United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 987 (112th)
Federal Firefighter Flexibility and Fairness Act
Introduced
9 March 2011
Last action
18 March 2011 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
Sponsors
John Sarbanes, Gerald Connolly, Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-21], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19], Robert Wittman, Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50], Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13], Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Requires disregard of any hours worked by a firefighter under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement for purposes of any determination relating to federal eligibility for or the amount of any overtime pay.
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Timeline
9 March 2011
Introduced
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2011
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E442)
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
9 March 2011
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 March 2011
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 9 March 2011 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2011
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 March 2011
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 9 March 2011
Sponsors
- John Sarbanes · D · Sponsor
- Gerald Connolly · D · Sponsor
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-21] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · R · Cosponsor
- Robert Wittman · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Bilbray, Brian P. [R-CA-50] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sutton, Betty [D-OH-13] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Clarke, Hansen [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
- · hsgo00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← To amend title 9, United States Code, to exclude employment contracts and employment disputes from such title.
- related to ← A bill to amend section 5542 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay.
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/987
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/987
- us · 112-hr-987 · source updated 14 August 2025