# 119-s-3183: Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act of 2025

119-s-3183, Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3183
- Congress: 119
- Title: Healthy Lungs for Heroes Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-18
- Sponsor: Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Labor and Employment
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Strengthens respiratory protection for wildland firefighters.** The bill would require the Forest Service to set smoke exposure standards, make appropriate respirators commercially available, and require their use when smoke exceeds combined permissible exposure limits. - Wildland firefighters and supporting staff would be required to use respiratory personal protective equipment in settings where smoke exposure exceeds the combined permissible exposure limits. Standards must be periodically reviewed and can incorporate the most recent NFPA 1984 respirator guidance. - The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, would coordinate with the Department of the Interior, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and OSHA to determine appropriate PPE and develop a strategy within 1 year. - The bill directs a strategy to make commercially available appropriate respiratory PPE and authorizes funding of "such sums as are necessary" each fiscal year to carry out these provisions.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-11-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT), 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Better respiratory protection for firefighters: benefit, medium. This bill would direct the Agriculture Secretary (through the Forest Service) to set safety rules for wildland firefighters and supporting staff. Not later than 1 year after enactment, the Secretary would make a plan to make appropriate respiratory masks commercially available where smoke exceeds c…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-199: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the…

## Sources
- [119-s-3183 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3183)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-135)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-199: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-199)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3183 (as of 2026-04-21).