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S. 1498 (106th)

Wildland Firefighters Pay Equity Act of 1999

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Introduced

4 August 1999

Last action

30 September 1999 · Referred

Status

Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.

Sponsors

Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT], Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID], Sen. Stevens, Ted [R-AK], Sen. Murkowski, Frank H. [R-AK], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD]

Subjects

Agriculture

Source updated

20 August 2025

Agriculture

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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Timeline

  1. 4 August 1999

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 4 August 1999

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 30 September 1999

    Referred

    Referred to Subcommittee on International Security.

    Source: Committee

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  • Introduced in Senate (text)

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