Housing for our Firefighters Act
This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a housing allowance to any federal wildland firefighter hired at a location more than 50 miles from the firefighter's primary residence.
The allowance shall be in an amount determined appropriate by Interior and USDA and adjusted based on the cost of housing in the area of deployment.
To provide a housing allowance to Federal wildland firefighters, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Housing for our Firefighters Act''.

SEC. 2. HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR FEDERAL WILDLAND FIREFIGHTERS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
provide a housing allowance to any Federal wildland firefighter hired 
at a location more than 50 miles from their primary residence. Such 
allowance shall be in an amount determined appropriate by the 
Secretaries and adjusted based on the cost of housing in the area of 
deployment.
    (b) Federal Wildland Firefighter Defined.--In this Act, the term 
``Federal wildland firefighter'' means any temporary, seasonal, or 
permanent position at the Department of Agriculture or the Department 
of the Interior that maintains group, emergency incident management, or 
fire qualifications and primarily engages in or supports wildland fire 
management activities, including forestry and rangeland technicians and 
positions concerning aviation, fire heavy equipment operations, 
emergency dispatch communication services, or fire and fuels 
management.
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Housing for our Firefighters Act
To provide a housing allowance to Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.
Housing for our Firefighters Act
Rep. Neguse, Joe