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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5966. Mr. SCHIFF submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:
SEC. 1. SAFETY STANDARDS FOR WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.
(a) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Covered permissible exposure limits.—The term
“covered permissible exposure limits” means—
(A) the permissible smoke exposure limit established by the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; and
(B) the permissible occupational smoke exposure limit
established by the Occupational Health and Safety
Administration.
(2) Secretary.—The term “Secretary” means the Secretary
of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest
Service.
(3) Secretary concerned.—The term “Secretary concerned”
means—
(A) the Secretary, with respect to wildland firefighters
under the direction of the Secretary;
(B) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to wildland
firefighters under the direction of the Secretary of the
Interior; and
(C) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to wildland
firefighters under the direction of the Secretary of Defense.
(4) Wildland firefighter.—The term “wildland
firefighter” means any person who participates in wildland
firefighting activities under the direction of the Secretary,
the Secretary of the Interior, or the Secretary of Defense,
including under a contract with the Secretary, the Secretary
of the Interior, or the Secretary of Defense.
(b) Safety Standards.—
(1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2)—
(A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the National
Wildfire Coordinating Group, the Secretary of the Interior,
and other appropriate Federal agencies, shall develop a
strategy to make commercially available appropriate
respiratory personal protective equipment for wildland
firefighters and supporting staff in settings in which smoke
exposure surpasses covered permissible exposure limits;
(B) the Secretary, in consultation with the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, shall
determine appropriate respiratory personal protective
equipment for wildland firefighters and supporting staff in
settings in which smoke exposure surpasses covered
permissible exposure limits; and
(C) the Secretary concerned shall require each wildland
firefighter and supporting staff to use the respiratory
personal protective equipment determined under subparagraph
(B) in settings in which smoke exposure surpasses covered
permissible exposure limits.
(2) Review.—The Secretary shall—
(A) in consultation with the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health and the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration—
(i) periodically review standards relating to personal
protective equipment and other safety standards for wildland
firefighters and supporting staff, including the respiratory
personal protective equipment determined under paragraph
(1)(B); and
(ii) develop an appropriate permissible exposure limit or
occupational exposure limit for wildfire smoke for wildland
firefighters and supporting staff participating in settings
described in paragraph (1)(A) if the Secretary determines
that the covered permissible exposure limits are not tailored
to those settings; and
(B) incorporate into the standards described in
subparagraph (A)(i), by reference, the most recent edition of
standard NFPA 1984, entitled “Standard on Respirators for
Wildland Fire-Fighting and Wildland Urban Interface
Operations” (and any subsequent editions), as necessary, for
the safety and personal protection of wildland firefighters
and supporting staff, subject to the limit described in
subsection (a)(1)(A).
(3) Applicability.—The standards described in paragraph
(2)(A)(i) shall apply—
(A) on Department of Defense installations; and
(B) in cases in which Department of Defense personnel
provide mutual aid assistance.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.—There are authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are
necessary to carry out this section for each fiscal year.