# 117-hr-7898: Federal Firefighters Workforce Support Act

117-hr-7898, Federal Firefighters Workforce Support Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7898
- Congress: 117
- Title: Federal Firefighters Workforce Support Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced: 2022-05-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Federal Firefighters Workforce Support Act This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and employees of defense agencies who provide fire protection services to military installations comply with the National Consensus Standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association. DOD must also ensure the minimum staffing requirement for any firefighting vehicle responding to a structural building emergency at a military installation is not less than four firefighters per vehicle and the minimum requirement for such vehicle responding to an aircraft or airfield incident is not less than three firefighters per vehicle.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51] (D-CA), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2022-05-27T00:00:00.000Z

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- 117-hr-1842: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act
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- 117-hr-8297: Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act

## Sources
- [117-hr-7898 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7898)

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- [117-hr-8297: Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8297)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7898 (as of 2025-11-18).