,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhbd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,sheehy 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,padilla1 ,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4            
,hickenlooper1 and ,mr4 ,curtis7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend section #eede of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 to provide hazard pay   
for carrying out prescribed burns1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,wildland
 ,firefighter ,hazard ,pay ,correction  
,act4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress ,it is   
the sense of ,congress that the control 
and suppression of prescribed fires is  
an important part of fire preparedness  
and land management4 ,firefighters who  
engage in such suppression of prescribed
 fires take on risks1 smoke exposure1   
and arduous tasks comparable to those in
 wildfire suppression4 ,they should     

receive hazard pay to fairly compensate 
their risk and efforts4 ,likewise1      
smokejumpers are aerial delivery        
firefighters whose role in firefighting 
necessitates jumping from airplanes1    
which is a hazardous duty that should   
receive hazard pay4  #c4 ,hazard pay for
 performing prescribed burns  7a7 ,in   
general ,section #eede of title #e1     
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7e7 7#a7 ,for the purposes 
of subsection 7d71 duties involving the 
ignition1 control1 or suppression of a  
prescribed burn and duties involving    
parachute jumps from flying aircraft by 
smokejumper firefighters for training1  
proficiency1 or operational purposes are
 duties involving unusual physical      
hardship or hazard for which the        
applicable pay differential under that  
subsection shall be equal to the pay    
differential for fighting forest and    
range fires on the fireline4  7#b7 ,in  
this subsection1 the term prescribed    

burn means the intentional application  
of fire to live or dead vegetation or   
forestry1 range1 or other landscapes for
 the purposes of land or resource       
management4  4  7b7 ,regulations ,not   
later than #ij days after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,office of ,personnel ,management  
shall issue such regulations as are     
necessary to implement the amendment    
made by subsection 7a74  7c7            
,applicability ,the amendment made by   
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to pay periods beginning after the      
earlier of-- 7#a7 the date on which the 
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management issues the regulations      
required under subsection 7b72 or  7#b7 
the date that is #ij days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act4  7d7    
,rule of construction ,this section1 and
 the amendments made by this section1   
may not be construed as rescinding1     
replacing1 or otherwise affecting any   
determination of the duties for which a 

pay differential is provided under      
subsection 7d7 of section #eede of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as of the   
date of enactment of this ,act1 except  
to the extent necessary for any such pay
 differential for a duty described in   
subsection 7e77#a7 of that section1 as  
added by subsection 7a71 to comply with 
such subsection 7e77#a74