,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #dja #aagth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4 #ach     
,report ,no4 #aag-aai ,,in ,,the        
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,january #bh1 #bjba,mrs4 ,feinstein 7for
 herself1 ,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mr4 ,daines1  
,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 and ,mr4      
,lujn7 introduced the following bill2   
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,june #i1       
#bjbb,reported by ,mr4 ,peters1 with an 
amendment,strike out all after the      
enacting clause and insert the part     
printed in italic  ,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    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,wildland ,firefighter ,fair    

,pay ,act4  #b4 ,waiver of premium pay  
limitations for ,department of          
,agriculture1 ,department of the        
,interior1 and ,national ,weather       
,service employees engaged in emergency 
wildland fire suppression activities    
7a7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 
,basic pay ,the term basic pay includes 
any applicable locality-based           
comparability payment under section     
#ecjd of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 any applicable special rate      
supplement under section #ecje of that  
title1 and any equivalent payment under 
a similar provision of law4  7#b7       
,covered employee ,the term covered     
employee means an employee of the       
,department of ,agriculture1 the        
,department of the ,interior1 or the    
,national ,weather ,service4  7#c7      
,covered services ,the term covered     
services means services performed by a  
covered employee-- 7,a7 serving as a    
wildland firefighter or a fire          
management response official1 including 

a regional fire director1 a deputy      
regional fire director1 an agency       
official who directly oversees fire     
operations1 and a fire management       
officer2  7,b7 serving as an incident   
meteorologist accompanying a wildland   
firefighter crew2 or  7,c7 serving on an
 incident management team1 at the       
,national ,interagency ,fire ,center1 at
 a ,geographic ,area ,coordinating      
,center1 or at an operations center4    
7#d7 ,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#e7 ,relevant committees ,the  
term relevant committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs of the       
,senate2  7,b7 the ,committee on        
,oversight and ,reform of the ,house of 
,representatives2  7,c7 the ,committee  
on ,appropriations of the ,senate2 and  
7,d7 the ,committee on ,appropriations  
of the ,house of ,representatives4  7#f7

 ,secretary concerned ,the term         
,secretary concerned means-- 7,a7 the   
,secretary of ,agriculture1 with respect
 to an employee of the ,department of   
,agriculture2  7,b7 the ,secretary of   
the ,interior1 with respect to an       
employee of the ,department of the      
,interior2 and  7,c7 the ,secretary of  
,commerce1 with respect to an employee  
of the ,national ,weather ,service4  7b7
 ,waivers of premium pay limitation     
7#a7 ,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      
limitation under section #eedg of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 or under any 
other provision of law4  7#b7           
,calculation of aggregate pay ,any pay  
that is disregarded under paragraph 7#a7
 shall be disregarded in calculating the
 aggregate pay of the applicable covered
 employee for purposes of applying the  

limitation under section #ecjg of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code1 during       
calendar year #bjbb4  7#c7 ,pay         
limitation ,a covered employee may not  
be paid premium pay under this          
subsection 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  7#d7 ,treatment of additional    
premium pay ,if the application of this 
subsection 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  7#e7        
,effective period ,this subsection shall
 be in effect during calendar year #bjbb
 and apply to premium pay payable during
 that year4  7c7 ,submission of plan    
,not later than ,march #cj1 #bjbb1 each 
,secretary concerned1 in consultation   
with the ,director of the ,office of    
,management and ,budget and the         
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management1 shall submit to the        
relevant committees a plan that         
addresses the needs of the ,department  
of ,agriculture1 the ,department of the 
,interior1 or the ,national ,weather    
,service1 as applicable1 to hire and    
train additional wildland firefighters  
and incident meteorologists and         
modernize compensation for wildland     
firefighters and incident meteorologists
 such that sufficient firefighting      

resources are available throughout each 
year without the need for waivers of    
premium pay limitations4  ,june #i1     
#bjbb,reported with an amendment