Bill · S. 2473· Senate(119-S-2473)
Federal Firefighters Families First Act
- Introduced
- 7/28/2025
- Last activity
- 7/28/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sponsored by
- Ruben Gallego
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The "Federal Firefighters Families First Act" aims to amend title 5 of the United States Code. It seeks to provide pay equality and more accurate retirement benefit computations for certain Federal firefighters. The bill intends to improve pay equality between Federal firefighters and other Federal or municipal employees. It also aims to enhance the recruitment and retention of firefighters to maintain service quality. Additionally, the bill establishes a regular workweek and changes how retirement benefits are calculated by including regularly reoccurring scheduled hours.
Yes· 3 of 6
Would people over 65 be better off under this?+5
The bill increases future retirement benefits for federal firefighters.
Would union members be better off under this?+5
The bill promotes pay equality between federal and municipal firefighters and improves retirement benefit computations.
Does this strengthen Social Security?+5
The bill increases retirement annuity amounts for federal firefighters by including regularly reoccurring scheduled hours in the pay computation.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Improved Pay Equality and Recruitment: The bill aims to improve pay equality between Federal firefighters and other Federal or municipal firefighters, which is intended to enhance recruitment and retention (Section 1).
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More Accurate Retirement Benefits: The bill changes how retirement benefits are computed to include the pay of all regularly reoccurring scheduled hours during the firefighter workweek (Section 1).
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Increased Annuity Amounts: For firefighters, the rate of basic pay used to determine average pay will now include an amount equal to 1/2 the basic hourly rate multiplied by the number of overtime hours included as part of the regular tour of duty (Section 3).
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Standardized Workweek: The bill directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management to establish regulations for the maximum number of regularly reoccurring hours that comprise a firefighter's workweek, with a cap of an average of 60 hours per week (Section 4).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Seniors+5Good For Union Workers+5Good For Middle Class Households+3
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Social Security+5
- Economy And Finance
- Increases Job Creation+3
- Governance And Ideology
- Improves Government Transparency+2
- 7/28/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
Bernie MorenoRepublican · Ohio