,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,connolly introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for the
 more accurate computation of retirement
 benefits for certain firefighters      
employed by the ,federal ,government4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,federal ,firefighter ,pay      
,equity ,act4  #b4 ,findings and purpose
  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds that--  
7#a7 certain firefighters employed by   
the ,federal ,government are required by
 law to work a regular tour of duty     
consisting of #gb hours per week2  7#b7 
#ai of those #gb hours per week are     
considered to be overtime hours for     
purposes of computing pay2  7#c7 the pay
 computed for those #ai overtime hours  
each week are not accurately accounted  
for when computing such firefighters'   
retirement benefits2 and  7#d7 those    

inaccurate computations have led to     
reduced retirement benefits for ,federal
 firefighters4  7b7 ,purpose ,the       
purpose of this ,act is to correct the  
manner in which retirement benefits for 
,federal firefighters are computed so as
 to account for pay earned for regularly
 scheduled overtime hours during a      
normal tour of duty4  #c4 ,computation  
of annuity based on certain firefighter 
service  7a7 ,in general ,section       
#eede;b of title #e1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7e7 ,for purposes of any
 determination of average pay under     
section #hcca7d7 or #hdja7c71 in the    
case of a firefighter who is subject to 
subsection 7b71 the rate of basic pay in
 effect for such firefighter for a year 
of creditable service 7or1 in the case  
of an annuity under subsection 7d7 or   
7e77#a7 of section #hcda or under       
chapter #hd based on less than #c years 
of creditable service1 for any other    
period of creditable service7 shall1 in 

addition to the amount determined under 
subsection 7b7 for such year 7or other  
period71 include an amount equal to     
one-half the firefighter's basic hourly 
rate 7as computed under subsection      
7b77#a77;,a77 for such year 7or other   
period7 times the number of overtime    
hours included as part of such          
firefighter's regular tour of duty      
during such year 7or other period74  4  
7b7 ,conforming amendments ,sections    
#hcca7d7 and #hdja7c7 of title #e1      
,united ,states ,code1 are amended by   
striking the semicolon at the end and   
inserting 1 subject to section          
#eede;b7e724  #d4 ,effective date ,the  
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 with respect to any annuity1           
entitlement to which is based on a      
separation from service occurring after 
the end of the #fj-;day period beginning
 on the date of the enactment of this   
,act4