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S. 1498 106th Congress Senate

Wildland Firefighters Pay Equity Act of 1999

Official title: A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize equal overtime pay provisions for all Federal employees engaged in wildland fire suppression operations.

Introduced: November 8, 1999 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Department of AgricultureDepartment of the InteriorEmergency ManagementFederal employees
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Fire fightersFire preventionForest firesLabor and EmploymentNational forestsOvertimePublic Lands and Natural Resources
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 30, 1999
Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.
Aug 4, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Aug 4, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action September 30, 1999

Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Wildland Firefighters Pay Equity Act of 1999 - Amends Federal Civil Service provisions regarding the computation of overtime pay to provide that: (1) the overtime hourly rate of pay for U.S. Forest Service employees in the Departments of Agriculture and Interior engaged in emergency wildland fire suppression is an amount equal to one and one-half times the hourly rate of such employees' basic pay, whether such pay falls below, equals, or exceeds the minimum rate of basic pay for GS-10; and (2) all that amount is premium pay.
 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2814 Identical bill Wildland Firefighters Pay Equity Act of 1999
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Nov 8, 1999
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