Support the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act to authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters.

Tim Sheehy · Montana · Republican

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 89%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support and introduce legislation to authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program.. Promised outcome: A comprehensive program to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. 119th Congress, 2nd Session; introduced in the Senate on September 17, 2026, while Sheehy served as U.S. Senator from Montana.

Occurrences

Action Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Sheehy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Bill Number S. 5433 Bill Version Introduced in Senate (IS) Short Title Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act Full Title To authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program, a comprehensive initiative to improve the health of Federal wildland firefighters, and for other purposes.

Tim Sheehy was listed among the senators for whom S. 5433 was introduced; the bill would authorize the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program to improve Federal wildland firefighter health.

S. 5433 (IS) - Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act - BILLS-119s5433is | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

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Cosponsors John R. Curtis (UT); Jeff Merkley (OR); Tim Sheehy (MT)

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo lists Tim Sheehy as a cosponsor of S. 5433, the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act, during his Senate term.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 5433 (IS) - Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act - BILLS-119s5433is | Content Details | GovInfo
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official bill record shows the latest action was committee referral, not enactment, so the policy outcome remains unresolved.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S. 5433 (IS) - Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act - BILLS-119s5433is | Content Details | GovInfo
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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shall establish and maintain a Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text matches the promised policy mechanism by creating the Federal Wildland Firefighter Health and Wellbeing Program.

unresolved same_term

S. 5433 (Introduced-in-Senate)
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Senator Sheehy for coleading this effort with me in the Senate

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The Congressional Record statement on S. 5433 identifies Sheehy as coleading the Senate effort, documenting concrete support.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 147 (Thursday, September 17, 2026)
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

verified · Source version 74619 · locator 5078

Our bill tackles these problems head-on

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): An official Senate press release quotes Sheehy endorsing the bill, but the bill still had not been enacted in the available official records.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Padilla, Curtis, Merkley, Sheehy, Dexter Announce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Federal Wildland Firefighters - Senator Alex Padilla
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

Assessments

Public state: delivered As of 2026-09-30 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment is an action commitment to support and introduce the Wildland Firefighter Health and Safety Act. Verified passages show Sheehy was a cosponsor, was described as coleading the Senate effort, and publicly referred to it as “our bill.” That proves material same-term support for the legislation. The evidence does not prove enactment of the underlying program, but the judged promise is to support/introduce the bill, not to achieve enactment.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%