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H.R. 435 · 119th Congress

Direct Hire To Fight Fires

Introduced Jan 15, 2025Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Read the textOn Congress.gov

Status: In committee

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Law

Latest action

: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.

Summary

Direct Hire To Fight Fires

This bill provides permanent direct-hire authority to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to fill wildland firefighter and firefighting support positions in the Forest Service and Interior agencies.

The bill also requires USDA and Interior to implement policies to recruit and retain wildland firefighters and related personnel, such as by streamlining the hiring process and reducing barriers for firefighters transferring between agencies.

Further, the bill requires USDA and Interior to annually report related data to Congress, including the number of firefighters needed for the coming year, the number of firefighting vacancies in each state, and existing barriers to filling such vacancies. The report must also be made available on a public website.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service.

Actions

  1. House

    Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.

  2. House

    Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

  3. House

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  4. House

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.

  5. House

    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.

  6. Introduced in House