United States · Bill · S
S. 1498 (106th)
Wildland Firefighters Pay Equity Act of 1999
Introduced
4 August 1999
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Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.
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Summary
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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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 August 1999
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 4 August 1999
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 4 August 1999
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-bill/1498
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