S 1498 · 106th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Wildland Firefighters Pay Equity Act of 1999

Introduced 1999-08-04· Sponsored by Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT]· Senate

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.(1999-09-30)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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Cosponsors (10)

6 Democrats4 Republicans