Senate bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJul 12, 2023
- Committee actionJul 19, 2023
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 11, 2023 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 205.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 2272.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 2272, Wildland Firefighter Paycheck Protection Act of 2023” on August 21, 2023. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 19, 2023”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, August 21, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59513
- CBO publication date
- August 21, 2023
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2272, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf0e281f80580033525e10c68b8d033d69d5cf4048092108210eb717275b3067
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 118-97 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on September 11, 2023.Source: Congress.gov, reported September 11, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/SRPT/97
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 2272, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/2272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
cf0e281f80580033525e10c68b8d033d69d5cf4048092108210eb717275b3067
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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
7 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats, 1 independent
3 of 7 cosponsors (43%) are from the other party.
John Barrasso (R-WY), Steve Daines (R-MT), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jon Tester (D-MT).
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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.