Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
May 18, 2023
Step 2
Referred
Jun 23, 2023
Agriculture · Oversight · Natural Resources
Step 3
Committee
Jul 26, 2023
Reported out
Step 4
House floor
Step 5
Senate
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS 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...
Timeline · 11 actions
Oct 22, 2024
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-714, Part I.
Jul 26, 2023
Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
Jul 26, 2023
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 26, 2023
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 0.
Jun 23, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
May 23, 2023
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
May 22, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
May 18, 2023
Introduced in House
May 18, 2023
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.
May 18, 2023
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.
May 18, 2023
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.