Care for our Firefighters Act
Summary
Care for our Firefighters Act This bill establishes a program and provides additional leave to support mental health for federal wildland firefighters. The Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior must carry out a mental health awareness and support program for federal wildland firefighters. Components of the program must include an awareness campaign, relevant education and training, a peer-to-peer mental health support network, and increased access to mental health benefits. The bill also entitles each federal wildland firefighter to seven consecutive days of leave to be taken between June 1 and October 31 of each calendar year to maintain mental health. Leave not taken during that period expires.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 17, 2021
Last action Oct 21, 2021
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Total actions
4
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Committee
3
Oct 21, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
lower
Oct 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
lower
Sep 17, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
lower
Sep 17, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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