Tim’s Act
U.S. Congress · HR743 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-01-28. Latest action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Summary (plain-language)
Tim Hart Wildland Firefighter Classification and Pay Parity Act or Tim's Act This bill increases compensation and establishes additional benefits and programs for federal wildland firefighters. (These individuals are employed by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, or tribal governments.) The bill increases the minimum rate of basic pay for wildland firefighters at General Schedule (GS) levels 1 through 15 by percentages specified in the bill, with smaller increases for higher GS levels. The bill also requires comparable increases to the hourly rates paid to prevailing rate employees who are wildland firefighters. It also establishes premium pay for wildland firefighters who respond to certain prolonged fire incidents and are deployed outside of their normal duty stations or to an area adjacent to the incident. These changes take effect after other temporary pay increases for wildland firefighters expire. The bill also (1) establishes paid rest and recuperation leave; (2) allows certain prior service to be credited for retirement purposes; and (3) provides housing allowances, tuition assistance, and other benefits for wildland firefighters. Further, 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 response are compensated and to expedite related claims. The bill also establishes programs to (1) assist the next-of-kin of wildland firefighters and fire support personnel who are critically injured or killed while in the line of duty, and (2) support the mental and physical health of wildland firefighters.
Sponsors
- Joe Neguse (primary)
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Julia Brownley
- Don Bacon
- Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr.
- Brian K. Fitzpatrick
- Josh Harder
- Val T. Hoyle
- Zoe Lofgren
- Mike Levin
- Michael Lawler
- Brittany Pettersen
- Kim Schrier
- Melanie A. Stansbury
- Mike Thompson
- George Whitesides
Text versions
- Introduced in House — 2025-01-28 — XML
What analysts say
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What politicians say
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Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-03-07 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture. |
| 2025-01-28 | Introduced in House |
| 2025-01-28 | Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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. |
Lobbying on this bill
Showing 8 of 8 bill mentions.
Honesty note: each filer below disclosed lobbying on this bill — that much the filing tells us. But the dollar figure is their total lobbying spend for the whole quarter across all their issues, not the amount spent on this bill, and the filing never says whether they supported or opposed it.
| Registrant (lobbying firm) | Client | Period | Reported quarterly amount | Extraction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | Q2 2026 | $30,000 | |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | Q2 2026 | $30,000 | |
| NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION | NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION | Q2 2026 | $340,000 | |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | Q1 2026 | $60,000 | |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS | Q1 2026 | $60,000 | |
| NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES | Q1 2026 | $506,440 | |
| AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. | AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.I. | Q1 2026 | $97,407 | |
| NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION | NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION | Q1 2026 | $310,000 |
Source: Senate LDA filings.