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HR 3186 111th Congress House

Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act

Official title: To provide for the more accurate computation of retirement benefits for certain firefighters employed by the Federal Government.

Introduced: July 28, 2010 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics FiresGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 31, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Jul 13, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Jul 13, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 31, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act - Includes in the determination of a federal firefighter's average pay for purposes of computing retirement and annuity benefits one-half of a firefighter's basic hourly rate times the number of overtime hours included in such firefighter's regular tour of duty for a year.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jul 28, 2010
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 21, 2010
Nye, Glenn
· Apr 20, 2010
Hall, John
· Apr 13, 2010
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Apr 13, 2010
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 13, 2010
Delahunt, Bill
· Mar 25, 2010
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jul 30, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3186: Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3186/
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"H.R. 3186: Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3186/.
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H.R. 3186, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3186/.
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