The measure would boost firefighter pay, make it easier for wildfire victims to get federal assistance, and protect watersheds.
By Matthew Daly | Associated Press
“Across America the impacts of climate change continue to worsen, and in this new normal, historic droughts and record-setting wildfires have become all too common,” said Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., the bill’s chief co-sponsor. Pay raises for the federal firefighters had been included in last year’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, but the money was held up as federal agencies studied recruitment and retention data to decide where to deliver them. The raise approved by Biden was retroactive to Oct. 1, 2021, and expires Sept. 30, 2023.
The legislation “will protect the West by addressing water shortages and protecting our forests and addressing the needs of our firefighters,” Schrier said.
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