In addition, you know, there are some provisions that will provide some direct hiring authority. Right now, The US Department of Agriculture has all this red tape where they have to go through the Department of Labor to be able to hire wildland firefighters themselves. This bill will seek to cut through that red tape and directly be able to hire those wildland firefighters. (07:49–07:58)
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