HR 4729
114th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Mar 14, 2016
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act
This bill 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4729: Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4729/
"H.R. 4729: Federal Firefighter Pay Equity Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4729/.
H.R. 4729, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4729/.
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