# 119-hr-3560: Veteran Wildland Firefighter Employment Act of 2025

119-hr-3560, Veteran Wildland Firefighter Employment Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3560
- Congress: 119
- Title: Veteran Wildland Firefighter Employment Act of 2025
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-05-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**This bill would create a two-year pilot to hire veterans for wildland firefighting** within federal agencies. The Department of Veterans Affairs would run the pilot while the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior identify vacant firefighting positions for veterans. - Veterans: Creates a pathway for veterans to become federal wildland firefighters and treats participants as federal employees under Civil Service laws. Roles listed include forestry technicians, fire and fuels management, aviation, dispatch, and heavy equipment operations. - Transitioning service members: Lets the pilot be offered through the SkillBridge program so separating service members can gain firefighting experience before civilian transition. - Federal land agencies: Agriculture and Interior must identify appropriate vacant positions and, when practicable, employ veterans; VA must develop best-practice hiring guidance aimed at efficient placement and potential cost savings. - Oversight and duration: Requires reports to Congress at 60 days, at one year, and after the pilot ends; the authority to run the pilot ends two years after it begins.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Pilot firefighting jobs for veterans: benefit, medium. If enacted, the VA would run a pilot to hire veterans into wildland firefighting jobs at the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. Those departments would list open roles and, when possible, hire the veterans into them. Veterans in the pilot would be federal employees under civil service rul…
- Best practices for hiring veterans: benefit, low. If enacted, the VA would issue best-practice guidelines for agencies that hire transitioning service members. The guidance would use lessons from the Warrior Training Advancement Course. It would also include ways to cut costs.
- Pilot ends two years after start: cost, low. If enacted, the hiring pilot would end two years after the VA starts it. After that, agencies would not be able to hire through this pilot unless Congress extends it.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-3560 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3560)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-1229: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1229)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-6766: Essential Caregivers Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6766)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3560 (as of 2026-04-21).