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Is Gluesenkamp Perez backing Tim’s Act to improve wildland-firefighter pay?

Matches stated direction. She cosponsored H.R.743 in August 2026. It proposes base and incident-response pay changes but remains a bill.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Tim’s Act and wildland-firefighter pay

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 13 KATU debate, Gluesenkamp Perez said she was working on Tim’s Act to increase pay for hotshot firefighters.

What the record shows ·

She cosponsored H.R.743, Tim’s Act, on August 31, 2026. The bill proposes special base pay for federal wildland firefighters and incident-response premium pay. Its latest action is a March 7, 2025 subcommittee referral; it has not become law.

Limit: Joe Neguse is the sponsor. The proposal covers federal wildland firefighters more broadly than hotshot crews. Cosponsorship does not establish that pay increased or that she authored the bill.

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  1. KATU debate, October 13: Tim’s Act and wildland-firefighter payhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtDqJEAdAEs&t=2807s

    KATU News · Published Oct 13, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Paraphrased from saved English native captions; no second independent transcript. Raw capture association and hash recorded in the dated note.

    candidate statement

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  2. H.R.743, Tim’s Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/743

    Congress.gov · Published Jan 28, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Congress.gov API/GovInfo: Gluesenkamp Perez joined August 31, 2026; no laws; latest action Forestry and Horticulture subcommittee referral March 7, 2025.

    official legislative record

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  3. H.R.743 introduced text, sections 2 and 3https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr743ih/html/BILLS-119hr743ih.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 28, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 22, 2026

    Proposed special base rates and wildland-fire incident-response premium pay, with qualifying conditions and limits.

    official legislative record

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