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S 1635 IS
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1635
To provide for the reimbursement of wildland firefighters for the cost of professional liability insurance.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 15, 2007
Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. BINGAMAN, and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
A BILL
To provide for the reimbursement of wildland firefighters for the cost of professional liability insurance.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER INSURANCE.
Section 636 of division A of the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 (5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note; Public Law 104-208), is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking `or';
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting `; or'; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
`(3) a temporary fire line supervisor.'; and
(2) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking `, and' and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and'; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
`(5) the term `temporary fire line supervisor' means an employee of the Department of the Interior or the Forest Service whose duties include temporary supervision to manage a wildland or managed fire, including an employee that is--
`(A) a type 1, 2, or 3 incident commander;
`(B) an operations section chief;
`(C) a division group supervisor;
`(D) a fire use manager; or
`(E) a prescribed fire manager or burn boss.'.
U.S. Congress - Text of S.1635 as Introduced in Senate A bill to provide for the reimbursement of wildland firefighters for the cost of profes...
