House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Fair Pay for Federal Firefighters Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 24, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 19, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4831.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaMALFA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 127, July 24, 2023, Page H3896):Article I, Section 8, clause 18 The single subject of this legislation is: To address the pay and benefits of federal wildland firefighters and related issues.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 24, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 159 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4831, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/4831
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 4, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of February 4, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
17 cosponsors — 16 Republicans, 1 independent
0 of 17 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Brian Babin (R-TX), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Ken Calvert (R-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), John Duarte (R-CA), Chuck Edwards (R-NC), Scott Franklin (R-FL), Mike Garcia (R-CA), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Harriet Hageman (R-WY), Kevin Kiley (I-CA), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), James Moylan (R-GU), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), Burgess Owens (R-UT), David Valadao (R-CA), Randy Weber (R-TX).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa.
- H.R. 1586 (118th) Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act of 2023
- H.R. 6368 (118th) Indian Buffalo Management Act
- H.R. 3329 (118th) End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act of 2023
- H.R. 3328 (118th) Protecting Children From Experimentation Act of 2023
- H.R. 4070 (118th) Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023
- H.R. 1440 (118th) Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.