Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 establishes special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters and incident response premium.
The Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2025 amends title 5, United States Code, to establish special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters employed by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior. These rates replace the General Schedule base rate and are adjusted based on the firefighter's grade. The bill also provides for incident response premium pay for wildland firefighters deployed to respond to qualifying incidents, such as wildfires, prescribed fire incidents, or severity incidents.
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