,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdce  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #e1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,begich introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to amend section #eedb of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code1 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 pay4  #a4  ,short  
title  ,this ,act may be cited as the   
,federal ,firefighter ,flexibility and  
,fairness ,act4  #b4  ,treatment of     
hours worked under a qualified          
trade-of-time arrangement  ,section     
#eedb of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7g7  7#a7               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this section1 any hours worked by a     
firefighter under a qualified           

trade-of-time arrangement shall be      
disregarded for purposes of any         
determination relating to eligibility   
for1 or the amount of1 any overtime pay 
under this section4  7#b7 ,for purposes 
of this subsection--  7,a7 the term     
qualified trade-of-time arrangement     
means an arrangement under which #b     
firefighters who are employed by the    
same agency agree1 solely at the option 
of the firefighters and with the        
approval of the agency employing the    
firefighters1 to substitute for one     
another during scheduled work hours in  
the performance of work in the same     
capacity2 and  7,b7 the term firefighter
 means--  7i7 a firefighter1 as defined 
in section #hcca7ba72 and  7ii7 a       
firefighter1 as defined in section      
#hdja7ad74  4