118th Congress Government Operations and Politics
H.R. 3499: Direct Hire To Fight Fires
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Summary
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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Doug LaMalfa R-CAOriginal
- Kevin Kiley I-CA
- Ken Calvert R-CA
Who scored on this bill
- 1Darrell Issa SponsorIntroduced, reported2 events+20
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History
- Introduced in the House by Darrell Issa.
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- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-714, Part I.
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 0.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
- Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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.