To amend section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to provide hazard pay for carrying out prescribed burns, and for other purposes.

This bill requires hazard pay for certain firefighters who carry out prescribed burns and for smokejumper firefighters who make parachute jumps. Congress states that prescribed fires are an important part of land management and that firefighters taking part in them face risks, smoke exposure, and hard work comparable to wildfire suppression. The bill amends section 5545 of title 5, United States Code, to add these duties as unusual physical hardships or hazards. The pay differential for these duties will equal the pay for fighting forest and range fires on the fireline. The Director of the Office of Personnel Management must issue implementing regulations within 90 days of the bill's enactment.