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HR435Reported by Committee

Direct Hire To Fight Fires

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-01-15
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
Republican · CA · Representative
Votes with party: 97.3% (552 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/I000056

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (2)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23)Original· 2025-01-15
  • Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3)Original· 2025-01-15

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

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

2026-01-08

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesReported By · 2026-01-08
  • House Committee on AgricultureReferred To · 2025-01-15
  • House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2025-01-15

Previously

  • Natural Resources CommitteeReported By · 2026-01-08
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesMarkup By · 2025-07-15
  • Natural Resources CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-07-15
  • House Committee on Natural ResourcesReferred To · 2025-01-15
  • Agriculture CommitteeReferred To · 2025-01-15

Plain-English 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.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics
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