H.R. 10492
Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act
Sponsor: Maxine Dexter
2 cosponsors
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(a) Short title. This Act may be cited as the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act.
(b) Table of contents. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Sec. 3. Wildland Firefighter Health Task Force. Sec. 4. Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program. Sec. 5. Occupational safety and health research. Sec. 6. Occupational safety and health standards for wildland firefighter protection. Sec. 7. Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. Sec. 8. Duty time for hygiene and gear decontamination for Federal wildland firefighters. Sec. 9. Government Accountability Office study.