To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to supporting Federal wildland firefighters and associated personnel.

SA 316. Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Hickenlooper, Mr.
Bennet, Mr. Heinrich, Mr. Lujan, Mr. Wyden, Ms. Rosen, and Mr. Merkley)
proposed an amendment to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7,
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; as follows:

At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO
SUPPORTING FEDERAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS AND
ASSOCIATED PERSONNEL.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
supporting Federal wildland firefighters or other Federal
personnel necessary for hazardous fuels management and
community wildfire resilience, which may include provisions
to recruit and retain such personnel, paying such personnel a
fair wage and providing industry-standard leave policies
following wildfire deployments, supporting the health and
wellbeing

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of such personnel, exempting such personnel from hiring
freezes, or reinstating the employment of such personnel the
positions of whom were terminated during calendar year 2025,
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those
purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase
the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025
through 2034.
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