U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced the Honoring Fallen Wildland Firefighters Act, bipartisan legislation to expand death benefits of fallen firefighters to match those to fallen members of the military, a significant change from the current maximum death benefit.
Curtis, Merkley lead new bipartisan bill to honor fallen wildland firefighters
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