United States 119th Congress Status: In Committee Bipartisan · 10 D · 8 R cosponsors

HR 5091 — To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.

Last action — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced September 02, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the House.

Prognosis

Advancing 42% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 18 sponsors

    1 primary, 17 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (10 D · 8 R) — cross-party backing.

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill adds provisions for hazard pay for firefighters involved in prescribed burns and smokejumpers.

  • 5 U.S.C. § 5545

    (e)(1) For the purposes of subsection (d), duties involving the ignition, control, or suppression of a prescribed burn and duties involving parachute jumps from flying aircraft by smokejumper firefighters for training, proficiency, or operational purposes are duties involving unusual physical hardship or hazard for which the applicable pay differential under such subsection shall be equal to the pay differential for fighting forest and range fires on the fireline.

    This establishes a new subsection that defines certain firefighting duties as eligible for hazard pay.

  • 5 U.S.C. § 5545

    (2) In this subsection, the term `prescribed burn' means the intentional application of fire to live or dead vegetation or forestry, range, or other landscapes for the purposes of land or resource management.

    This defines 'prescribed burn' for clarity in the context of hazard pay.

Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 529 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (529)

529 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HR 5091?
HR 5091 is sponsored by Maloy, Celeste (Republican), Lee, Susie (Democratic), Whitesides, George (Democratic), Harder, Josh (Democratic), Neguse, Joe (Democratic), Vindman, Eugene Simon (Democratic), Chu, Judy (Democratic), Begich, Nicholas J. (Republican), Franklin, Scott (Republican), Bergman, Jack (Republican), Moore, Blake D. (Republican), Lawler, Michael (Republican), Bacon, Don (Republican), Tran, Derek (Democratic), Carbajal, Salud O. (Democratic), Crane, Elijah (Republican), Salinas, Andrea (Democratic), and Vasquez, Gabe (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 5091?
This bill is in committee in the House. Introduced September 02, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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