# 119-hr-5091: To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.

119-hr-5091, To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-05).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5091
- Congress: 119
- Title: To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 18
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-05

## Summary

**Extends federal hazard pay to firefighters who carry out or suppress prescribed burns and to smokejumpers who jump from aircraft.** It frames those duties as involving unusual physical hardship or hazard and ties the pay to the existing fireline differential. - Federal wildland firefighters would become eligible for hazard pay when they ignite, control, or suppress a prescribed burn and the work involves unusual hardship or hazard. The pay differential would match the current fireline hazard rate. - Smokejumper firefighters would be eligible for the same hazard pay for parachute jumps done for training, proficiency, or operational purposes. - The bill would amend section 5545 of title 5 and require the Office of Personnel Management to issue implementing regulations within 90 days after enactment. Pay would apply starting in pay periods after those regulations or 90 days after enactment, whichever comes first. - The change preserves the existing pay-differential structure and adds these duties without replacing other covered duties.

## Cosponsors (18)

- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA), 2025-11-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Begich, Nicholas J. [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2026-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2026-02-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2] (R-AZ), 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2] (D-NM), 2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Hazard pay for burns and smokejumpers: benefit, medium. If enacted, this bill would add hazard pay for federal workers who light, control, or put out prescribed burns. It would also cover smokejumper parachute jumps done for training, practice, or operations. The hazard-pay rate would match the rate for fighting forest and range fires on the fireline. A…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-5091 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5091)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5091 (as of 2026-09-05).