Federal wildland fire workers get health and safety rules.
H.R. 10492 — Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act · Filed by Maxine Dexter (D-OR) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Sep 17, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill sets up a new program to protect wildland fire workers' health. It requires the government to make rules about breathing gear and hazard safety. Fire sites must have places where workers can wash off smoke and dirt. Workers get time to clean up without losing pay. The bill creates a task force and a panel to plan health steps.
Who it affects
Wildland fire workers and support staff gain breathing gear and medical checks. They get washing areas and help with workers' pay claims. The bill covers harms from smoke, cancer-causing substances, and PFAS.
One thing to notice
The bill lets the government issue a breathing gear rule within 180 days. This skips some normal rule-making steps. The bill gives 60.5 million dollars over 6 years but does not say how to split it.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 1 Democrats, 1 Republicans.
- Sep 17, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 17, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Education and Workforce and House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (47,802 characters) on Sep 25, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,985 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-25.
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