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HR 4611 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Natural disasters

Disaster Response Workforce Flexibility Act of 2017

Introduced: December 11, 2017 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Dec 11, 2017
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Disaster Response Workforce Flexibility Act of 2017

This bill authorizes employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) performing duties directly related to, or in support of, disaster preparation, response, and recovery efforts to be paid an amount of premium pay during fiscal years 2017 or 2018 to the extent that the total of basic pay and such premium pay for any pay period does not exceed the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive Schedule.

Such additional pay shall not be considered to be basic pay and shall not be used in computing a lump-sum payment for accumulated and accrued annual leave upon separation from service.

What's happening now December 11, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Dec 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4611: Disaster Response Workforce Flexibility Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4611/
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"H.R. 4611: Disaster Response Workforce Flexibility Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4611/.
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H.R. 4611, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4611/.
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