# 119-s-2473: Federal Firefighters Families First Act

119-s-2473, Federal Firefighters Families First Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2473
- Congress: 119
- Title: Federal Firefighters Families First Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-28
- Sponsor: Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would change how federal firefighters' pay and retirement are computed to advance** pay and retirement parity for federal firefighters. It would include regular-tour overtime in annuity calculations and create a maximum regular workweek. - Would change retirement pay calculations by adding pay for all regularly recurring scheduled hours and by including an amount equal to half the basic hourly rate for overtime that is part of a firefighter's regular tour. It also replaces the divisor 2756 with 2087 used in annuity computations. - Would require the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to issue regulations within one year that establish a maximum regular workweek, capped at an average of 60 hours per week. - Would apply to annuities based on separations occurring more than 60 days after enactment and aims to improve recruitment, retention, and pay parity with municipal and other public-sector firefighters.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH), 2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Higher pensions for federal firefighters: benefit, high. If enacted, this would raise the pay used to figure pensions for covered federal firefighters. It would add one-half of your basic hourly rate times the overtime hours that count as part of your regular tour into the annual pay total used to compute average pay. The bill also changes a statutory nu…
- Cap on federal firefighter workweek: mixed, medium. If enacted, this would require OPM to write rules within one year that define the maximum regular workweek for federal firefighters. The maximum could not exceed an average of 60 hours per week. This applies to firefighters covered by the same pay and tour rules. The change may reduce scheduled hou…

## Related bills

- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act
- 119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
- 119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-2473 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2473)

## Related
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-3257: John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3257)
- [119-s-2355: Patients Deserve Price Tags Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2355)
- [119-s-3990: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3990)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2473 (as of 2025-12-21).