Hazard pay for federal employees conducting prescribed burns and smokejumpers.

Federal HB5091 amends section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for federal employees carrying out prescribed burns and smokejumpers. The bill defines a "prescribed burn" as the intentional application of fire for land or resource management. It mandates the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations within 90 days to implement this change. The hazard pay applies to duties involving ignition, control, or suppression of prescribed burns and parachute jumps from aircraft by smokejumper firefighters.

Hazard pay for federal employees conducting prescribed burns and smokejumpers.

Federal HB5091 amends section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for federal employees carrying out prescribed burns and smokejumpers. The bill defines a "prescribed burn" as the intentional application of fire for land or resource management. It mandates the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to issue regulations within 90 days to implement this change. The hazard pay applies to duties involving ignition, control, or suppression of prescribed burns and parachute jumps from aircraft by smokejumper firefighters.