(1) to improve pay equality between Federal
firefighters, other Federal employees, and municipal
and other public sector firefighters;
(2) to enhance recruitment and retention of
firefighters in order to maintain the highest quality
Federal fire service; and
(3) to encourage Federal firefighters to pursue
career advancement and training opportunities.
SEC. 3. COMPUTATION OF PAY.
(a) COMPUTATION OF PAY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 5504 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by inserting
after subsection (b) the following:
‘‘(c)(1) When, in the case of a firefighter, it is nec-
essary for computation of pay under this subsection to
convert an annual rate of basic pay to a basic hourly,
daily, or biweekly rate, the rules set forth in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D) shall govern:
‘‘(A) To derive an hourly rate, divide the an-
nual rate by 2,087.
‘‘(B) To derive a daily rate, multiply the hourly
rate by the number of hours in the regularly sched-
uled daily tour of duty.
‘‘(C) To derive a biweekly rate, multiply the
hourly rate by the number of hours in the regularly
scheduled biweekly tour of duty or 106, whichever is
less.
‘‘(D) The annual rate of basic pay used in car-
rying out the preceding provisions of this para-
graph—
‘‘(i) shall be the annual rate determined in
accordance with otherwise applicable provisions
of law (applied as if the Firefighters Pay Fair-
ness Act of 1995 had never been enacted); and
‘‘(ii) shall not exclude any amount consid-
ered to be part of basic pay for any purpose
under chapter 83 or 84.
‘‘(E) To derive an annual rate for any purpose
referred to in the next sentence, multiply the bi-
weekly rate by 26. An annual rate determined under
this subparagraph shall for all purposes (except the
preceding provisions of this paragraph or as other-
wise expressly provided by law), be considered to be
the annual rate of basic pay for the firefighter in-
volved.
‘‘(F) Except as provided in section 5542(e), the
provisions of sections 5542(a), 5545, 5546, and
5547 shall not apply in the case of a firefighter, and
pay computed under this paragraph shall be in lieu
of—
‘‘(i) any amount which might otherwise be
payable under any of those provisions;
‘‘(ii) any amount required to be taken into
account under subparagraph (D); and
‘‘(iii) any other similar amount, as identi-
fied by the Office of Personnel Management in
regulations.
‘‘(G) For provisions relating to computation of
overtime, see section 5542(e).
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
the case of an employee who is not a firefighter (nor an
employee described in subsection (d)(4)), but whose posi-
tion requires such employee to perform firefighting duties,
the pay of such employee for any biweekly pay period dur-
ing which such employee is required to perform firefight-
ing duties shall be determined—
‘‘(A) in accordance with otherwise applicable
provisions of law, but disregarding paragraph (1), or
‘‘(B) in accordance with paragraph (1) (includ-
ing the provisions referred to in paragraph (1)(G)),
whichever results in the greater total amount.
‘‘(3) Rates under this subsection are computed to the
nearest cent, counting one-half and over as a whole cent.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
5504(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended
in the first sentence by striking ‘‘in the case of an
employee,’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of an em-
ployee (other than a firefighter),’’.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 5504 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by redesignating
subsection (d) (as so designated by subsection
(a)(1)) as subsection (e) and by inserting before
such subsection the following:
‘‘(d) For the purpose of this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘employee’ means—
‘‘(A) an employee in or under an Executive
agency;
‘‘(B) an employee in or under the judicial
branch; and
‘‘(C) an employee in or under the Office of
the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Gar-
den, and the Library of Congress, for whom a
basic administrative workweek is established
under section 6101(a)(5);
but does not include an employee or individual ex-
cluded from the definition of employee in section