House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act
Official title: To authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Dexter D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 17, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 17, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10492.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. DEXTER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 147, September 17, 2026, Page H5989):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 17, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10492, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10492
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 9, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 9, 2026). 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Dexter.
- H.R. 4446 (119th) FAST VETS Act
- H.R. 5941 (119th) Restoring Access for Detainees Act
- H.R. 9270 (119th) Dignity and Due Process for Children Act of 2026
- H.R. 4976 (119th) Shielding Students from Wildfire Smoke Act
- H.R. 10255 (119th) Penalties for Polluters Act
- H.R. 10256 (119th) Taxpayer Relief from Big Oil Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.