Support our Firefighters Act
Sponsored By: Senator Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced
Summary
paid rest and recuperation leave for wildland firefighters. This bill would create a new paid rest and recuperation leave program for Forest Service and Department of the Interior wildland firefighters and also adjusts funding transfers and overtime cap rules.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
More pay and rest for wildland firefighters
If enacted, federal wildland firefighters for the Forest Service and Interior would get new paid rest and recovery leave after long deployments. After a 14-day deployment (not counting travel) you would get 3 days of paid rest. After a 21-day deployment (including travel) you would get 4 days. The leave would be paid like annual leave, must be used right after the incident, and cannot be cashed out or banked. The bill would also let up to $5,000,000 be moved from a Forest Service wildland fire account to an Interior account to keep a current firefighter base pay increase and related premium pay going. Finally, the bill would make the current overtime-cap waiver for wildland firefighters apply in future years by replacing specific year lists with a rule covering any calendar year thereafter.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
CA • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
MT • R
Sponsored 3/26/2026
Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA]
CA • D
Sponsored 5/13/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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