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Oregon’s Merkley, Utah’s Curtis propose extending military death benefits to fallen firefighters

States Newsroom · October 7, 2026

A financial benefit for surviving family members of wildland firefighters who die fighting blazes on federal lands could increase tenfold under a new bill proposed by Oregon’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and Utah’s Republican U.S. Sen. John Curtis. Merkley and Curtis on Monday introduced the Honoring Fallen…

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Oregon’s Merkley, Utah’s Curtis propose extending military death benefits to fallen firefighters

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