Update: Congress Passes Wildfire Funding for FY 2024, Locking In Supplemental Wage Increase.
Headed to the president's desk to be signed.
UPDATE: Both the House and the Senate have passed the funding Bill that will fully fund current wildfire wages through the 2024 Fiscal Year and have expressed their desire to increase the wildfire base wage permanently in future legislation.
Here is the Senate Majority Leader mentioning the funding for wildland firefighters:
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