HR 1943119th CongressIntroduced

Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025

Introduced: Oct 29, 2025

Standard Summary

Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs

The Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act establishes special base pay rates for federal wildland firefighters and creates incident response premium pay. The legislation provides significant pay increases (42% at GS-1 to 1.5% at GS-15), establishes premium pay at 450% of hourly rate during incident deployment, creates rest and recuperation leave, and includes transfer authority for continued funding.

Key Points

1Provides special base pay rates with 42% increase at lowest grades
2Establishes incident response premium pay at 450% of hourly rate
3Limits premium pay to $9,000 annually and sets grade-based caps
4Creates rest and recuperation leave for deployed firefighters
5Extends protections to prevailing rate employees
6Includes transfer authority for continued funding through 2025

Impact Areas

Federal wildland firefighters (Forest Service and Interior)Wildfire response and managementFederal employee compensation and pay equityEmergency response and disaster managementPublic land management and fire prevention

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