,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ach  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1       
#bjba,mrs4 ,feinstein introduced the    
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to waive certain pay        
limitations for ,department of          
,agriculture and ,department of the     
,interior employees engaged in emergency
 wildland fire suppression activities1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,wildland ,firefighter ,fair ,pay ,act4 
#b4 ,waiver of premium pay limitations  
for ,department of ,agriculture and     
,department of the ,interior employees  
engaged in emergency wildland fire      
suppression activities  7a7 ,definitions
 ,in this section3 7#a7 ,covered        
employee ,the term covered employee     
means an employee of the ,department of 
,agriculture or the ,department of the  
,interior4  7#b7 ,covered services ,the 

term covered services means services    
performed by a covered employee that are
 determined by the ,secretary concerned 
to be primarily relating to emergency   
wildland fire suppression activities4   
7#c7 ,premium pay ,the term premium pay 
means the premium pay paid under the    
provisions of law described in section  
#eedg7;a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states  
,code4  7#d7 ,secretary concerned ,the  
term ,secretary concerned means-- 7,a7  
the ,secretary of ,agriculture1 with    
respect to an employee of the           
,department of ,agriculture2 and  7,b7  
the ,secretary of the ,interior1 with   
respect to an employee of the           
,department of the ,interior4  7b7      
,waiver of premium pay period limitation
 ,any premium pay for covered services  
shall be disregarded in calculating the 
aggregate of the basic pay and premium  
pay for the applicable covered employee 
for purposes of a pay period limitation 
under section #eedg7;a7 of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code1 or under any     

other provision of law4  7c7 ,waiver of 
annual premium pay limitation ,any      
premium pay for covered services shall  
be disregarded in calculating any annual
 limitation on the amount of overtime   
pay payable in a calendar year or fiscal
 year under section #eedg7;b7 of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7d7 ,pay    
limitation ,a covered employee may not  
be paid premium pay if1 or to the extent
 that1 the aggregate amount of the basic
 pay and premium pay 7including premium 
pay for covered services7 of the covered
 employee for a calendar year would     
exceed the rate of basic pay payable for
 a position at level ,,ii of the        
,executive ,schedule under section #ecac
 of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as 
in effect at the end of that calendar   
year4  7e7 ,treatment of additional     
premium pay ,if the application of this 
section 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   
premium pay shall not be-- 7#a7         
considered to be basic pay of the       
covered employee for any purpose2 or    
7#b7 used in computing a lump-sum       
payment to the covered employee for     
accumulated and accrued annual leave    
under section #eeea or #eeeb of title   
#e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7f7         
,overtime rates ,section #eedb7;a77#e7  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is  
amended by striking the ,united ,states 
,forest ,service in4  7g7 ,effective    
date ,this section and the amendment    
made by this section shall take effect  
as if enacted on ,january #a1 #bjbj4