H.R.4280 - Federal Government - To amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for the Forest Service or an agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty, and for other purposes.

Aerial Firefighter Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who serve the Forest Service or any agency of the Department of the Interior and suffer death or disability in the line of duty.

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide for similar eligibility of aerial firefighters for public safety officer death benefits, applicable to a public agency.

Latest Actions

• 04/25/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.
• 01/14/2008 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• 12/10/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
• 12/05/2007 - Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and the Judiciary, 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.
• 12/05/2007 - Referred to House Natural Resources
• 12/05/2007 - Referred to House Agriculture
• 12/05/2007 - Referred to House Judiciary

Bill Text

File name		Last Updated
	H.R.4280 Introduced in House	12/09/2007

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