119th Congress · House bill · Last action Jan 8, 2026
H.R. 435Out of CommitteeGovernment Operations and Politics
Direct Hire To Fight Fires
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell (R-CA)2 cosponsorsIntroduced Jan 15, 2025
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In plain English
H.R. 435 lets the Agriculture Department and Interior Department bypass standard federal hiring rules to directly hire people for wildland firefighter and firefighting support jobs in the Forest Service and other Interior agencies. The bill requires these agencies to adopt policies to recruit and keep wildland firefighters, including streamlining how they hire and making it easier for firefighters to switch between agencies. The Agriculture Department and Interior must submit annual reports to Congress and post them publicly showing how many firefighters they need, how many wildland firefighting positions sit empty in each state, and what obstacles prevent them from filling those jobs. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) sponsored the bill, which was reported by the Natural Resources Committee in January 2026.
What’s in the bill (2 sections)
- Sec. 2. Direct hire authority to appoint individuals to federal
- Sec. 3. Streamlining and transparency in federal wildland firefighting
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Note: the official CRS summary for this bill was written on 2025-01-15, but the bill text was revised on 2025-01-15T05:00:00Z. Provisions may have been added since the summary was written — the section list above reflects the current text.
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Senate
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What happens next: Cleared committee. Awaits a vote on the House floor.
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Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
R-CA-48
Cosponsors (2)
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Activity timeline
Jan 8
Jan 8
Jan 8
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.
Jan 8
Jan 8
Jan 8
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.
Jul 15
Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025
Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 15
Jul 15, 2025
Jul 15, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 4
Apr 4, 2025
Apr 4, 2025
Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Jan 15
Jan 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Jan 15
Jan 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Jan 15
Jan 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Jan 15
Jan 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced in House
Jan 15
Jan 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced in House
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Full action log
All 10 recorded actions since introduction · Source: Congress.gov
2026
Jan 8
HOUSEReported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.
Jan 8
Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-432, Part I.
2025
Jul 15
HOUSEOrdered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
Jul 15
HOUSECommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Apr 4
HOUSEReferred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
Jan 15
HOUSEReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Jan 15
HOUSEReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Jan 15
HOUSEReferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Jan 15
Introduced in House
Jan 15
Introduced in House
All 2 cosponsors
0 Democrats · 2 Republicans
Republicans (2)
Kiley, KevinCA-03
Obernolte, JayCA-23
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