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H.R. 5697: Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act

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H.R. 5697: Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act

109th Congress · introduced 2006-06-28 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-06-28 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act

Plain summary

Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act - Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in the administration of federal law governing the classification of certain positions in the federal government, to ensure that the official title assigned to any class or other category of positions that consists primarily or exclusively of forest technician positions, range technician positions, or any other category of positions the duties and responsibilities of which include significant wildland fire suppression activities shall include the designation of "Wildland Firefighter" or words to that effect. Entitles an employee in an occupational series covering positions for which the primary duties are wildland firefighting, as determined by OPM, to the hazardous duty pay differential.

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Pombo, Richard W. [R-CA-11] · 2 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5697, Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act (2006-09-05); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5697, Federal Wildland Firefighter Classification Act (2006-09-05)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr5697 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109