# 119-s-4271: Support our Firefighters Act

119-s-4271, Support our Firefighters Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-07).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4271
- Congress: 119
- Title: Support our Firefighters Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-26
- Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-07

## Summary

**Would create paid rest and recuperation leave for wildland firefighters.** The bill would also let agencies transfer limited existing funds to support pay increases and remove year-specific overtime caps so overtime waivers apply by calendar year.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-05-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-08-05T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Extend overtime pay for firefighters: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would change Section 1701 so its overtime and premium-pay language no longer lists specific years and instead applies to any calendar year thereafter or the applicable calendar year. This would effectively remove the previous year-by-year expiration language and let overtime an…
- Keep firefighter pay bump funded: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would allow up to $5,000,000 of unused Forest Service wildland fire funds to be moved to the Department of the Interior to keep an existing federal wildland firefighter base salary increase running without interruption. The transfer would come from unobligated balances under th…
- Paid rest for wildland firefighters: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would create paid rest and recuperation leave for qualifying Forest Service and Department of the Interior wildland firefighters. The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior would jointly set uniform policies. The policies could require 3 days of paid rest after a 14-day de…

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-3885: Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025
- 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-4271 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4271)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-135: Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-135)
- [119-s-3885: Aviation Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3885)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
- [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4271 (as of 2026-08-07).