,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfaa  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aa1       
#bjag,mrs4 ,demings 7for herself and    
,ms4 ,plaskett7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide an     
increase in premium pay for certain     
employees of the ,federal ,emergency    
,management ,agency during fiscal years 
#bjag and #bjah1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,disaster ,response        
,workforce ,flexibility ,act of #bjag4  
#b4 ,premium pay exception for ,,fema   
employees  7a7 ,definition of covered   
employee ,in this section1 the term     
covered employee means any employee of  
the ,federal ,emergency ,management     
,agency who1 during any of fiscal years 
#bjag or #bjah1 performs duties directly
 related to1 or in support of1 disaster 
preparation1 response1 and recovery     
efforts4  7b7 ,exception for limitation 

on premium pay ,notwithstanding any     
other provision of law1 during fiscal   
years #bjag and #bjah1 section #eedg7;a7
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1    
shall not apply to any covered employee 
to the extent that its application would
 prevent the covered employee from      
receiving premium pay1 except that such 
premium pay shall not be payable to a   
covered employee to the extent that the 
aggregate of the covered employee's     
basic and premium pay for the year would
 exceed the rate of basic pay payable   
for a position at level ,,ii of the     
,executive ,schedule under section #ecac
 of such title4  7c7 ,treatment of      
additional pay ,if subsection 7b7       
results in the payment of additional    
premium pay to a covered employee of a  
type that is normally creditable as     
basic pay for retirement or any other   
purpose1 that additional pay shall not--
  7#a7 be considered to be basic pay of 
the covered employee for any purpose2 or
  7#b7 be used in computing a lump-sum  

payment to the covered employee for     
accumulated and accrued annual leave    
under section #eeea or section #eeeb of 
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7d7   
,aggregate limit ,with respect to the   
application of section #ecjg of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 the payment  
of any additional premium pay to a      
covered employee as a result of         
subsection 7b7 shall not be counted as  
part of the aggregate compensation of   
the covered employee4  7e7 ,effective   
date ,this section shall take effect as 
if enacted on ,october #a1 #bjaf4