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 provide for special base rates of pay for wildland firefighters. It defines a wildland firefighter as a firefighter employed by the Forest Service or the Department of the Interior. The special base rate for a wildland firefighter is derived by increasing the General Schedule base rate by a specified percentage, rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The bill also establishes incident response premium pay for employees engaged in wildland firefighting.
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