Tim’s Act
- Last Action
- 6/23/2023
Actions
- 2023-06-23Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
- 2023-05-22Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- 2023-05-05Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
- 2023-05-05Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
- 2023-05-05Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
- 2023-05-05Introduced in House
- 2023-05-05Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-05-05 (00)
Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act or Tim's Act
This bill increases compensation for federal wildland firefighters (including qualifying prevailing rate employees) and establishes related requirements.
The bill increases the minimum rate of basic pay for firefighters at General Schedule (GS) levels 1 through 5 to at least the rate of pay for step 3 of GS-6. (A wildland firefighter engages in wildfire management activities, which include aviation, dispatch, and fuels management.)
The bill also increases the minimum rate of basic pay for wildland firefighters at GS-6 through 15 by specified percentages, with comparable increases to prevailing rate employees who are wildland firefighters.
Next, the bill requires wildland firefighters (including prevailing rate employees) to be paid for sleep and rest periods when deployed to the field on continuous duty status to respond to a qualifying incident at 50% of their hourly rate of basic pay. The bill also mandates a nine-hour sleep and rest period for every 24-hour duty period.
The bill also establishes paid leave, a right to buy back service time for retirement credit purposes, and other benefits for wildland firefighters.
The bill directs the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs within the Department of Labor to ensure that psychological stress-related injuries and illnesses correlated to fire protection work are compensated and to expedite related claims.
Federally-employed firefighters who are not wildland firefighters must also receive pay and benefit increases comparable to the increases provided to wildland firefighters under this bill.
Cosponsors (20)
- Katie Porter (D-CA)
- MIKE THOMPSON (D-CA)
- Andrea Salinas (D-OR)
- Josh Harder (D-CA)
- Julia Brownley (D-CA)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- Dina Titus (D-NV)
- Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
- ADAM SCHIFF (D-CA)
- Val Hoyle (D-OR)
- Kim Schrier (D-WA)
- Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
- Jim Costa (D-CA)
- Marie Perez (D-WA)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Mike Levin (D-CA)
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- Robert Garcia (D-CA)
- Don Bacon (R-NE)
Subjects
- Air quality
- Congressional oversight
- Employee leave
- Employment and training programs
- Environmental health
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health information and medical records
- Inflation and prices
- Labor standards
- Mental health
- Student aid and college costs
- Wages and earnings
- Worker safety and health
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