HR 435reported119th Congress

Direct Hire To Fight Fires

Introduced Jan 15, 2025House billPolicy area: Government Operations and PoliticsLast action Jan 8, 2026Sponsor: Darrell Issa(R-CA)

governmentGovernment Operations and Politics

Natural Resources CommitteeForestry and Horticulture SubcommitteeAgriculture CommitteeOversight and Government Reform Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jan 8, 2026

What the bill does

Direct Hire To Fight Fires This bill provides permanent direct-hire authority to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of the Interior to fill wildland firefighter and firefighting support positions in the Forest Service and Interior agencies. The bill also requires USDA and Interior to implement policies to recruit and retain wildland firefighters and related personnel, such as by streamlining the hiring process and reducing barriers for firefighters transferring between agencies. Further, the bill requires USDA and Interior to annually report related data to Congress, including the number of firefighters needed for the coming year, the number of firefighting vacancies in each state, and existing barriers to filling such vacancies. The report must also be made available on a public website.

Latest official action

Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.

Lobbying Filings

$109.6M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST

Apr 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL RIGHT LIFE COMMITTEE

Jul 22, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL RIGHT LIFE COMMITTEE

Jan 15, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 18, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION

Jul 21, 2025lobbying

Official Congressional Actions

Jan 8, 2026Committee

Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.

Natural Resources Committee

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Jan 8, 2026Committee

Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.

Natural Resources Committee

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Jul 15, 2025Committee

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

Natural Resources Committee

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Jul 15, 2025Committee

Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	$35.0M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	BUDGOVHCR
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION	$30.0M	Apr 18, 2025	2025Q1	HCRBUDGOV
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

No suspicious trade-lobbying connections found for this bill.

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

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