is sending it to the full chamber for a vote. This is a significant step — most bills never get this far.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
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Congressional Bill
Official Title
Direct Hire To Fight Fires
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