,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bh1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,connolly 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,garcia of           
,california1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,ms4       
,brownley1 ,mr4 ,carson1 ,mr4 ,casten1  
,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4 ,costa1 ,mr4 ,davis of
 ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4        
,deluzio1 ,mr4 ,hoyer1 ,mr4             
,krishnamoorthi1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4  
,mrvan1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,pingree1    
,mr4 ,pocan1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 ,ms4         
,scanlon1 ,mr4 ,sherman1 ,mr4 ,takano1  
,mr4 ,thanedar1 ,ms4 ,titus1 ,mr4       
,norcross1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,lynch1 
,mr4 ,harder of ,california1 ,mr4 ,evans
 of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,frost1 ,mr4    
,raskin1 and ,mr4 ,garamendi7 introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1  
to provide for pay equality and the more
 accurate computation of retirement     

benefits for certain firefighters       
employed by the ,federal ,government1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title2 purposes  7a7 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,federal       
,firefighters ,families ,first ,act4    
7b7 ,purposes ,the purposes of this ,act
 are-- 7#a7 to improve pay equality     
between ,federal firefighters1 other    
,federal employees1 and municipal and   
other public sector firefighters2  7#b7 
to enhance recruitment and retention of 
firefighters in order to maintain the   
highest quality of ,federal fire        
service2  7#c7 to include the pay of all
 regularly reoccurring scheduled hours  
during the firefighter workweek when    
computing such retirement benefits of   
firefighters2 and  7#d7 to establish the
 regular workweek for ,federal          
firefighters4  #b4 ,computation of pay  
,sections #eede;b7b77#a77;,a7 and       
#eede;b7c77#a77;,b7 of title #e1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 are amended by striking 
#bgef and inserting #bjhg4  #c4         

,computation of annuity based on certain
 firefighter service  7a7 ,in general   
,section #eede;b of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code1 as amended by section #b1
 is further 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 ,establishment of a   
maximum hours of ,federal firefighters' 
regular workweek ,section #eede;b of    
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 as     
amended by section #c1 is further       
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7f7 ,not later than one year
 after the date of enactment of the     
,federal ,firefighters ,families ,first 
,act1 the ,office of ,personnel         
,management shall prescribe regulations 
establishing the maximum number of      
regularly reoccurring hours which       
comprise a workweek for a firefighter   
covered by this section4 ,the maximum   
number of such hours shall not exceed an
 average of #fj hours per week4  4  #e4 
,effective date ,the amendments made by 

this ,act shall apply with respect to   
any annuity 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