HR 408
109th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Civil service retirement
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Fire fighters
Fire prevention
Forest fires
Labor and Employment
Wages
Federal Wildland Firefighter Emergency Response Compensation Act of 2005
Introduced: January 26, 2005
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 26, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Jan 26, 2005
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Federal Wildland Firefighter Emergency Response Compensation Act of 2005 - Entitles a wildland firefighter employed by the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior to compensation for the entire period of time such firefighter is engaged in officially ordered or approved duties in responding to a wildland fire or other emergency. Limits such compensation, for any 24-hour period, to the sum of 16 times the firefighter's hourly rate of basic pay, and eight times the firefighter's overtime hourly rate of pay.
Treats wildland firefighter compensation received pursuant to this Act as basic pay for Federal retirement pay purposes.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Committees of jurisdiction
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