Wildland Firefighter Fair Pay Act

This bill amends federal pay rules to clarify how premium pay (extra pay for hazardous work) counts toward annual pay limits for wildland firefighters. It specifically affects federal employees with the Forest Service, Department of the Interior, or National Weather Service who perform wildfire suppression work, including incident meteorologists and incident management team members. The key provision disregards certain premium pay from calculations when applying the annual pay cap for federal employees, preventing firefighters from exceeding the Executive Schedule Level II pay limit through hazard pay. The bill also requires agencies to report on hiring needs for these roles by March 2024 to ensure sufficient staffing without triggering pay cap limitations.