# 119-hr-759: Federal Firefighters Families First Act

119-hr-759, Federal Firefighters Families First Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-759
- Congress: 119
- Title: Federal Firefighters Families First Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] (D-VA)
- Cosponsors: 77
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-24

## Summary

**This bill would change how Federal firefighter pay and retirement are calculated by making sure regularly scheduled overtime counts toward retirement pay.** It also sets a uniform cap on the regular firefighter workweek to improve pay parity and retention.

## Cosponsors (77)

- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5] (D-MD), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1] (D-IN), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2025-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-02-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] (D-MD), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2025-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] (D-MO), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2] (D-WA), 2025-03-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2] (D-AL), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13] (D-IL), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-03-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2025-04-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA), 2025-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2025-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA), 2025-12-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] (D-CT), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2026-03-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2026-03-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL), 2026-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Elfreth, Sarah [D-MD-3] (D-MD), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] (D-WA), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher retirement pay for firefighters: benefit, high. If you are a federal firefighter covered by federal pay rules, this bill would raise the hourly rate used to compute your retirement pay. It would lower the divisor used to compute basic hourly pay from 2756 to 2087, which increases the basic hourly rate. It would also add to the average-pay calcul…
- Cap on regular firefighter workweek: mixed, medium. If enacted, the Office of Personnel Management would have one year to write rules that set the maximum number of regularly recurring hours in a firefighter's workweek. The rules would not let agencies set an average workweek higher than 60 hours. The rules would apply to federal firefighters covere…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-759 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/759)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-759 (as of 2026-07-24).