National Wildfire Infrastructure Improvement and Cost Containment Act
Latest action · Mar 29, 2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 21, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Wildfire Infrastructure Improvement and Cost Containment Act - Amends federal civil service law to raise the age for mandatory separation of a wildland firefighter from 57 to 65 years of age, or until her or she is certified by a licensed physician as being unable to successfully complete all applicable physical standards testing. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated to a federal department or agency to contract for the performance of firefighting or security guard functions that are performed, as of this Act's enactment, by a federal employee of any such department or agency.
Directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), in cooperation with the federal land management agencies, to commence development of a separate wildland firefighter occupational series that will more accurately reflect the variety of duties performed by wildland firefighters.
Requires a wildland firefighter's hours of work officially ordered or approved in excess of 40 hours per week or 8 hours per day to be considered overtime work. Makes time the firefighter is away from his or her official duty station assigned to an emergency incident, in support of an emergency incident, or pre-positioned for emergency response, compensable as work time. Includes hazardous duty differentials as basic pay for retirement purposes.
Prohibits OPM from excluding wildland firefighters from government employees' life insurance coverage. Permits, under specified circumstances: (1) the continuation of health benefits for a wildland firefighter between wildfire seasons; and (2) anyone subject to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) as a firefighter to have any qualifying firefighter service treated as creditable service, regarding service performed between 1989 and this Act's enactment. Provides for investigations of firefighter fatalities by the Inspectors General of the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior. Repeals a requirement for an independent investigation of Forest Service firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 21, 2010 to Mar 2, 2010; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Original | Jan 21, 2010 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | Jan 21, 2010 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Mar 2, 2010 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jan 21, 2010 |
| Information Technology Subcommittee | Referred Feb 12, 2010 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 21, 2010 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Jan 25, 2010 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jan 21, 2010 |
| Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 29, 2010 | |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Jan 21, 2010 |
| Military Personnel Subcommittee | Referred Feb 18, 2010 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 29, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
- Feb 18, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- Feb 12, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
- Jan 25, 2010Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Jan 21, 2010Introduced in House
- Jan 21, 2010Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- Jan 21, 2010Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jan 21, 2010Referred to House Natural Resources
- Jan 21, 2010Referred to House Agriculture
- Jan 21, 2010Referred to House Armed Services
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To implement updated pay and personnel policies in order to improve the recruitment and retention of qualified Federal wildland firefighters and to reduce the Government's reliance on the more costly services of non-Federal wildfire resources.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Wildfire Infrastructure Improvement and Cost Containment Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of the Interior
- Fires
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Public contracts and procurement
- Worker safety and health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 21, 2010Introduced in House
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