{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-435","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":435,"title":"Direct Hire To Fight Fires","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-01-15","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"I000056","fullName":"Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]","party":"R","state":"CA","district":48}],"cosponsorsCount":2,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-01-08","text":"Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I."},"policyArea":"Government Operations and Politics","subjects":["Congressional oversight","Department of Agriculture","Department of the Interior","Employee hiring","Federal officials","Fires","First responders and emergency personnel","Forests, forestry, trees","Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management","Government information and archives"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-01-08","text":"Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-08","text":"Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-15","text":"Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-07-15","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-04-04","text":"Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-01-15","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Direct Hire To Fight Fires</strong></p><p>This bill provides permanent direct-hire authority to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to fill wildland firefighter and firefighting support positions in the Forest Service and Interior agencies.</p><p>The bill also requires USDA and Interior to implement policies to recruit and retain wildland firefighters and related personnel, such as by streamlining the hiring process and reducing barriers for firefighters transferring between agencies.</p><p>Further, the bill requires USDA and Interior to annually report related data to Congress, including the number of firefighters needed for the coming year, the number of firefighting vacancies in each state, and existing barriers to filling such vacancies. The report must also be made available on a public website.</p>","updateDate":"2026-07-18T00:05:11Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":8030,"ts":"2026-08-28T07:49:58.328Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"https://simplefunctions.dev/api/public/query-gov?q=Direct%20Hire%20To%20Fight%20Fires"}]}}